The Other Boleyn Girl
The Tudor court seen as never before; this take on the Boleyn sisters reinvented the historical novel. More
The Hospital in Buwambo
First Mills & Boon romance novel published by Harlequin; established the iconic relationship between the two companies. More
The Perfect Neighbor
First category romance novel to ever hit the New York Times bestseller list. More
Original contract for Thorn-Apple Tree
Grace Campbell’s debut novel, Thorn-Apple Tree, was one of the earliest works of fiction written by a Canadian to be published by William Collins Sons & Co. Canada Ltd. More
Henry Huggins
The debut novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary. More
Lionel Shriver
Why I write: To find out what I think. More
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943), a story about growing up poor in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn, was originally an entry for a Harper & Brothers memoir contest. More
The Shipping News
Highly acclaimed international bestseller; winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. More
Bel Canto
Patchett’s critically acclaimed novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction. More
1943: Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is published…
Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, a story about growing up poor in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn, shines a light on first- and second-generation Americans living in poverty. More
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
One life is not enough. More
Anne Hillerman
I read to take a mini-vacation in my own living room, to go back in history, forward in time, or to a place I love and had forgotten. More
The Year of Magical Thinking
Winner of the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. More
Freaky Friday
Classic comedic children’s novel that is so funny it has been adapted into film three times. More
Veronica Roth
I read because reading changes you. More
Patricia MacLachlan
I read as a child to find out what I thought, what I wished for, and what scared me. More
1863: Harper & Brothers takes a clear stand in favor of abolition
Harper & Brothers takes a clear stand in favor of abolition with the publication of Fanny Kemble’s Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839. More
Sara Pennypacker
I write because the really good stuff—how funny and beautiful the world is, even when it’s not; More
Their Eyes Were Watching God
One of the most widely read and acclaimed novels in the canon of African-American literature. More
Ursula Nordstrom
When Anne Carroll Moore, the powerful and opinionated superintendent of children’s work at the New York Public Library, asked Harper & Brothers editor Ursula Nordstrom why she felt qualified to produce children’s books, Nordstrom said only this: “Well, I am a former child, and I haven’t forgotten a thing.” More
Victoria Aveyard
Reading, writing, and story have always been my gateway. More
Sarah Morgan
I read for many reasons. More
Gena Showalter
I read for the same reason I write. More
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
At every stage of life, since being a kid with a flashlight under the covers, reading has always been my favorite activity. More
Goodnight Moon
Every child’s must-have bedtime classic; beloved by generations of readers and listeners. More
Little House on the Prairie
Third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has sold more than 34 million copies. 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
