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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Riders of the Purple Sage
Often called “the most popular Western novel of all time,” this classic helped shape the Western genre and has influenced literature, film, and television ever since. The New York Times estimated on his death that Zane Grey’s novels had been read by 56 million readers.
