A Painted House vs Transparent things — Which Should You Read First?

Both A Painted House and Transparent things are beloved by readers. Here is what RateYourReads readers say about both, plus similar books you might enjoy.

• Voyagers III by Ben Bova
• Code of the West by Zane Grey
• Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop
• 春琴抄 by 谷崎潤一郎
• Murder in the Mews and Other Stories (Dead Man's Mirror / Incredible Theft / Murder in the Mews / Triangle at Rhodes) by Agatha Christie
• Seek my face by John Updike
• Hamlet (adaptation) by William Shakespeare
• Outlaw of Gor by John Norman