Good Morning, Midnight (Brooks-Dalton novel)

For the 1939 novel, see Good Morning, Midnight (Rhys novel). For the 2004 novel, see Good Morning, Midnight (Hill novel).
Good Morning, Midnight
First edition
AuthorLily Brooks-Dalton
PublisherRandom House

Good Morning, Midnight is the debut novel of Lily Brooks-Dalton.[1] It was published in 2016 by Random House.[2]

Narrated in the present and in flashbacks, and following groups of characters in two different settings (the Arctic and outer space), the novel's plot is about an astronomer who may be the last human being on Earth after an unidentified disaster and the space mission that tries to return to the planet after a year without contact with Mission control center.

Both Shelf Awareness and the Chicago Review of Books included Good Morning, Midnight on their lists of the best novels of 2016.[3][4]

George Clooney directed and acted in a 2020 film adaptation, The Midnight Sky.

  1. ^ O'Hanlon, Eilis (August 15, 2016). "New Fiction: Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021. Good Morning, Midnight is strong on mood, whether it's the bleak, snowy outreaches of the Arctic or the surreal, sterile atmosphere on board the spaceship.
  2. ^ Hightower, Nancy (August 16, 2016). "'Good Morning, Midnight' and other best new science fiction and fantasy". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "Our 2016 Best Books of the Year". Shelf Awareness. December 9, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Morgan, Adam (December 5, 2016). "The Best Fiction Books of 2016". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved June 21, 2022.