Gregory Maguire

One of the reasons HarperCollins has been my most frequent publisher for thirty-three years is that I admired three children’s books published by Harper & Row within a year of each other (the year I was turning nine). More

A Woman of Substance

With her unforgettable heroine Emma Harte, Bradford popularized the rags-to-riches family saga. More

The Woman in White

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

Divergent

First book in the Divergent trilogy, which has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide. More

The Thorn Birds

McCullough’s sweeping family saga of forbidden love in the Australian outback; became a bestselling phenomenon. More

The Hours

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award; made into an Oscar-winning film. More

Blonde

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. More

Anthony Doerr

We are all mapmakers: We embed our memories everywhere, inscribing a private and intensely complicated latticework across the landscape. More

Yates’ Garden Guide

Now in its seventy-eighth edition, this book was initially written to answer gardeners’ questions. More

The Carrot Seed

An early classic in children’s literature about perseverance; never out of print. More

The Corrections

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

I, Robot

Asimov’s science fiction masterpiece that influenced a legion of future authors. More

The Known World

The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel that examines the troubling complexities of slavery. More