HarperCollins Publishers

1993: Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher publishes The Downing Street Years…

Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years.

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher publishes The Downing Street Years, which recounts her eleven and a half years at London’s 10 Downing Street, the official prime minister’s residence, with HarperCollins. More

Freaky Friday

Classic comedic children’s novel that is so funny it has been adapted into film three times. More

1990: HarperCollins becomes the new global company name…

On May 29, 1990, HarperCollins becomes the new global name for the combined Harper & Row and Collins. More

In Search of Excellence

Phenomenal classic bestseller that reinvented American business and sold more than 3 million copies. More

Magician

Bestselling epic fantasy masterpiece that launched Feist’s career and influenced a generation of modern fantasy authors. More

Bernard Cornwell

Born in London in 1944, Bernard Cornwell grew up in Essex and, after a stint as a teacher, moved on to the BBC, where he took a job as a producer in Northern Ireland. More

Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World

Seminal work that launched Gorbachev’s reform movement. More

Collected Poems 1947–1997

Poetry from a chief figure of the Beats that helped catalyze a revolution in contemporary culture. More

1992: HarperCollins begins publishing operations in India…

A collection on Indian titles By HarperCollins.

HarperCollins begins publishing operations in India, represented by Rupa & Co, a small independent publisher. In 2003, HarperCollins India enters a joint venture agreement with the Living Media group, the largest media conglomerate in India. More

Social Change: African American Identity in the U.S.

Editions of Color by Countee Cullen (1925), The Known World by Edward P. Jones (2003), Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks (1949), and a 1978 edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1934).

HarperCollins has published a number of books that explore the racial identity of African Americans during periods of great social conflict. More

Tales of the City

First book in Maupin’s acclaimed and groundbreaking series documenting San Francisco’s underground and gay culture. More

Julie of the Wolves

Newbery Medal–winning classic about a girl living among wolves. More

1937: Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God is published…

J. B. Lippincott publishes Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God. More

Love Story

The romantic tale that defined a generation, sold millions, and inspired a popular film. More

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

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

I Can Read!

Inspired by an occasion in which she attempted to find an appropriate book for a young boy who had just learned to read, Boston librarian Virginia Haviland telephoned her friend Ursula Nordstrom, the head of children’s publishing at Harper & Brothers. More

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Thompson’s highly subjective blend of fact and fiction that popularized what has become known as gonzo journalism. More

Bridge to Terabithia

Newbery Medal–winning novel; a true modern classic and touchstone of children’s literature. More

Pilgrim

A finalist for the Giller Prize and a Canadian bestseller that surpassed the author’s own impressive sales records. More

Angela’s Ashes

The phenomenal worldwide bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner. More

Telegram regarding the publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude

In this Western Union telegram dated September 14, 1967, from Cass Canfield Jr. (an editor at Harper) to Carmen Balcells (the agent of Gabriel García Márquez)... More

Social Change: Civil Rights

A page from the Fall 1937 Harper & Brothers catalog touting This Is My Story by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Beginning with This Is My Story (1937), Harper & Brothers published many works by Eleanor Roosevelt that promoted civil rights and the need for government action, including This I Remember (1949), On My Own (1958), and Tomorrow Is Now (1963). More

Tag: Late 1900s