I think it is a combination of the book and where you were in your life when you read it. For me: Cosmos was such a departure from anything else I read for sch

I think it is a combination of the book and where you were in your life when you read it. For me: Cosmos was such a departure from anything else I read for school or for pleasure. It transformed my love of reading into a love of learning. On the Road gave me wanderlust and made me want to move beyond my bubble and see the world.