The Second ComingClassic · Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature
The Second Coming
1980 · 360 pages · Fiction
36
Classic
★ 3.92 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1982). 3.92★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
36Must-Read Score
- Readers30 out of 100 · counts 40%+14
- Critics63 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+22
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Fiction) finalist (1982)
- NBCC Award (Fiction) finalist (1980)
Reads as
Moving, Thought-provoking
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