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 Golden Notebook
The best-known work by Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. A feminist landmark, this novel tells the story of a writer named Anna and the crises she faces in her personal, political, and professional life.