Anything by Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead”, “Atlas Shrugged”, at least, and then toss in “The Virtue of Selfishness”.
Grew up on Heinlein and Asimov, Phillip K Dick, and others.
H. Ryder Haggard, “She” and “Return of She” were great. The “Quartermain” stuff is pretty good.
Add Rand’s We The Living