See also: 1844 in literature, other events of 1845, 1846 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• Auriol - William Harrison Ainsworth
• Carmen - Prosper Mérimée
• The Chainbearer - James Fenimore Cooper
• The Corsican Brothers - Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Double - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Hillingdon Hall - Robert Smith Surtees
• Marie Antoinette - Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Mission, or Scenes in Africa - Frederick Marryat
• Queen Margot - Alexandre Dumas, père
• The Raven (poetry) - Edgar Allan Poe
• The Regent's Daughter - Alexandre Dumas, père
• Satanstoe - James Fenimore Cooper
• The Snowstorm: A Christmas Story - Catherine Gore
• Sybil - Benjamin Disraeli
• Zoe, A History of Two Lives - Geraldine Jewsbury

Births

• May 17 - Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (+ 1902)

Deaths

Awards