2004 in literature

See also: 2003 in literature, other events of 2004, 2005 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• ' - Jon Stewart and writers of The Daily Show
• Author, Author - David Lodge
• The Big Why - Michael Winter
• The Body of Jonah Boyd - David Leavitt
• ' - Miranda Seymour
• Can America Survive? The Rage of the Left, The Truth, and What to Do About It - Ben Stein
• Catherine de' Medici ? Leonie Frieda
• Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
• The Confession - Olen Steinhauer
• The Dark Tower - Stephen King
• Eastern Standard Tribe - Cory Doctorow
• Edenborn - Nick Sagan
• Eleanor Rigby - Douglas Coupland
• Free Culture - Lawrence Lessig
• The Hanging of Angelique - Afua Cooper
• How to Ruin Your Financial Life - Ben Stein
• In the Place of Last Things - Michael Helm
• The Inner Circle - T. C. Boyle
• The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
• My Name Is Legion - A. N. Wilson
• Origins of the Crash - Roger Lowenstein
• Past Mortem - Ben Elton
• The Pentagon's New Map - Thomas P.M. Barnett
• The Plot Against America - Philip Roth
• The Rocklopedia Fakebandica - T. Mike Childs
• Runaway - Alice Munro
• Skinny Dip - Carl Hiaasen
• Song of Susannah - Stephen King
• ' - Chuck Palahniuk
• Ten Men - Alexandra Gray
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - David Michaels
• A Year in the Merde - Stephen Clarke