I've not read Passage (yeah, yeah, I know, it's supposed to be his best, I'll get around to it) but have read both of what I think of as his Italian novels (A R

I've not read Passage (yeah, yeah, I know, it's supposed to be his best, I'll get around to it) but have read both of what I think of as his Italian novels (A Room With a View, Where Angels Fear to Tread) and English novels (Howards End, The Longest Journey) and, of those, would recommend Howards End as the best of those four, by a long shot. Angels is the only one I'd suggest maybe skipping, even if you like his other work. As for his short stories and short nonfiction (reviews, essays) I'd probably just recommend all of it, though there's quite a lot of that.