HarperCollins Publishers

1989: News Corporation forms a new worldwide group called Harper & Collins…

News Corporation acquires William Collins Ltd., and brings together Collins, Harper & Row, Gower Publishing, Times Books, Bartholomew, and Angus & Robertson in a new worldwide group called Harper & Collins. More

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

The philosophical classic that inspired millions struggling to find meaning in the modern world. More

The HarperCollins Logo

The HarperCollins logo represents the 1990 consolidation of Harper & Row, based in New York, and Collins Publishers, based in London and Glasgow. More

Sarah, Plain and Tall

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

Amistad

HarperCollins’s Amistad Press is the oldest imprint devoted to titles for the African American market at any major New York publishing house. More

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

First edition of I’m OK—You’re OK by Thomas A. Harris from 1969.

While giving a talk to a group of men and women about relationships, author John Gray realized he had a hook for a new book. More

1975: Thomas Nelson commissions the New King James Version (NKJV) of the Bible…

The New King james Bible New Testament (Cover)

Thomas Nelson commissions 130 scholars, pastors, and lay Christians to create the New King James Version (NKJV) of the Bible, aiming to “retain the purity and stylistic beauty” of the original King James produced in 1611. More

A People’s History of the United States

Classic national bestseller that made a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history. More

The Dispossessed

The classic utopian science fiction; winner of the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Awards. More

The Bell Jar

A haunting classic that chronicles the breakdown of a brilliant, talented, successful young woman. More

200 Years of HarperCollins Publishers

HarperCollins Publishers began as J. & J. Harper, a small family printing shop run by brothers James and John Harper in New York City in March 1817. More

1970: Harper & Row publishes the first English translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude. (Cover)

Harper & Row publishes the first English translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, establishing him as a leading young Latin American writer and a dominant and innovative figure on the global literary scene. More

The New Kid on the Block

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

New King James Version of the Bible

In the mid-1970s Bible publisher Thomas Nelson found itself with extra capital and decided to channel these profits into the New King James Version of the Bible. More

Tales of the City

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

The Publisher of presidents

A Time to Heal by Gerald R. Ford (1979).

HarperCollins is the publisher of many United States presidents–beginning with the very first one. 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

In Search of Excellence

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

The Alchemist

An inspirational phenomenon; one of the bestselling books in history. More

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors

A multimillion-copy benchmark of adventure/survival nonfiction. More

Zondervan

Launched during the Great Depression in the spare bedroom of a Michigan farmhouse, the publishing house of Zondervan was never a conventional religious publisher. More

Freaky Friday

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

The Thorn Birds

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

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