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 Known World
One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known World is a daring and ambitious work that examines the issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by both white and black Americans. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
