Beasts Made of Night
{{short description|2017 fantasy novel by Tochi Onyebuchi}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| author = Tochi Onyebuchi
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| country = Nigeria
| language = English
| series = Made of Night
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| genre = Fiction, Fantasy, Dark fantasy
| published = 2017
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| pages = 304
| isbn = 978-0-448-49390-9
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| followed_by = Crown of Thunder
| publisher = Razorbill
| award = 2018 Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel
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Beast Made of Night is a 2017 young adult fantasy novel by Nigerian-American novelist Tochi Onyebuchi.{{Cite web|title=Beasts Made of Night|url=https://www.tochionyebuchi.com/books|archive-date=|access-date=2021-07-07}} It is the first book in a duology set in a magical world inspired by Nigeria.{{Cite web|title=Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545186/beasts-made-of-night-by-tochi-onyebuchi/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Penguin random house}}
Reception
Beast Made of Night received positive reviews for its world building and themes. A review from NPR lauded the novel as the beginning of a great saga.{{Cite web|title=Beasts Made of Night is the beginning of a great saga|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/11/04/560097326/beasts-made-of-night-is-the-beginning-of-a-great-saga|access-date=2021-07-07|website=NPR}} In a starred review, Kirkus praised it as a story that "moves beyond the boom-bang, boring theology of so many fantasies—and, in the process, creates, almost griotlike, a paean to an emerging black legend".{{Cite web|title=Beasts made of night review|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tochi-onyebuchi/beasts-made-of-night/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Kirkus}} Time recognized the book as one of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, praising Onyebuchi's creativity and world building.{{Cite web|title=Beasts Made of Night is one of Time fantasy novel of all time|url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/5898520/beasts-made-of-night/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Time magazine}}
Award
- 2018 Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel, won{{Cite web|date=2018-10-26|title=Tade Thompson, Tochi Onyebuchi and more amongst the winners of the 2018 Nommo awards|url=https://www.tor.com/2018/10/26/tade-thompson-tochi-onyebuchi-and-more-amongst-the-winners-of-the-2018-nommo-awards/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Tor.com}}
Sequel
A sequel, Crown of Thunder, was released by Razorbill in 2018.{{Cite web|title=Crown of Thunder|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545188/crown-of-thunder-by-tochi-onyebuchi/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Penguin random house}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Tochi Onyebuchi}}
{{Nommo Award Winners}}
Category:Nigerian-American novels
Category:Novels set in Nigeria
Category:Africanfuturist novels
Category:American fantasy novels
Category:African-American young adult novels
Category:American young adult novels
Category:Nigerian English-language novels
Category:Nigerian fantasy novels