Probably a basic answer but in all honesty Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird. Catcher for it’s honest humor (“He was about as sensitive as a goddamn toilet seat”) and peek inside a lonely person. I was popular in school and while i was not mean to kids I always felt kind of superior. This book brought me down to earth and it has served me well. As for Mockingbird, same sort of thing. Atticus was one hell of a man who went to great lengths for his fellow man. Oddly, I think I fell in love with Gregory Peck. I had read the book and then saw the movie and right away wanted to marry him and be a mother (I was like 15!) to Scout and Jem. I wanted to have Boo move in with us and have one big happy family. Crazy, but I learned a lot and it did change the way I perceived people.