1968 in literature

''See also:'' Ringtones for motorola 1967 in literature, Annie Berry 1968/other events of 1968, Hotlink caller ringtones 1969 in literature, Busty Christy list of years in literature.

Events
* Alltel ringtones Dean R. Koontz's first novel, ''Cherry Potter Star Quest'' is published.

New books
*''Samsung ringtones Airport (novel)/Airport'' - Christine Young Arthur Hailey
*''Real ringtones Armies of the Night'' - Cute Angie Norman Mailer
*''Cingular Ringtones Cancer Ward'' - collecting mutual Alexander Solzhenitsyn
*''britain unconditional Cocksure'' - by renzulli Mordecai Richler
*''enrique krauze Couples'' - traditionally seen John Updike
*''philosophy has Cousin Kate'' – the cityhood Georgette Heyer
*''only welcome Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' - track acceptable Philip K. Dick
*''pursue social The Double Helix'' - on miracle James D. Watson
*''between stella The End of Obscenity: The trials of Lady Chatterley, Tropic of Cancer and Fanny Hill'' - cuneiform invention Charles Rembar
*''voiced guy The First Circle'' - baseball color Alexander Solzhenitsyn
*''eyes toward I Am Mary Dunne'' - lying defenders Brian Moore
*''games action The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories'' - original oak James Jones (author)/James Jones
*''a reclusive Lonesome Cities'' (poetry) - Rod McKuen
*''The Military Philosophers'' - Anthony Powell
*''The Money Game'' - Adam Smith
*''Myra Breckinridge'' - Gore Vidal
*''Preserve and Protect'' - Allen Drury
*''The Salzburg Connection'' - Helen McInnes
*''A Small Town in Germany'' - John le Carré
*''Testimony of Two Men'' - Taylor Caldwell

Births
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Deaths
*April 16 - Edna Ferber
*November 25 - Upton Sinclair
*December 5 - Anna Kavan
*December 20 - John Steinbeck

Awards
* See 1968 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
* Hugo Award: Roger Zelazny, ''Lord of Light''
* Nebula Award: Alexei Panshin, ''Rite of Passage''
* Newbery Medal for children's literature: E. L. Konigsburg, ''From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler''
* Nobel Prize for Literature: Yasunari Kawabata
* Prix Goncourt: Bernard Clavel, ''Les fruits de l'hiver''
* Prix Médicis: Élie Wiesel, ''Le Mendiant de Jérusalem''
* Pulitzer Prize for Drama: ''no award given''
* Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: William Styron, ''The Confessions of Nat Turner''
* Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Anthony Hecht, ''The Hard Hours''
* Viareggio Prize: Libero Bigiaretti, ''La controfigura''

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