My nominations are:
Papillon - Henry Charrier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papillon_(book)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6882.Papillon
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...obinson_Crusoe
All the King’s Men - Robert Penn Warren
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_King%27s_Men
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...the_King_s_Men
Papillon and
Robinson Crusoe are geographic distancing,
Papillon (non fiction) I read an embarrassing number of years ago and is very high on my reread list, it has lasted to have a place as popular literature.
Robinson Crusoe is also high on my reread list and I feel, selfishly, sure I have nominated it before.
All the Kings Men, which I have not read and only recently come across, has a theme of distancing of the mind and nihilism, it was the 1947 Pulitzer winner.