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Originally Posted by Adam  Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
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Hey! That's MY bible!
I got it from my brother when I was about 14 or so. I loved it! Many things I didn't understand at the time, but re-reading it for 30+ times or so over the years, it never fails to move me again and again. Sometimes I intend to read just one part of it, but end up reading it all over again. This book inspired me to learn English thoroughly, to be able to read this and many other books in the original language.
Another one is 'Goedel, Escher, Bach' by Douglas E. Hofstadter. It's an amazing book, weaving computer science, patterns and magic altogether in one big sense of wonder. The writer is a genius with an easy pen.
And yet another: 'The Goal' by Eli Goldratt. This one and his other books really shifted my perception of reality.