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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Life on Earth
The first of Sir David Attenborough’s trilogy of books published alongside his groundbreaking television series of the same name in 1979. This book established Attenborough not only as the world’s foremost naturalist, but to this day, as an iconic and beloved figure in British cultural life.
