Ghostwrote 15 marvellously literate legal thrillers as "Robert K Tanenbaum"

Up to 2003, these were ghostwritten by Michael Gruber, and should be read in order. (After 2003 the quality plummets.)

I don't recommend "The Rachel Papers", "Dead Babies", or most of the recent titles. "London Fields", "Other People", "The Information", "Money" and "Success" are the best bets.

"Stories in an Almost Classical Mode" is brilliant. "First Love" is great but less brilliant. "Runaway Soul" is unreadable, alas.

McE has written some of the most poetic prose ever.

"Lookout Cartridge" is a surreal poetic thriller. "Ancient History" is comparably poetic but with less plot. W&M is just so long, but the 1st chapter is brilliant on its own. "Plus" is very difficult but beautiful scifi. "The Letter Left to Me" is uncharacteristic.

"Crying" is short and funny and full of good ideas. GR has more of the same but is very hard. V is peculiar, Vineland is dumb, M&D is unrewarding. Slow Learner is very uneven.

"Dog Soldiers" is intense, "Flag for Sunrise" is more so but less enjoyable. "Children of Light" is enjoyable but less substantial. "Hall of Mirrors" is flawed. "Outerbridge Reach" is uncharacteristic, less intense. ""Bay of Souls" is Stone Lite. "Damascus Gate" is hard going.

For starters, "A Word Child" or "The Black Prince". Not "The Red and the Green". Her quality is quite uniform, though, so almost anything is safe.

Yes to "Tinker Tailor" but also "The Lookingglass War". Not "Spy Who Came in from the Cold", and certainly not the sequels to Tinker except in the proper order.

Start with "Ulysses". It's hard but it's the most representative. Dubliners and Portrait are not representative, and if you find them boring, you should absolutely try Ulysses anyway. Then go back to Portrait next, then Dubliners, then FW.