The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE*
A dazzling new biography of young Tennyson by the prize-winning, bestselling author of The Age of Wonder.
Biography: literary
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘It is good to meet the real Jane Austen at last’ Independent on Sunday
‘Brilliantly illuminating … by focusing, chapter by chapter, on one thread or another of Austen’s experience, Byrne allows us to grasp the richness of her inner life’ Guardian
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
‘I relished every page … This is the best book on Jane Austen I have ever read’Spectator
‘Compelling … a delightful and engrossing book … Byrne’s passion is nothing if not persuasive’Sunday Times
Was Jane Austen a woman of prim manners and genteel calm? Or someone who behaved outrageously, filled with sharp wit and wild comedy?
Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones
‘He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all’
The Cooking of Books: A Literary Memoir
It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring.
Unleashed
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, DAILY MAIL, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES
‘ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE’ ED BALLS
‘SENSATIONAL’ DAILY MAIL
Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale
‘A kind of blissography, teeming with bon mots’ Sunday Times
The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place
From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers.
Collins Classics – The Common Reader: First Series (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys
‘An absolute belter of a biography’ MARINA HYDE
A Times Literary Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022
An LA Times Best Book of the Year 2022
An intimate, revealing and profoundly moving biography of Jean Rhys, acclaimed author of Wide Sargasso Sea.
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage: Collins Modern Classics edition
Bill Bryson’s biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.
Shakespeare’s Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio
‘A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition . . . Lavishly detailed’FINANCIAL TIMES
Letters to Gil
‘A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure’ IRENOSEN OKOJIE
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym
‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPER
Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer
A Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021
Collins Classics – The Waves (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.
Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir
A luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile.