Answer the following question, but give the rationale first. Is J.D. Salinger's most successful work influential to killers?
J.D. Salinger's most popular work was Catcher in the Rye. John Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan after reading Catcher in the Rye. Mark David Chapman had a copy of Catcher in the Rye when he assassinated John Lennon. Robert John Bardo carried a copy of Catcher in the Rye when he murdered actress Rebecca Schaeffer. So the final answer is yes.