For now this is a list of books I found moving, that expanded my perspective and knowledge as well as involved me.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler
Has a great plot twist that changes everything and opens up a new perspective on humanity.
The Round House - Louise Erdrich
A crime novel set on a Chippewa? reservation, a coming of age novel.. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2012 (US).