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
At the Mountains of Madness
Lovecraft’s work has influenced the whole spectrum of those working in the horror genre. More
A Woman of Substance
With her unforgettable heroine Emma Harte, Bradford popularized the rags-to-riches family saga. 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
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
Lawrence Hill
Writing is the one pursuit I have always pursued, and always known I was compelled to pursue. More
The Hours
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award; made into an Oscar-winning film. More
What Do People Do All Day?
Over 100 million Scarry books have sold worldwide; a favorite in his classic Busytown series. More
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Kundera’s postmodern masterwork; named one of the best books of 1984 (New York Times Book Review). More
Katherine Paterson
I read because I want more than one life, and books give me a limitless number of lives—lives that are different from the one I was born into. More
People of the Book
Winner of the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year 2008. More
Blonde
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. More
And Then There Were None
The bestselling crime novel of all time. More
Veronica Roth
I read because reading changes you. More
Anthony Doerr
We are all mapmakers: We embed our memories everywhere, inscribing a private and intensely complicated latticework across the landscape. More
Seven Years in Tibet
A landmark in travel writing, it has been translated into fifty-three languages. More
Yates’ Garden Guide
Now in its seventy-eighth edition, this book was initially written to answer gardeners’ questions. More
Barbara Taylor Bradford
When I say I have the need to write, I do mean need. 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
Deborah Challinor
I read to escape, whether the genre is crime, historical, dystopian, thriller, or biography. More
I, Robot
Asimov’s science fiction masterpiece that influenced a legion of future authors. More
The Downing Street Years
Compelling account of Thatcher’s remarkable life in her own words. More
2000: Gao Xingjian becomes the first Chinese author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature…
Gao Xingjian becomes the first Chinese author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature after HarperCollins Australia publishes his novel Soul Mountain. More
The Known World
The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel that examines the troubling complexities of slavery. More