[apadmanabhan]

I read Finite & Infinite Games by James P. Carse after coming across it in a comment on HN. It's one of those books that changes how you view interactions with others, and puts things into perspective.

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl is a close second. I read this when I was going through a particularly difficult time in life, and it has stuck with me since.

David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity definitely changed how I look at skepticism and pessimism in general (a weird take-away, I agree).

There's only one book that I often find myself going back to, which is Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. It's a very profound work IMO, and provides a sense of grounding to me.

[ravivyas]

The first 2 are my first 2 too, although I read The Infinite Game - Simon Sinek instead.

Infinite Games taught me to control jealousy, Man's Search for Meaning gave me direction in me trying to find meaning in my life (still on that journey)

I am reading The Beginning of Infinity (slowly)