The Giver by Lois Lowry was probably one of the first books I read when I was a child that's message stuck with me for a while.

I treasure the Eragon series because it's where my love for fantasy first took off, I've branched out into more in-depth and serious epics since then but it was my first and I still read through them every now and again.

Malazan Book of the Fallen- an epic series by Steven Erikson that I just adore. Yes, I mean all of them. Especially House of Chains.