List three books that have had an impact on you. Why?

I don’t have a solid answer for this prompt. Mainly because I’m having one of those days where I can’t remember the names of books I’ve read, but also because I’m sure there are books I’ve forgotten that I read exactly one time (versus books I’ve read several times) that have had a great impact on me.

So, I’m just going to pick a few!

Ender’s Game is one because it helped form my love of sci-fi.

Any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett because they are each in their own ways inspirational when it comes to wit, wordplay, and portmanteaus.

And finally I’ll throw in the Wheel of Time novels for how they helped form my love of fantasy stories. I won’t settle on one, though, sorry if that goes against the prompt.

Maybe I’ll come up with more later and realize they were better choices and I can write an addendum post.