1898 in literature
See also: 1897 in literature, other events of 1898, 1899 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New Books
- The Armourer's Prentices - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- The Cabin - Vicente Blasco Ibanez
- The Cruise of the Cachalot - Frank T.Bullen
- David Harum - Edward Noyes Westcott
- Elizabeth and Her German Garden - Elizabeth von Arnim
- Evelyn Innes - George Moore (novelist)
- Helbeck of Bannisdale - Mary Augusta Ward
- La Cathedrale - Joris-Karl Huysmans
- Lin McLean - Owen Wister
- A Man from the North - Arnold Bennett
- The Open Boat and Other Tales - Stephen Crane
- Paris - Emile Zola
- Rough Justice - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- St. Ives - Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow - Jerome K. Jerome
- Tales of Unrest - Joseph Conrad
- The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
- The Uncalled - Paul Laurence Dunbar
- The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
Births
- July 22 - Erich Maria Remarque (+ 1970)
- November 29 - C. S. Lewis (+ 1963)
Deaths
Awards