I have read just about everything she has written, all 19 novels, her collected short stories, her autobiography, Curriculum Vitae. She has a wonder wit and is a fine writer. I would start with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, then continue with The Girls of Slender Means, then my favorites: Loitering with Intent and Memento Mori. She has written many books that are forgettable, but not these four. Two of her short stories, which can be found in All The Stories of Muriel Spark, are The Portobello Road and The Seraph and the Zambesi (this was her first story, written at age 19 and published when she was 21; what a remarkable first story!). We exchanged letters toward the end of her life. She had macula degeneration, and I have the beginnings of it, so we had a lot to write about. Joe Cowley