10 Books I Should Have Read (But Haven't).

There are a lot of books out there, and people have opinions on all of them. Some are "must read" and some pass the masses by. This is a list of books that have, so far, passed me by, despite their popularity. Some of them I'll read eventually, some of them I'm never going to bother with.

Confession time - I've never read anything by Margaret Atwood. No good reason, I just never came across them. The Handmaid's Tale is widely taught in UK schools, but I was too old to have read it at school, and it came out at a time when I wasn't reading much.

Despite this being one of the first books I downloaded for my Kindle when I first got it, I've never read it. I've never read Dracula either, despite being quite a vampire fan for a lot of years.

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Haven't read them. Or the Grisha Trilogy. Apart from the fact that there's serious hype, and their titles, I know nothing about them.

  

I have no interest whatsoever in Holden Caulfield. The blurb brings one word to mind, and that is "wanky".

I started reading this once, when the whole trilogy was out in English and everyone was reading it, but it was just so boring. I couldn't get past the first 50 pages. Seriously, I just do not see the attraction to this one.

I'm not quite sure why I've never read this one, I certainly want to, I've just never gotten around to it. Although I'm not sure about the whole wife in the attic thing.

This is another one I own but haven't read. It's a favourite of everyone I know who's read it, but there's just something holding me back. Maybe the whole WW2 thing. I will get to it, eventually. Then you can all tell me, "I told you so"

I really like the sound of this one, which was suggested by Shivaun Plozza when I asked on twitter (she also says everyone should read her book, Frankie, which I totally agree with). A girl has to live in the town where her identical twin took a gun to school and started shooting. I definitely need to move this one up my TBR.

A modern classic by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, this is one that definitely needs to be on my to read list, but I haven't managed to get to it yet.

This is very much the book of the moment, and I have a copy and will get to it very soon, I just haven't yet. I've only seen 4 and 5 star reviews, so I'm looking forward to it.

What are your must read books? Anything you think I should definitely read? Leave me a comment and let me know!