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See also: 1875 in literature, other events of 1876, 1877 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

New Books

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
• Chetwynd Calverley[?] - William Harrison Ainsworth
• Clarel[?] - Herman Melville
• Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
• A Gentle Creature[?] - Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Joan[?] - Rhoda Broughton
• The Leaguer of Lathom[?] - William Harrison Ainsworth
• Martha - Joris-Karl Huysmans
• Off On A Comet[?] - Jules Verne
• Rose in Bloom[?] - Louisa May Alcott
• The Shadow of the Sword[?] - Robert Buchanan[?]
• The Three Brides[?] - Charlotte Mary Yonge
• The Two Destinies[?] - Wilkie Collins

Births

• January 12 - Jack London (+ 1916)
• April 13 - Sidney Bradshaw Fay[?] (+ 1967)
• September 13 - Sherwood Anderson[?] (+ 1941)

Deaths

• June 8 - George Sand, French novelist
• June 27 - Harriet Martineau, British writer

Awards