With the help of booksellers and librarians from around the world, we’ve created this collection of 200 iconic HarperCollins titles—beloved books that have inspired, informed, entertained, and endured.
Whether they are prizewinners, runaway bestsellers, groundbreaking nonfiction, or simply a favorite novel, these books have all had a singular influence on our literary culture.
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Coming of Age in Samoa
Based upon anthropologist Margaret Mead’s research and study of youth—primarily adolescent girls—on the island of Ta’u in the Samoan Islands, this book brought science and literature together to create a classic that is quoted and studied by scholars and the general public alike.
