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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The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath’s shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel about a woman falling into the grip of insanity. This is the only novel written by Plath, who is also well known for her poetry.
