The Second Round is an English language novel by Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer and poet Lenrie Peters.

The novel was first published in 1965, and subsequently reprinted in 1966 as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series.

[1] The novel is semi-autobiographical, following the experience of a western educated doctor, Dr. Kawa, who returns to Freetown to practice medicine.

[4] Charles Larson called the novel "African Gothic", though this characterization was criticized by reviewer Omalara Leslie in Black World.

[5] The novel has been compared to Chinua Achebe's No Longer at Ease[3] and the works of fellow Gambian-born Sierra Leonean William Conton.