What are some books that have impacted you the most?

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I’m speaking from a philosophical standpoint, but it doesn’t have to be a purely philosophical work.

If you were profoundly influenced by Bridget Jones’ Diary, I want to hear about it.

Portnoy's Complaint
Lady Chatterley's Lover
50 Shades series
The Art of Oral Sex
Anything by Marquis de Sade
Howl
Basically all erotica

The New Jim Crow (deals with the War on Drugs)

For me:

Walden and Leaves of Grass

When I’m in a nihilistic mood: L’Étranger.

There are so many great moments in Shakespeare’s plays, too.

I feel like life is essentially meaningless, but it’s about enjoying the sublimity during the brief moments that we’re here. That sort of thing.

J. Krishnamurti - Commentaries On Living

Don Quixote- Miguel de Cervantes

Zhuangzi- Zhuangzi

Daodejing- Lao Tzu

Life is a Dream- Pedro Calderón de la Barca

The Anthropocene Reviewed- John Green

Not sure if manga counts but Land of the Lustrous- Haruko Ichikawa

Well, that's a tough question. I've read a lot of books, but I think that there are two which made me feel the whole specter of emotions. The first one is called Kindred By Octavia Butler. I've read other books by Octavia Butler, but that one is the best one so far. For me, the whole topic of slavery is very sensitive, and that book just made me think about so many things. I decided to read and write on it because it was a task for my literature class, and I came across this site where I read some info about that book and managed to check free essay database, and it made me interested so that I decided to read it. And it was for sure worth it. And the next book is called The Alice Network by Kate Quinn, and that book I read in one day. I was so into the plot, and I can say that it's one of my favorite books for now. The novel uses a dual narrative approach, alternating between events that occurred beginning in 1915 and in 1947, and tells the stories of two women. It's based on real-life stories, and I was very affected by that novel.

The Jungle
1984
Animal Farm
Anything Salinger
The Bell Jar
Numerous books of poems
Bhagavadgita
Dhammapada
Rumi
More than I can list

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Lensman and Skylark novels by E.E. Smith
Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
About Behaviorism - B.F. Skinner
Hagakure - Yamamoto Tsunetomo / Tashiro Tsuramoto

For impact, we are looking primarily at older child or young adult reading. That is where the big impact is. Of course over some 60 years there's been lots of books with impact.

Sand County Almanac
Desert Solitaire
Soul Catcher, Frank Herbert
Hellstrom's Hive, Frank Herbert
Stranger in a Strange Land, Heinlein
All the Little House books
Strawberry Girl and all the Lois Lensky books
Black Like Me
Walden Two

Charlotte's Web
Blubber - Judy Blume
King Lear
The Prophet
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Monk
L'Étranger
Villette
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre minus the ending
Hester
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sister Carrie
Fanny Hill
Les Misérables
The Bell Jar
Leaves of Grass
A Population of One
Republic
Critique of Pure Reason
The Sovereignty of Good
A Theory of Justice

Yes to Sand County Almanac and the Little House books
Pilgrim at Tinker creek
Anything Tolkien
Hal Borland’s works
My Antonia
Mark Twain’s works
Taylor Caldwell’s works
And more

More:

Prometheus Unbound
Jane Eyre
Le Petit Prince
Frankenstein
The Awakening
The Scarlet Letter

The Bible has impacted me negatively.

The catcher in the rye - jd salinger
Stone Junction - Jim Dodge
3 Dollars - Elliot Perlman
The Cheese Monkeys - Chip Kidd
Things the Grandchildren Should Know - Mark E. Everett
Nausea - Jean Paul Satre
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Born to Run - Christopher McDougal
What I talk about when I talk about running - Murakami
Anything by Dr Seuss