Book of Night
core novel 2022 The Charlatan Duology
Record
| First published | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.54 (90,665 ratings, collected 2026-08-21) |
| Page count | 304 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250812193 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Book of Night follows Charlie Hall, a former thief who once stole magical grimoires for gloamists, practitioners of a shadow-based magic system in which a person's shadow can be manipulated, stolen or weaponized. Trying to leave her criminal past behind, Charlie now works as a bartender, but a dangerous figure from her old life resurfaces and drags her back into the world of shadow magic. Caught between her sister's own magical ambitions, the hidden agenda of her secretive boyfriend, and powerful rival gloamists all maneuvering for control of a secret that could grant its holder dominion over shadow magic itself, Charlie has to use every trick she knows to survive, blending heist-style plotting with dark urban fantasy as the first book of the Charlatan Duology.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Charlatan Duology
- Series: The Charlatan Duology core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Holly Black
Notes
- From the series record (The Charlatan Duology): A complete two-book adult heist/noir fantasy about gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows for power; Holly Black's first novel marketed explicitly for adult readers.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Charlatan Duology: position 1 of 2: next Thief of Night (2025)
Sources
- Holly Black - Wikipedia
- Holly Black official site: Book of Night
- Rating-platform listing: Book of Night
- Rating-platform listing: Thief of Night
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