2003 in literature

See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• September 9 - Barnes & Noble, the largest American bookseller, announces that it will no longer sell downloadable electronic texts sometimes called e-books.

New Books

• The Arraignment - Steve Martini
• Blue Horizon - Wilbur Smith
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel - Mark Haddon
• Darwin's Children - Greg Bear
• The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
• The Delicate Storm - Giles Blunt
• Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
• L'Empire des loups - Jean-Christophe Grangé
• The Face - Dean R. Koontz
• Fugitives and Refugees. A Walk in Portland, Oregon - Chuck Palahniuk
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling
• Hey Nostradamus! - Douglas Coupland
• Holy Fools - Joanne Harris
• Jarhead - Anthony Swofford
• King of Torts - John Grisham
• The Last Jihad: A Novel - Joel C. Rosenberg
• Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
• Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
• Pattern Recognition - William Gibson
• Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly
• Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII - David Starkey
• The Skating Pond - Deborah Joy Corey
• The Stairs Family of Halifax, 1775-1975 - James Frost
• The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
• Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King

Deaths

• February 16 - Aleksandar Tisma
• March 12 - Howard Fast
• July 16 - Carol Shields

Awards

• Giller Prize: M.G. Vassanji - The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
• See 2003 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of the winners of those awards.
• Newbery Medal for children's literature: Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead
• Whitbread Book of The Year Award: Mark Haddon for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel
• Nobel Prize for Literature: J. M. Coetzee