I know A Separate Peace in high school impacted but only in the "I hate this fucking novel so damn much" kind of way.
As for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I read that years after it was released (snagged my brother's copy) so I wasn't aware of any trend around the book. However, I thought the "Quality before subjective/objective distinction" was an interesting concept and influenced my own metaphysical theories (although not as far as he takes it).
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