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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Master and Commander
The first book in Patrick O’Brian’s acclaimed twenty-one-book Aubrey/Maturin series, which is regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written.
