Now recruiting...recommendations

As one would expect from working in a bookshop, I have received many, many book recommendations over the years. Sometimes, I know immediately that the recommendation is not my 'cup of tea' so I smile politely and tell the customer I'll add the book to my To Read list. Sometimes though a customer's enthusiasm for a book is so contagious that I really do add it to the To Read list in my head. Despite having a mental To Read list of hundreds of books I have never actually got the list down onto paper...and every time I finish a book I whirl around confused trying to choose my next book. I know there are hundreds of titles I want to read but I just can never seem to recall a single one when I need it.

The other day I decided to take action. For once and for all, I was going to make a tangible To Read list, using ink and paper. I wanted to collate all the recommendations I'd received firstly...but thus far I have only been able to remember 5 books that have been recommended to me. They are:

1. Any Peter James title - a lovely customer with friendly eyes that lit up when she bought a book recommended Peter James. I served the lady a few times and her genuine pleasantness and easy chatter always brightened me somehow. She would invariably ask if I had managed to read any Peter James yet and I'd always shake my head, a little guilty. Crime has never really been my thing but I promised the customer that I would read one, and even though I promised the customer a couple of years ago, I intend to keep that promise.
2. Terry Goodkind - yesterday I served a gentleman who didn't look the conversational sort and I started to conduct the transaction in a polite and friendly but professional manner. Unexpectedly he started a conversation by asking  if I'd read any Terry Goodkind. I admitted I hadn't and he exclaimed with surprising vigour "oh, you should!". He told me he'd received a copy of the first in the series from a friend who'd waxed lyrical about the author for years and decided it'd make the perfect birthday present. The customer said the book had sat sadly, gathering dust in his home for years until he was packing a suitcase for a holiday in America. He said he'd forgotten to buy a book so threw the book in his luggage in case he got bored on the flight. He started the book at the beginning of the flight...and read solidly for 6 hours, when the plane landed and interrupted his reading. He took me to the section and told me the order of the series and also enthused about the front covers for the books, which are indeed beautiful.
3. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver - I have been recommended this book more times than I care to count. I've heard nothing but unanimous good reviews.
4. Like Chocolate for Water by Laura Esquivel - a female customer once bought two copies of this. She said the book had changed her life and now she buys it for all her friends. Apparently she has never met somebody who has read the book and didn't love it.
5. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry - a curious recommend from a friend has aroused by interest. (I have a weakness for Indian literature too).

So...I am looking for more recommendations to replace the ones I've lost and forgotten! I will try anything once and read all genres with just two exceptions-trashy chick lit and maths/science so you're welcome, even encouraged, to send any suggestions my way where they will be added to my To Read list. I can even promise to read them and give an honest opinion if you want!