where do i start with a dude's 20 novel cycle

>>9019344
At the beginning, Anon-san.

Eugénie Grandet

Germinal
The Debacle

>>9019344
Germinal. You won't regret it.

Not Germinal, not, at least, if you intend on moving forward after that first book. L'Assommoir.

>>9019764
What does that mean?

>>9019770
Even Nana before Germinal. It means starting with Germinal makes no chronological or thematic sens, it's just his most popular book.

I've only read Therese Raquin.

Where does that rank with the rest of his work?

>>9019779
Easily top 10 material, yet not even close to his best work.

>>9019776
I watched both Gervaise and L'bete Humaine and then read Germinal. The movies barely made an impression.

Going to read Nana. I feel like any order can give you a different experience.