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Andre Norton's "Star Man's Son" (which might have been a retitling of Daybreak 2250) ... that got me hooked on Science Fiction in a big way.
The Bible ... which after I read and studied it convinced me that I had no business calling myself a Christian and led me towards Buddhism.
Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, which changed the way I thought about how the world works.
Heinlein's Lazarous Long series of books because they made me consider the perspective of people who were of a different sexual orientation than I.
Larry Niven's series leading up to "Ringworld" which made me consider the theory of panspermia from a different point of view.
Lord of the Rings, which gave me a better lesson on the battle of good versus evil than the Bible ever could (and no one was demanding that I actually believe in the literal truth of LotR which was a big plus for me).
Jerzy Kozinski's "The Painted Bird" which made me vow to protect the rights of the disenfranchised for the rest of my days, and which might have been the trigger that sent me to law school.
I think that's most or all of them. I'll probably think of something in the middle of the night, and wake up out of a dead sleep feeling like a complete idiot for leaving it out.
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