The Ender Series. Specifically Speaker for the Dead.
The idea that, even the seemingly worst of us, can be motivated by events and feelings we can all understand if we try, has been important to me.
Especially when combined with the understanding that free will isn't even an illusion, but a comforting lie we tell ourselves.
The Daemon Series written by Daniel Suarez changed my life quite a bit.
I was coming from the side of a fan of gaming and it sparked my interest in tech, decentralization, farming and a better society.
Even though some chapters for me are very hard to get through, because i don't like a few of the charactes (whichs seems intentional)
I work in IT, and Jurassic Park (novel) was a big influence.
Basically it taught me to not assume any system or process is infallible and to always expect the unexpected.
Les fourmis de Bernard werber. Ça nous fait voir le monde d'un autre point de vue, d'une autre manière...
Book: Kazohinia. It describes human beings very well. What we do to each other and why, how could we make better and why we aren't better. Movie: The Man from Earth. The plot of the move is 7-8 people talking in a living room. That's it, but it's more interesting than most movies I've ever seen. It don't want to spoil it to anyone, but it shares deep thoughts.
Mulholland Drive connects with my melancholy side in a really poignant way I can't completely explain.
No hay banda.
The Lord of the Rings.
I watched the movies as a teenager and then read the books and they've forever changed me in a good way. They've helped shape my life, my personality and have been a "light to me in dark places, when all other lights went out".
I am glad to have experienced them.
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. I've read this book quite young, I was 18 or so; it made me ask deeper questions on society, progress, "fitting in", and the purpose of the individual.
Other books from the same author like Island, The Ape and the Essence, The Genie and the Goddess, also had some impact on my life.
You may laugh, but it was actually a visual novel for me, Fate/Stay Night. The main theme of it is the relationship between ideals and reality and how they aren't always compatible, as well as how you can deal with that.
It made me think about my ideals and values, and whether they are worthwhile. I came to the conclusion that following them is worth it even if they are flawed and even if they can never be truly achieved.