Any Tom Wolfe fans? If so, what would you recommend that I read first?

Read his 1960’s “New Journalism” pieces – Electric Kool Aid Acid Test test is the classic, along with Kandy-Kolored Tangerine Flake Stream Lined Baby.

And then his later fiction – Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full are considered his best.

Start with the early stuff like “The Right Stuff” and “Bonfire of the Vanities” and work forward, so you can see how his style developed. By the way, I worked with Tom at the New York Herald Tribune in the 60s, just as he was getting rolling. A lovely man.

The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test is probably the most representative work of his style, but my favorite is The Right Stuff, in which he mostly keeps a leash on that stuff, mostly.

Second the above, but start with “Mau-Mauing the Flack Catchers.” I don’t disagree with Pachyderm, and his special perspective, however, I recommend the early stuff first to build enthusiasm for the “New Journalism” style as I did in the 70’s. Then do the longer novels which while not reined-in, are more reflective on the subject and the verve of his style has subtleties not explored in the early shorter works. Another thought, try getting ahold of any of his speeches. They are consistently brilliant. Finally, be conversant with the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s.

Agree with @zenvelo especially if you are ‘of a certain age’ or wonder what the fun was that those guys had that your generation didn’t.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968)

As a contrarian, I find that a little of his prose goes a long way, even when I read it in the late sixties just after he published.

What I’ve read was bombastic and overdone. Taught Bonfire of the Vanities in a lit class a few years ago but was tired of it way before the end.

I totally agree with @Thulenord about Wolfe’s New Journalism stuff, which began appearing in the Trib’s ground-breaking Sunday supplement that we now know as New York Magazine. Actually, I like that more than most of his novels.