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 Hours
A daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf, The Hours won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction before being made into an Oscar-winning film.