Smart Women vs Life and art — Which Should You Read First?

Both Smart Women and Life and art are beloved by readers. Here is what RateYourReads readers say about both, plus similar books you might enjoy.

• 13 for luck by Agatha Christie
• Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer
• Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
• The Complete Works. Volume 5 (King Richard II / King Richard III / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest) by William Shakespeare
• Heretics by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
• The collected papers of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Novels (Northanger Abbey / Pride and Prejudice) by Jane Austen