I didn't like On Beauty very much, though I hadn't read Howard's End and so no doubt lost a lot as a result. I liked White Teeth quite a lot; The Autograph Man was fun too but didn't seem as important.
I would suggest On Beauty. White Teeth is good, but it still feels a little bit like that young first novel thing. On Beauty is fully formed. Plus, On Beauty is set in Massachusetts whereas WT is set in London and I could follow the Boston neighborhoods better than I could the London ones. YMMV.
daryl says...
I didn't like On Beauty very much, though I hadn't read Howard's End and so no doubt lost a lot as a result. I liked White Teeth quite a lot; The Autograph Man was fun too but didn't seem as important.
rsinger says...
Hey Marcel. Thanks for suggesting Readernaut. Pretty cool so far.
mattbucher says...
I would suggest On Beauty. White Teeth is good, but it still feels a little bit like that young first novel thing. On Beauty is fully formed. Plus, On Beauty is set in Massachusetts whereas WT is set in London and I could follow the Boston neighborhoods better than I could the London ones. YMMV.