1971: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist is published…
William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist becomes the first horror story to reach number one on the New York Times bestseller list and helps initiate the modern horror film movement. More
Neil Gaiman
I read to travel, and to learn. More
Magician
Bestselling epic fantasy masterpiece that launched Feist’s career and influenced a generation of modern fantasy authors. More
Ursula K. Le Guin
Dear HarperCollins: You ask me, “Why do you read? Why do you write?” Well, I mean, duh. More
Joe Hill
Our lives are increasingly crowded by the instruments of distraction. More
A Game of Thrones
First volume in the internationally bestselling series that has sold upward of 70 million copies. More
Fahrenheit 451
Though set in a dystopian world without books, Bradbury’s most famous work has never gone out of print. More
I, Robot
Asimov’s science fiction masterpiece that influenced a legion of future authors. More
The Dispossessed
The classic utopian science fiction; winner of the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Awards. More
American Gods
An instant classic and winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. More
The War of the Worlds
The much-adapted classic from “the father of science fiction.” More
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Hugo Award winner; widely considered one of the most enduring classics of modern speculative fiction. More
Brave New World
Huxley’s best-known novel; a prophetic classic of speculative fiction that continues to resonate. More
The Exorcist
The first horror story to reach number one on the New York Times bestseller list. More
The Sheltering Sky
Bowles’s landmark literary novel, a classic work of psychological terror. More
At the Mountains of Madness
Lovecraft’s work has influenced the whole spectrum of those working in the horror genre. More