Anul 1964 în literatură a implicat o serie de evenimente și cărți noi semnificative. Evenimente
Cărți noi Ficțiune Chinua Achebe – Arrow of God José Agustín – La Tumba Lloyd Alexander – The Book of Three Poul Anderson – Time and Stars Louis Auchincloss – The Rector of Justin J. G. Ballard – The Terminal Beach Simone de Beauvoir – A Very Easy Death (Une Mort très douce) Saul Bellow – Herzog Thomas Berger – Little Big Man Leigh Brackett People of the Talisman The Secret of Sinharat Ray Bradbury – The Machineries of Joy John Braine – The Jealous God Richard Brautigan – A Confederate General From Big Sur John Brunner To Conquer Chaos The Whole Man Edgar Rice Burroughs – Tarzan and the Madman William S. Burroughs - Nova Express J. Ramsey Campbell – The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants John Dickson Carr – Most Secret Agatha Christie – A Caribbean Mystery Louis-Ferdinand Céline – London Bridge: Guignol's Band II A. J. Cronin – A Song of Sixpence Len Deighton – Funeral in Berlin August Derleth (editor) – Over the Edge Michel Droit – Le Retour Ralph Ellison – Shadow and Act Ian Fleming – You Only Live Twice Max Frisch – Gantenbein Daniel F. Galouye - Simulacron-3 (Counterfeit World) William Golding – The Spire Bohumil Hrabal – Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age (Taneční hodiny pro starší a pokročilé) Carl Jacobi – Portraits in Moonlight B. S. Johnson – Albert Angelo Ken Kesey – Sometimes a Great Notion Richard E. Kim – The Martyred Etienne Leroux – Een vir Azazel (One for Azazel, translated as One for the Devil) Liang Yusheng (梁羽生) – Datang Youxia Zhuan (大唐游俠傳) H. P. Lovecraft – At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels John D. MacDonald The Deep Blue Good-by A Purple Place For Dying The Quick Red Fox Iris Murdoch – The Italian Girl Sterling North – Rascal Vladimir Nabokov – The Defense Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (also known as James Ngigi) – Weep Not, Child Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎) – A Personal Matter (個人的な体験; Kojinteki na taiken) Anthony Powell – The Valley of Bones Mario Puzo – Fortunate Pilgrim Ellery Queen – And On the Eighth Day Jean Ray – Saint-Judas-de-la-nuit Ruth Rendell – From Doon With Death Karl Ristikivi – Imede saar Hubert Selby Jr. – Last Exit to Brooklyn Ryōtarō Shiba (司馬 遼太郎) – Moeyo Ken (燃えよ剣, Burn, O Sword) Clark Ashton Smith – Tales of Science and Sorcery Wilbur Smith – When the Lion Feeds Rex Stout Trio for Blunt Instruments A Right to Die Leon Uris – Armageddon Jack Vance The Houses of Iszm The Killing Machine Star King Gore Vidal – Julian Irving Wallace – The Man Raymond Williams – Second Generation Maia Wojciechowska – Shadow of a Bull
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