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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The Exorcist
It became the first horror story to reach number one on the New York Times bestseller list and helped initiate the modern horror film movement. The novel sold 13 million copies in the United States alone, and the 1973 motion picture based on it broke box-office records.
