Last Post, Best Novel

I read Anthem by Ayn Rand when I was a scrawny, annoying eighth grader and I think it changed me for the better.  Before I read Rand I mostly read the simple reads the school required and also a couple of cheap entertainment young adult "novels".  Anthem actually was a school required book but it was the first time I felt connected to a different philosophy in literature.  I've read a few of Rand's other novels such as Atlas Shrugged but it was that initial read of Anthem that made me appreciate more complex literature.  Ohh, and on a lighter note, The BFG by Roald Dahl is the best book everrrrr!