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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Down and Out in Paris and London
The first book by George Orwell, author of Animal Farm and 1984, Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir on the theme of poverty in the two titular cities.
