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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Moby-Dick
Melville’s classic tale of obsession and the sea, and one of the most important and enduring masterworks of nineteenth-century literature. Moby-Dick is often called the greatest American novel of all time.