Tag: HarperCollins India

1953: William Collins and Sons gains the rights to publish C. S. Lewis…

William Collins and Sons purchases the religious publishing firm of Geoffrey Bles, Ltd., gaining the rights to the works of C. S. Lewis, including his Chronicles of Narnia fantasy books. More

A Game of Thrones

First volume in the internationally bestselling series that has sold upward of 70 million copies. More

The Odyssey of Homer

Hailed as “the best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet” (New York Times Book Review). More

Love and War in the Apennines

The early life story of a man who would become one of Britain’s best-loved literary adventurers. More

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Newbery Award winner about the power of family, which has sold over 4.5 million copies. More

Danny and the Dinosaur

I Can Read! classic that was named a 1958 New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year. More

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

Memoir offering a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome. More

2008: HarperCollins India publishes The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga…

HarperCollins India publishes The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, which wins the 2008 Man Booker Prize. More

People of the Book

Winner of the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year 2008. More

2017: HarperCollins celebrates its 200th anniversary…

HarperCollins Publishers celebrates its 200th anniversary. More

Judith Kerr

Why I write: Usually, so that I can do the illustrations. More

Judith Kerr

2012: HarperCollins India becomes a wholly owned subsidiary…

HarperCollins India becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers. More

The Corrections

Winner of the National Book Award in 2001 and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002. More

The Guns of Navarone

Classic World War II thriller from MacLean, acclaimed master of action and suspense. More

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

The bestselling American novel of the nineteenth century; an epic tale of betrayal and honor. More

Sanjay Suri

Why I read . . . Because I can live many lives in one, and travel many worlds in one. More

Sanjay Suri

Flashman

When this novel was first published, many critics mistakenly accepted it as a genuine historical memoir. More

Longitude

Story of an epic scientific quest, which won British Book of the Year in 1997. More

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Christie’s first book to be published by William Collins; known for its startling reveal. More

The New Kid on the Block

Prelutsky was named America’s first Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. More

Middlemarch

Ranked number one in a 2015 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British novels. More

The Dangerous Book for Boys

A genre-busting “guidebook” that was a bestseller in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. More

A Christmas Carol

Dickens’s beloved classic of the meaning of Christmas that has inspired countless adaptations. More

Veronica Roth

I read because reading changes you. More

Veronica Roth

The Ipcress File

Deighton’s classic first novel broke the mold of the thriller genre. More

What Do People Do All Day?

Over 100 million Scarry books have sold worldwide; a favorite in his classic Busytown series. More

The Woman in White

One of the earliest works of detective fiction, this story caused a sensation with readers at the time. More