Tag: HarperCollins US Adult

1960: The Pulitzer Prize–winning To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is published…

J. B. Lippincott publishes the Pulitzer Prize–winning To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the most influential books on race in America, which goes on to sell more than 40 million copies. More

Moby-Dick

Often called the greatest American novel of all time. More

1937: Harper & Brothers publishes This Is My Story by Eleanor Roosevelt…

Harper & Brothers publishes This Is My Story by Eleanor Roosevelt. More

Two Years Before the Mast

An early landmark of adventure and travel writing, now considered one of America’s first literary classics. More

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

Gregory Maguire

2014: HarperCollins moves its global headquarters lower Manhattan…

HarperCollins moves its global headquarters from 10 East 53rd Street to 195 Broadway in lower Manhattan. More

Caedmon Records and Audiobooks

In 1952, Barbara Cohen and Marianne Roney, a pair of recent college graduates, wrote a letter to Welsh poet Dylan Thomas that contained an unusual business proposal. More

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

The bestselling American novel of the nineteenth century; an epic tale of betrayal and honor. More

Periodicals: Harper’s Weekly, Harper’s New Monthly and Harper’s Bazaar

The Harper brothers consistently sought ways to reach more readers with less expensive publications, and in 1850 they revolutionized the concept of the modern literary magazine with Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. More

The Publisher of presidents

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

The Golden Notebook

A feminist landmark and the best-known work by Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. More

Bleak House

Dickens’s tenth novel, often considered his finest; significantly influenced the development of mystery novels. More

I’m OK—You’re OK

A defining work of self-help with more than 15 million copies in print. More

2003: HarperCollins partners with an e-book loan service catering to public libraries…

HarperCollins becomes the first major trade publisher to partner with an e-book loan service catering to public libraries. More

Jacqueline Winspear

I read because I love language, the way the joining of words and the rhythm of a story can make me laugh, cry, or take me out of my world or immerse me in the lives of others. More

Jacqueline Winspear

Blonde

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

1817: J. & J. Harper publishes its first book

J. & J. Harper publishes its first book... More

Dorothea Benton Frank

You’ve asked me to tell you why I write but I think the answer might be longer than the fifty or one hundred words you’ve allotted me. More

Dorothea Benton Frank

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

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

1978: Harper & Row publishes Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series…

Harper & Row publishes the first book in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series after it is serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle. The series highlights gay issues and becomes a cultural icon for generations of readers. More

2015: HarperCollins expands into a global publisher…

HarperCollins expands from a primarily English-language publisher to one publishing in 17 languages, with operations in 18 countries around the world. More

Mary Karr

I read to save my life, to take communion, to enter a community of fellow sufferers and rejoicers. More

Mary Karr

Publishing Firsts: Producing Books Electronically

Although word-processing programs and electronic typewriters had been around since the late 1960s, Harper & Row was the first to help pioneer electronic publishing with Andrew Garve’s The Long Short Cut in 1968, which was, according to the New York Times, “the first book set into type completely by electronic composition.” More

Inventing the Western

Zane Grey and A. B. Guthrie Jr. were considered two of the foremost writers on the American West. More

1895: Mark Twain signs an exclusive contract with Harper & Brothers

Mark Twain signs an exclusive contract with Harper & Brothers, which serializes Joan of Arc in its periodicals and publishes it as a book one year later. More

Brave New World

Huxley’s best-known novel; a prophetic classic of speculative fiction that continues to resonate. More