What novel influenced your life the most?

[zippythepinhead]

"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, which I read as a young teenager turned me into a beatnik for the rest of my life.

http://www.shmoop.com/on-the-road/

[hermetic]

1. Tom Wolfe's

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test which turned me into a hippie for the rest of my life.

[zippythepinhead]

3. funny

made me laugh!

[Leith]

2. Michener's Hawaii

It's one of the books I need to reread every 5 years or so. I love not only the sweeping tale of how the islands came into being, but how people came, lived together, and added to the rich culture already there.

[resistance2016]

4. Atlas Shrugged

But while a lot of teenagers read it and become libertarians or worse, it had the exact opposite effect on me. I'd kill myself before I say anything positive about the writer of that book.