I like going to yard sales on Saturday mornings from spring to early fall and this Saturday I was at one where the lady was selling books for 25 cents. There were quite a few Ann Rice novels so I grabbed interview with a vampire and another stand alone book of hers.
The lady who lived there had a shirt that said “be whatever you may be, but always be inclusive”. I wanted to ask her to explain that to me but I held my tongue. So is Ann Rice worth the read?
Stranger, Moon, and Starship Troopers are all excellent in very different ways. His YA books are really excellent for a young teenager as well - I couldn't get enough of Tunnel in the Sky, Have Spacesuit Will Travel, and the rest of that ilk when I was a lad. And all the short stories gathered in The Past Through Tomorrow are very good reading.
His later work got very self-indulgent. I didn't hate it as much as many do but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend it unless you've already gotten through his better works and need more.
I’ve read the first three you mentioned and some of his YA books. Last two of his I read were To Sail Beyond the Sunset and Farnham’s Freehold