/lit/ - Literature

What are some historical books that really impressed and had an effect on you? When you consume the great works of Western culture in other mediums like music for example Bach, Beethoven, Mozart etc are really extremely impressive and have an effect on you. Same thing happens when you walk into St. Peter's Basilica or the Louvre but for some reason reading the classics of both literature and philosophy have had zero effect on me. It's very possible that I'm low IQ or don't have the background needed but it's not like that for any other medium. You think there would be some works that convince everyone who reads of them of their greatness. I've gone through a ton of stuff and haven't found anything comparable. I've read Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Ovid, Virgil, Chaucer. Goethe, Milton etc. I've read Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Leibniz, Spinoza, Rousseau, Kant. Nothing. No feeling of greatness like walking in a cathedral. What should I read to get this feeling?