See also: 1862 in literature, other events of 1863, 1864 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
New Books
- The Cossacks - Leo Tolstoy
- The House by the Churchyard - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Sylvia's Lovers - Elizabeth Gaskell
- Cudjo's Cave - John Townsend Trowbridge
- Romola - George Eliot
- The Life of Jesus - Ernest Renan
- The Man Without a Country - Edward Everett Hale
- Five Weeks in a Balloon - Jules Verne
- Capitan Fracassa - Theophile Gauthier
- The Water-Babies - Charles Kingsley
- Aurora Floyd - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Eleanor's Victory - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Births
- March 12 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet (+ 1938)
- November 1 - Arthur Morrison (+ 1945)
Deaths
- * September 17 - Alfred de Vigny, author