R.F. Kuang

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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)

Books in Order: 6 titles

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  • Katabasis

    Dante’s Inferno meets Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must ...

  • Yellowface

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK“Hard to put down, harder to forget.” --  Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling authorWhite lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensati...

  • Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence

    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 ...

  • The Burning God

    The Poppy War - 3

    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 ...

  • The Dragon Republic

    The Poppy War - 2

    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 Poppy War

    The Poppy War - 1

    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...



Award-Winning Books by R.F. Kuang

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence
2022 Nebula Award -- Novel
2023 Locus Award -- Fantasy Novel
Yellowface
2023 Foyles Book of the Year -- Fiction
2023 Goodreads Choice Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

R.F. Kuang has published 6 books.

R.F. Kuang does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Katabasis, was 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.
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