You know how our high school teachers always seemed to make it a point to ruin our lives by having us read to worst books possible..?

Well, some of these weren't actually that bad. I even read a few that were good.
I, for one, once considered becoming a literature teacher.

So, my question is: what is best book you had to read in high school?

The best book I had to read in high school is, without any doubt, Der Process by Franz Kafka in German. Its actually a short story.

Quick summary:

An ambitious, worldly young bank official named Joseph K. is arrested by two warders "one fine morning," although he has done nothing wrong. K. is indignant and outraged. The morning happens to be that of his thirtieth birthday. One year later, on the morning of his thirty-first birthday, two warders again come for K. They take him to a quarry outside of town and kill him in the name of the Law. K. lets them.

Quick review:

Finishing it, I was left bewildered and emotionally distant, like my feelings were stuck looking out into the middle distance not really able to focus or provide me with any input. I felt numb and a bit soul-weary.

It literally changed my life. It is what opened my mind to the idea of becoming a lawyer.