Jonathan Yardley's Second Readings

1.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,777 ratings
2.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,243 ratings
3.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,404 ratings
4.
Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited
Second Reading: Notable and Neglected Books Revisited 3.92 avg rating — 145 ratings
5.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 37,198 ratings
6.
And Then We Heard the Thunder
And Then We Heard the Thunder 4.09 avg rating — 69 ratings
7.
Reveille in Washington, 1860-65
Reveille in Washington, 1860-65 4.17 avg rating — 470 ratings
8.
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,228 ratings
9.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son 4.37 avg rating — 23,280 ratings
10.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,047 ratings
11.
Someone Like You
Someone Like You 3.94 avg rating — 4,949 ratings
12.
Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory 4.08 avg rating — 17,394 ratings
13.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,481 ratings
14.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac 4.06 avg rating — 89,313 ratings
15.
Appointment in Samarra
Appointment in Samarra 3.81 avg rating — 16,052 ratings
16.
The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor 4.47 avg rating — 2,091 ratings
17.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,456 ratings
18.
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 3.27 avg rating — 13,096 ratings
19.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 69,182 ratings
20.
My Life and Hard Times
My Life and Hard Times 4.09 avg rating — 3,582 ratings
21.
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 281,978 ratings
22.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,642 ratings
23.
The Rector of Justin
The Rector of Justin 3.93 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
24.
Dale Loves Sophie to Death: A Novel
Dale Loves Sophie to Death: A Novel 3.23 avg rating — 314 ratings
25.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
H.M. Pulham, Esq. 3.90 avg rating — 186 ratings
26.
W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes
W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes 3.83 avg rating — 106 ratings
27.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch 3.87 avg rating — 25,862 ratings
28.
Happy All the Time
Happy All the Time 3.83 avg rating — 10,198 ratings
29.
The Twelve Caesars
The Twelve Caesars
by: Suetonius
4.02 avg rating — 22,150 ratings
30.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating — 31,468 ratings
31.
The Clock Winder
The Clock Winder 3.71 avg rating — 5,129 ratings
32.
The Dreadful Lemon Sky (Travis McGee #16)
The Dreadful Lemon Sky (Travis McGee #16) 4.11 avg rating — 4,778 ratings
33.
The Woman Within
The Woman Within 3.39 avg rating — 23 ratings
34.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating — 34,037 ratings
35.
Paper Tiger: An Old Sportswriter's Reminiscences of People, Newspapers, War, and Work
Paper Tiger: An Old Sportswriter's Reminiscences of People, Newspapers, War, and Work 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
36.
The Reivers
The Reivers 3.77 avg rating — 7,983 ratings
37.
The Earl of Louisiana
The Earl of Louisiana 4.13 avg rating — 316 ratings
38.
The Long Season
The Long Season 3.92 avg rating — 522 ratings
39.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,838 ratings
40.
No Left Turns: The FBI in Peace & War
No Left Turns: The FBI in Peace & War 3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings
41.
The Housebreaker of Shady Hill and Other Stories
The Housebreaker of Shady Hill and Other Stories 4.19 avg rating — 145 ratings
42.
Penrod and Sam
Penrod and Sam 4.04 avg rating — 562 ratings
43.
The Boys on the Bus
The Boys on the Bus 4.11 avg rating — 1,374 ratings
44.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon 3.65 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
45.
Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women
Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women 3.57 avg rating — 2,439 ratings
46.
A New Life
A New Life 3.73 avg rating — 694 ratings
47.
Cockfighter
Cockfighter 4.13 avg rating — 1,559 ratings
48.
The House on Coliseum Street
The House on Coliseum Street 3.69 avg rating — 303 ratings
49.
Victory
Victory 3.84 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
50.
Pogo
Pogo 4.46 avg rating — 244 ratings
51.
Office Politics
Office Politics 3.47 avg rating — 171 ratings
52.
Generation of Vipers
Generation of Vipers 3.80 avg rating — 164 ratings
53.
The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant 3.99 avg rating — 299 ratings
54.
The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart 3.64 avg rating — 8,891 ratings
55.
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans 4.03 avg rating — 912 ratings
56.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 89,879 ratings
57.
Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer
Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer 4.22 avg rating — 2,531 ratings
58.
Look at Me
Look at Me 3.96 avg rating — 2,600 ratings
59.
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 ) 4.29 avg rating — 12,033 ratings
60.
The Fathers
The Fathers 3.64 avg rating — 115 ratings
61.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating — 117,011 ratings
62.
St. Urbain's Horseman
St. Urbain's Horseman 3.77 avg rating — 1,818 ratings
63.
Giant
Giant 4.02 avg rating — 3,757 ratings
64.
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
The Revolt of Mamie Stover 3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings
65.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom 3.50 avg rating — 1,603 ratings
66.
Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck 4.12 avg rating — 2,106 ratings
67.
Poets in Their Youth
Poets in Their Youth 4.17 avg rating — 212 ratings
68.
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination 3.78 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
69.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating — 162,858 ratings
70.
The Mountain Lion
The Mountain Lion 3.86 avg rating — 1,345 ratings
71.
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident 3.87 avg rating — 6,520 ratings
72.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating — 33,276 ratings
73.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 3.74 avg rating — 844 ratings
74.
Morte D'Urban
Morte D'Urban 3.80 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
75.
The Stardust Road.
The Stardust Road. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings
76.
I Was Dancing
I Was Dancing 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings
77.
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s 3.98 avg rating — 2,340 ratings
78.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating — 78,748 ratings
79.
Lie Down in Darkness
Lie Down in Darkness 3.81 avg rating — 3,542 ratings
80.
Arthur Rubinstein: My Young Years
Arthur Rubinstein: My Young Years 4.38 avg rating — 267 ratings
81.
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald 3.95 avg rating — 220 ratings
82.
The Shooting Party
The Shooting Party 3.71 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
83.
The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 86,243 ratings
84.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,589 ratings
85.
About Three Bricks Shy: And The Load Filled Up
About Three Bricks Shy: And The Load Filled Up 3.88 avg rating — 355 ratings
86.
Act One
Act One
by: Moss Hart
4.32 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
87.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,306 ratings
88.
The Young Lions
The Young Lions 4.24 avg rating — 4,486 ratings
89.
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 4.12 avg rating — 9,480 ratings
90.
Never Love a Stranger
Never Love a Stranger 3.85 avg rating — 2,032 ratings
91.
The Spawning Run
The Spawning Run 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings
92.
My Moby Dick
My Moby Dick 4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings
93.
Newspaper Days, 1899-1906 : Volume 2 of Mencken's Autobiography
Newspaper Days, 1899-1906 : Volume 2 of Mencken's Autobiography 4.20 avg rating — 129 ratings
94.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,248 ratings
95.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3.77 avg rating — 106,759 ratings
96.
Pomp and Circumstance
Pomp and Circumstance 4.08 avg rating — 215 ratings
97.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating — 37,707 ratings
98.
The Second Happiest Day
The Second Happiest Day 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
99.
The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor
The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor 4.21 avg rating — 283 ratings