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Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, translator, and award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy and Babel: An Arcane History, among others. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.

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	Yellowface 3.71 avg rating — 1,177,722 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 555,166 ratings — published 2018 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babel 4.12 avg rating — 548,142 ratings — published 2022 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 253,988 ratings — published 2019 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 197,754 ratings — published 2020 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katabasis 3.71 avg rating — 210,528 ratings — published 2025 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5) 4.49 avg rating — 32,762 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taipei Story 3.63 avg rating — 10,393 ratings — published 2026 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Space 3.50 avg rating — 8,729 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #1-3) by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,078 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

tags: war

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“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

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“Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

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Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, 10 books starting with Empire in Black and Gold

12 votes, 27.3%

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, 3 books starting with The Poppy War

12 votes, 27.3%

Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny, 10 books starting with Nine Princes in Amber

10 votes, 22.7%

Licanius Trilogy by James Islington, 3 books starting with The Shadow of What Was Lost

7 votes, 15.9%

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson, 10 books starting with Lord Foul's Bane

2 votes, 4.5%

Thieves’ World by Robert Lynn Asprin, 12 books starting with Thieves' World

1 vote, 2.3%

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