Dramatis personae vs Largo pétalo de mar — Which Should You Read First?

Both Dramatis personae and Largo pétalo de mar are beloved by readers. Here is what RateYourReads readers say about both, plus similar books you might enjoy.

• Novels (Bartleby, the Scrivener / Benito Cereno / Billy Budd / Encantadas) by Herman Melville
• The Shaping of France by Isaac Asimov
• The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain
• Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser
• The Humbling by Philip Roth
• The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
• Liberty tree: with the last words of Grandfather's chair by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel