The 21st century in literature refers to world literature produced during the 21st century. The range of years is, for the purpose of this article, literature written from (roughly) the year 2001 to the present.
In popular fantasy literature, the 2000s were dominated by the conclusion of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (vols. 5-7 appearing 2003, 2005 and 2007) .