Had a recent online conversation with a woman I like. I asked what her favorite novel is.
She said Middlemarch. I have read it but said The End of the Affair. It seems sleeker than 19th century novels. I think Middlemarch has one of the best last pages of any novel, but The End of the Affair has one of the best first pages.
It is all up to you, as long as we are still reading something.