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100 Must-Read Second Novels

Here are Bookriot's 100 must-read second novels by famous authors. How many of these have you read??
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No Longer at Ease (Chinua Achebe)
No Longer at Ease
1
Chinua Achebe
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
2
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
At Night We Walk in Circles (Daniel Alarcon)
At Night We Walk in Circles
3
Daniel Alarcon
The Hummingbird's Daughter (Luis Alberto Urrea)
The Hummingbird's Daughter
4
Luis Alberto Urrea
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
5
Julia Alvarez
Surfacing (Margaret Atwood)
Surfacing
6
Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
7
Jane Austen
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
8
James Baldwin
Sister of My Heart
Sister of My Heart
9
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
10
David Benioff
The Teleportation Accident (Ned Beauman)
The Teleportation Accident
11
Ned Beauman
The Blood of Others (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Blood of Others
12
Simone De Beauvoir
Peacekeeping (Mischa Berlinski)
Peacekeeping
13
Mischa Berlinski
Let It Come Down (Paul Bowles)
Let It Come Down
14
Paul Bowles
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
15
Ray Bradbury
The Brief History of the Dead (Kevin Brockmeier)
The Brief History of the Dead
16
Kevin Brockmeier
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
17
Mikhail Bulgakov
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
18
Willa Cather
The Queen of the Night (Alexander Chee)
The Queen of the Night
19
Alexander Chee
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
20
Kate Chopin
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
21
Sandra Cisneros
Kings of the Earth (Jon Clinch)
Kings of the Earth
22
Jon Clinch
Open City
Open City
23
Our Spoons Came From Woolworths (Barbara Comyns)
Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
24
Barbara Comyns
The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones
25
Moonheart
Moonheart
26
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
27
Kiran Desai
The Sisters Brothers (Patrick Dewitt)
The Sisters Brothers
28
Patrick Dewitt
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
29
Joan Didion
The Maytrees (Annie Dillard)
The Maytrees
30
Annie Dillard
The Brothers K (David James Duncan)
The Brothers K
31
David James Duncan
Juneteenth (Ralph Ellison)
Juneteenth
32
Ralph Ellison
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
33
Elena Ferrante
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
34
John Fowles
Desperate Characters (Paula Fox)
Desperate Characters
35
Paula Fox
The Agüero Sisters (Cristina García)
The Agüero Sisters
36
Cristina García
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
37
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Arcadia
Arcadia
38
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
39
Joe Haldeman
Angelmaker (Nick Harkaway)
Angelmaker
40
Nick Harkaway
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