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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2018
  • Latest Book:
    September 2025
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Full Series List in Order

The Poppy War

1 - The Poppy War (May-2018)
2 - The Dragon Republic (Aug-2019)
3 - The Burning God (Nov-2020)

Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China's 20th century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu's Grace of Kings and N. K. J...



  • Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War -- an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters. The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout...



  • The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect. After saving her ...



  • From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as ...



  • What’s the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American -- in this chilling and hilariously cutting...



  • Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek:The story of a hero's descent to the underworldTwo academic rivals from Cambridge must travel to Hell to rescue the soul of their advisor. Getting there was easy. Surviving it – and each other – is anoth...




Award-Winning Books by R.F. Kuang

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2023 Foyles Book of the Year -- Fiction
2023 Goodreads Choice Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

R.F. Kuang has published 6 books.

The next book by R.F. Kuang, Katabasis, will be published in September 2025.

The first book by R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War, was published in May 2018.

Yes. R.F. Kuang has 1 series.