I myself do not really view “What is to be Done?” as a great beginner work for Marxists, since it mentions a lot of obscure philosophers or groups that a modern audience (with their cursory knowledge of Russian history being from the lips of liberals, or worse, conservatives) would hardly know the context of, and I am reading a version that has notes on these people!
That is not to say that it is not an influential or essential work of Lenin (I think it might be up there with “Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism” and “The State and Revolution” in terms of either factor), but one has to be willing to trudge through Russian names that you will likely never hear again.
I kinda wish there was a version of Capital without all the “p’ = s’ × [v / (c + v)]” stuff. When he talks about the process of Enclosure or the working conditions of the 19th century, or bagging on about how stupid capitalists are in their analysis I’m in to it but then the math hits and my brain goes blank.