In fact, we don't have to like the books (or authors) who influenced us.
I mean: Many people have been influenced by, say, the Bible or the Quran and both contain morally extremely questionable ideas and many of the authors have clearly been deranged psychopaths.
Still, they have a certainly left a strong mark on quite a lot of people and thus qualify here.
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