With the help of booksellers and librarians from around the world, we’ve created this collection of 200 iconic HarperCollins titles—beloved books that have inspired, informed, entertained, and endured.
Whether they are prizewinners, runaway bestsellers, groundbreaking nonfiction, or simply a favorite novel, these books have all had a singular influence on our literary culture.
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Love Story
One of the most adored novels of our time, this story of uncompromising devotion, of life as it really is, and of a love that changes everything defined a generation. Love Story sold tens of millions of copies and inspired the popular film of the same name starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal.
