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 Darwin's Children - Greg Bear The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown The Delicate Storm - Giles Blunt L'Empire des loups - Jean-Christophe Grangé The Face - Dean R. Koontz Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling 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 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 Births 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