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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Sounder
The Newbery Award–winning book about the beloved dog of a sharecropper’s family in the Deep South that became an influential children’s work on race and class. This classic novel shows the courage, love, and faith that bind an African-American family together despite the racism and inhumanity they face.
