Top Ten Books People Have Been Telling You That You MUST Read

In this week's rendition of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by The Broke and The Bookish), the theme is: Top Ten Books People Have Been Telling You That You MUST Read (whether because they think it's a "you" book or it's just been generally recommended so often).

I often ask for recommendations and have received quite a few.  I have read some and I have quite a few on my list that still need to be read.

Here's the top ten:

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand:  This one is HUGE but has been recommended to be a couple times.  I have full intentions of reading it someday.

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie: I have promised my husband I would read this for years, but haven't yet.  As a worry wart, he'd prefer I find an alternative to worrying.

Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell: I love reading about serial killers and supposedly Cornwell makes a pretty good case at who Jack the Ripper really was in real life.

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace: Another huge book that has been recommended that I haven't tackled yet.

The Princess Bride by William Goldman: I can't tell you how many times this book has been recommended to me. I will read it eventually.

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver: This has been recommended a few times as well, but due to the heavy theme of the book, I haven't tackled it yet.

The Hound of Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: I have yet to read any of his books and supposedly this is a great one to start with.

The Pretenders by Lisi Harrison:  My 14-year-old niece has been begging me to read this, but I am not much for YA books, and this is pretty young.

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan:  The Heroes of Olympus series has been highly recommended to me and I have read all the book, except this one....because it hasn't been released yet!  Ha ha ha!

Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham: This is the second in the Veronica Mars series and has already been recommended to me, but I haven't read it yet, because it too has yet to be released.