Beasts of No Nation

Name: Beasts of No Nation
Author: Uzodinma Iweala
ISBN: 006079867X

by Uzodinma Iweala

Beasts of No Nation is a 2005 novel by the Nigerian-American author Uzodinma Iweala, that takes its title from Fela Kuti's 1989 album of the same name. The book won the 2005 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. It was adapted as a movie in 2015.

Recommended by

Judy Blume

"Beasts of No Nation, a sliver of a book by Uzodinma Iweala. The kind of book you never forget."

By the Book: Judy Blume · nytimes.com