The Bird of Night
British novelist, born 1942. Won the Costa Novel Award in 1972.
The Bird of Night is a 1972 novel by Susan Hill. It won the Costa Novel Award in 1972.
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Susan Hill
- First published
- 1972
- Length
- 176 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1972
- Costa Novel Award winner, 1972
- Genre
- Gothic and horror, Psychological, Gothic
Is The Bird of Night worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Costa Novel Award and the Booker Prize.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1972) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1972) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Bird of Night
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (1976), 176 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 1976)
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN
- 9780140040722
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Bird of Night
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 83% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work