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Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes.

Beyond Good and Evil [2], a definition of the 20th century craziness by the crazy genius Nietzsche (perfect for your 30's burnout)

Discourse on the Method [1], to become a healthy criticist of everything (perfect for your 15's-20's development)

Yet another option, if you are experienced with other languages and want to learn JS: Javascript Enlightenment

Propaganda [4], because you want to play the game too (perfect for your 50's meteoric rise to fame & success :).

This book is FANTASTIC to understand functors & monads.

Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand.

I liked it very much.

The Praise of Folly [3], to realize that life is just a game (perfect for your 40's post-burnout rehab)