Notable Books
HarperCollins maintains the backlist of many of the books originally published by their many merged imprints, in addition to having picked up new authors since the merger. Authors published originally by Harper include Mark Twain, the Brontë sisters and William Makepeace Thackeray. Authors published originally by Collins include H. G. Wells, Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien. This is a list of some of the more noted books, and series, published by HarperColllins and their various imprints and merged publishing houses.
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- The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm (1956)
- Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian (1970) (adapted into the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
- the Leaphorn and Chee books, Tony Hillerman (1970–2006)
- Collins English Dictionary (1979), a major dictionary
- Sharpe series, Bernard Cornwell (1981–2006)
- Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, Hayden Herrera (1983), adapted into the 2002 film Frida
- Weaveworld, Clive Barker (1987)
- the Paladin Poetry Series (1987–1993)
- Of Gravity & Angels Jane Hirshfield (1988)
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, (1988) (first published in Portuguese as O Alquimista, 1988)
- subsequent novels in the Take Back Plenty series, Colin Greenland (1990+)
- The Language of the Genes, Steve Jones (1993)
- The Gifts of the Body, Rebecca Brown (1994)
- Microserfs, Douglas Coupland (1995)
- One of the Guys, by Robert Clark Young (1999)
- Shuka Saptati: Seventy tales of the Parrot a new translation from the Sanskrit by A. N. D. Haksar (2000)
- First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, Loung Ung (2000)
- Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (2001)
- A Theory of Relativity, Jacquelyn Mitchard (2001)
- recent volumes in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett (books from 2001 to present)
- American Gods Neil Gaiman (2001)
- Boonville, Robert Mailer Anderson (2003 reprint)
- Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson (2003)
- Don Quixote, a new translation by Edith Grossman (2003, Ecco)
- Acquainted with the Night, Christopher Dewdney (2004)
- Darkhouse, Alex Barclay (2005)
- Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman (2005)
- The Hot Kid, Elmore Leonard (2005)
- Freaky Green Eyes, by Joyce Carol Oates (2006)
- Next, Michael Crichton (2006)
- Domicilium Decoratus, Kelly Wearstler (2006) ISBN 0-06-089798-8
- Mister B. Gone, Clive Barker (Harper) (2007)
- The Children of Húrin, J.R.R. Tolkien (posthumous, compiled by Christopher Tolkien) (2007)
- Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith, Beth Holloway (2007) (about Natalee Holloway)
- The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall (2007)
- The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, Jeff Sharlet (2008)
- Going Rogue: An American Life, Sarah Palin (2009)
- Solo, Rana Dasgupta (2009)
- The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, J.R.R. Tolkien (2009) (copublished by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Pirate Latitudes, Michael Crichton (2009) (posthumous publication)
- Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel (2009)
- Shattered: The True Story of a Mother's Love, a Husband's Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Texas Murder, Kathryn Casey (2010)
- Micro, Michael Crichton (2011) (posthumous publication)
- The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (2011)
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