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Tochi Onyebuchi Books in Order

Tochi Onyebuchi has written 12 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is Beasts Made of Night (2017) and the newest is Harmattan Season (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2017–2025
Pages on record
1,724 in 5 of 12 books
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Photo of Tochi Onyebuchi, author

Tochi Onyebuchi, born October 4, 1987, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and a former civil rights lawyer. Riot Baby, a 2020 novella, won the Alex Award of the American Library Association, plus the Ignyte Award for Best Novella and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 2021. Civil rights and Afrofuturism run through Onyebuchi's stories and novels. Twelve books are catalogued from Beasts Made of Night (2017) to Harmattan Season (2025), including Crown of Thunder (2018), War Girls (2019), Rebel Sisters (2020), Goliath (2022) and the Captain America: Symbol of Truth run.

How many Tochi Onyebuchi books are there?

Tochi Onyebuchi has 12 books, released between 2017 and 2025. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Tochi Onyebuchi Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Tochi Onyebuchi books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi, book 1 of the Beasts Made of Night series (2017)
  2. Cover of War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi, book 1 of the War Girls series (2019)
  3. Cover of Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (2020)
  4. Cover of Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi, book 2 of the War Girls series (2020)
  5. Cover of Homeland by Tochi Onyebuchi, book 1 of the Captain America: Symbol of Truth series (2022)
  1. 1
    Beasts Made of NightBeasts Made of Night #12017 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017298
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  2. 2
    Crown of ThunderBeasts Made of Night #22018 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018336
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  3. 3
    War GirlsWar Girls #12019 · 450 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019450
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  4. 4
    Riot Baby2020 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020176
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  5. 5
    Rebel SistersWar Girls #22020 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020464
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  6. 6
    A Righteous Man2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  7. 7
    HomelandCaptain America: Symbol of Truth #12022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  8. 8
    Goliath2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Cold War AftermathCaptain America: Cold War #22023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    Pax MohanndaCaptain America: Symbol of Truth #22023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  11. 11
    Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  12. 12
    Harmattan Season2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Tochi Onyebuchi books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Beasts Made of Night in order

2 books
  1. 1. Beasts Made of Night
  2. 2. Crown of Thunder

War Girls in order

2 books
  1. 1. War Girls
  2. 2. Rebel Sisters

Captain America: Symbol of Truth in order

2 books
  1. 1. Homeland
  2. 2. Pax Mohannda

Captain America: Cold War in order

1 book
  1. 2. Cold War Aftermath

Standalone books

5 books

5 Tochi Onyebuchi titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tochi Onyebuchi books in order?

You only need to read Tochi Onyebuchi books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Tochi Onyebuchi

Start with Beasts Made of Night (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tochi Onyebuchi book?

Harmattan Season (2025) is the newest Tochi Onyebuchi book released so far.

Is there a new Tochi Onyebuchi book coming?

No next Tochi Onyebuchi book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Tochi Onyebuchi has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 9 nominations for Tochi Onyebuchi. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Ignyte Award for Best Novella2021Wonfor Riot Baby
  • Ignyte Award for Best in Creative Nonfiction2021Won
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Novella2021Wonfor Riot Baby
  • The Ignyte Community Award2021Wonfor #PublishingPaidMe
  • Nommo Novel Award2018Wonfor Beasts Made of Night
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story2024Shortlistedfor Jamais Vue
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story2024Shortlistedfor Origin Story
  • Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2023Shortlistedfor Goliath
  • Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2022Shortlistedfor Goliath
  • Hugo Award for Best Novella2021Shortlistedfor Riot Baby
  • Locus Award for Best Novella2021Shortlistedfor Riot Baby
  • Locus Award for Best Short Story2021Shortlistedfor How to Pay Reparations: A Documentary

Tochi Onyebuchi at a glance

Still publishing
Tochi Onyebuchi published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Tochi Onyebuchi books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,724 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tochi Onyebuchi books, 9 of 12, were published in the 2020s.

What the Tochi Onyebuchi books are about

5 of the 12 Tochi Onyebuchi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.