The Perfect Neighbor
First category romance novel to ever hit the New York Times bestseller list. More
Kristan Higgins
A book that influenced me and why . . . Little House on the Prairie. More
Social Change: Civil Rights
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
Brenda Jackson
Of all the books I’ve read, it was a romance story that influenced me the most. More
Lynne Graham
What I love the most about writing is that it allows me to create my own world, filled with characters that fascinate me. More
The Shipping News
Highly acclaimed international bestseller; winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. More
The Hospital in Buwambo
First Mills & Boon romance novel published by Harlequin; established the iconic relationship between the two companies. More
The Poisonwood Bible
Pulitzer Prize finalist and runaway bestseller. More
Jesus Calling
The number one selling devotional, Jesus Calling is one of Thomas Nelson’s bestselling books of all time. More
Bel Canto
Patchett’s critically acclaimed novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction. More
Sara Pennypacker
I write because the really good stuff—how funny and beautiful the world is, even when it’s not; More
Brochure from the 2009 celebration of Debbie Macomber’s fictional town of Cedar Cove
In August 2009, the real town of Port Orchard, Washington (bestselling romance author Debbie Macomber’s hometown), turned itself into Macomber’s fictional town of Cedar Cove for five days... More
Virgin River
Debut title in the series that took Robyn Carr to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. More
Middlemarch
Ranked number one in a 2015 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British novels. More
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
One life is not enough. More
Wuthering Heights
A Gothic classic and one of the world’s greatest tales of unrequited love. More
Veronica Roth
I read because reading changes you. More
Agatha Christie at her Devonshire home
Agatha Christie, known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime, is the best-selling novelist in history, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. More
Red Scarf Girl
Searing memoir set during the height of the Cultural Revolution in China. More
The Transformation of Harlequin
By the 1990s, Harlequin had become synonymous with romance novels, grown the category into a score of successful subgenre lines, opened offices around the world, and seen its books made available in more than 100 countries and 30 languages. More
Lauren Oliver
I read so that I can learn and I write so that I can explore. More
Beezus and Ramona
Newbery Medal winner; humorous and beloved tale of the ups and downs of sisterhood. More
Robyn Carr
Writing changes me, teaches me, broadens me, and makes me more aware. More
Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Major nineteenth-century English novel that challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England. More
Cathy Glass
I have always been a writer. More
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
An innovative landmark from “one of the really great cooks of all time” (James Beard). 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