hi!!! not a weird question at all don't worry!! just one that took me a while to ponder over and i'm gonna give you three answers, hope that's okay! they're not ranked btw

so, six of crows! - it's the book that really got me back into reading, and into queer fantasy (queer literature as a whole tbh). i love it so, so dearly and the characters!! ugh. i love them so bad and i'm still upset with netflix ngl but yeah! six of crows reignited my love for books and opened me up to the queer side of things

ace: what asexuality revelas about desire, society and the meaning of sex by angela chen!
this book is just so, so good. there's so many things discussed that do need more awareness in general society, so much to learn not matter what your identity is - i as an asexual who though i knew a lot learned tons, and my mum who did not understand asexuality up until she read it was absolutely overwhelmed (positive), too. it's so good and i can just recommend it to anyone because it touches on so, so many things. incredible book i swear

my last pick is a bit niche, i think. it's rumo & his miraculous adventures by walter moers
it's a german fantasy, so i don't know how well it holds up in english but god. it's a childhood thing (although i was definitely too young when i read it) for me, full of nostalgia yk. something that i share with my dad, and i love the world moers created so much. it's incredibly imaginative, with so many plays on words and tropes and things we know, and full of little easter eggs from and for other books he's written. adventure and found family and an mc who i've assigned autism to and just. it's so, so fun and i read it once a year asjkhfsdg