Well, to start out, many religious have had a tremendous effect on the course of human history. The Bible, the Torah, the Qur'an, the Dhammapada, along with many other religious texts have influenced human policies, behaviours, and attitudes for thousands of years. These works of literature continue to influence people to this day. Many social issues (especially in America) are met with opposition from people who used the bible in defence of their point. Policies regarding which animal to kill for consumption also come from many of these holy books.
Apart from religious texts, the likes of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle greatly influenced the meat industry and people's opinion on eating meat. Also, many scientific texts, which can be considered literature, have contributed greatly to a more wide-spread understanding of some scientific truth. Galileo's Dialogo Sopra I Due Massimi Sistemi del Mondo lead many people to reconsider their views of geocentricism and replace them with the more accurate heliocentric views.
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