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Katabasis
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Expected 28 Aug 25Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.
Two 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 another thing entirely.
2025’s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new novel by Sunday Times Number One Bestseller R.F. Kuang. Coming August 2025.
Two 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 another thing entirely.
2025’s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new novel by Sunday Times Number One Bestseller R.F. Kuang. Coming August 2025.
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Expected publication August 28, 2025
About the author
R.F. Kuang
19 books62.2k followersRebecca 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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Shelved as 'future-releases'
December 19, 2023I can barely find anything on this book, but there's a tiktok that shows the author talking about the book, and she says, "It's called Katabasis, which is the Greek term for the descent into the underworld narrative. It's about two Ph. D. students who are magicians who travel to hell to rescue the soul of their dead adviser, who died in a freak magic accident, so that he can come back to life and write their recommendation letters and become not just magicians, but tenure track magicians. And it's also a love story. They start off as rivals and end up realizing that they're in love with each other."
Sounds amazing, and I need it!!!
Tiktok and Instagram
Sounds amazing, and I need it!!!
Tiktok and Instagram
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March 25, 2024mother writes = I read
but august 2025??!!???
but august 2025??!!???
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December 21, 2023ms. kuang i am seated and ready for whatever intellectuality you throw at me
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March 25, 2024academic rivals to lovers set in hell?!?! oh she is going to serve so hard.
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October 19, 2024I apologize for the person I’ll become when this comes out.
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July 27, 2024if i had a nickel for every time one of my most anticipated releases was about dark academia enemies to lovers college students entering hell, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's kind of weird it happened twice
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April 29, 2024After reading this book, I know I'll go through a katabasis!!
(I am proud of that, yes 😌✊)
(I am proud of that, yes 😌✊)
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November 5, 2024leaving a star everytime i think about this book
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August 5, 2024MOTHER'S WRITING A NEW BOOK and the publication date is almost a year from now but technically it's in january but it's january first so that's basically december and december goes by so quick because it's christmastime, so in reality it's in november. however, november is fall and fall is always the season that goes by the fastest, so it's in august. can't wait for this book to release in the summertime!
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April 29, 2024him: is it big?
me: no it’s Katabasis by RF Kuang HarperVoyager Kindle Edition (August 2025)
me: no it’s Katabasis by RF Kuang HarperVoyager Kindle Edition (August 2025)
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August 5, 2024miss kuang just said, and i quote, that "this is the most emotionally difficult book i've ever written." WHAT?
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March 20, 2024RIVALS TO LOVERS IN HELL
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August 5, 2024Going to hell to get a promised recommendation letter is So Real.
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May 1, 2024how am i supposed to live in the moment when this book comes out in 2025
(i read the poppy war and i'm now convinced everything r.f. kuang is a masterpiece)
(i read the poppy war and i'm now convinced everything r.f. kuang is a masterpiece)
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December 31, 2023big day for r.f. kuang stans (me) that love anything academia-related.
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April 15, 2024is it too soon to say this is my favorite book ever 😔 the synopsis alone is enough it’s not i’m foaming at the mouth
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March 24, 2024academic rivalry is the only thing keeping me alive (and the prospect of reading this book perhaps)
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November 17, 2024academic rivals to lovers traveling to heck and back together for my birthday wow :]
[november 16th, 2024] b&n signed edition preorder
[april 13th, 2024] waterstones signed edition preorder
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➛ Babel: An Arcane History ★★★★★
➛ Yellowface ★★★★★
1.) The Poppy War ★★★★
2.) The Dragon Republic ★★★★★
2.5) The Drowning Faith ★★★★★
3.) The Burning God ★★★★★
[november 16th, 2024] b&n signed edition preorder
[april 13th, 2024] waterstones signed edition preorder
blog | instagram | youtube | wishlist | spotify | amazon
➛ Babel: An Arcane History ★★★★★
➛ Yellowface ★★★★★
1.) The Poppy War ★★★★
2.) The Dragon Republic ★★★★★
2.5) The Drowning Faith ★★★★★
3.) The Burning God ★★★★★
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December 27, 2023i’m so ready for this to become my whole personality
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November 27, 2024⊹ ࣪ ˖ 𓂃 pre-release.
⤿ releases ꒰ 8┊28┊25 ꒱
very, very happy about receiving the honor of getting heartbroken with none other than my anchor bond!!!!!
⤿ releases ꒰ 8┊28┊25 ꒱
very, very happy about receiving the honor of getting heartbroken with none other than my anchor bond!!!!!
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December 25, 2023If R.F Kuang writes it, I will read it.
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March 28, 2024i am ready to be hurt
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March 8, 2024rf kuang’s books scare me. i need at least 30 business days to recover in between each book
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April 29, 2024Update: Did they change the release date or did I misread it? I can't wait until AUGUST 2025 for this, I need it asap!
After loving Yellowface so much last year, this might be my most anticipated release of 2024! Plus Greek x Dark Academia is one of my favourite pairing of genres. At least I have Babel to read in the meantime.
After loving Yellowface so much last year, this might be my most anticipated release of 2024! Plus Greek x Dark Academia is one of my favourite pairing of genres. At least I have Babel to read in the meantime.
Shelved as 'unreleased'
March 20, 2024“rivals-to-lovers romance set in hell” I AM SEATED.
July 15, 2024
Putting 5⭐️ to balance the hater who put 1⭐️
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July 24, 2024This sounds like it’s going to be SO up my alley omg, but we still have 13 months left😫
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March 21, 2024Want to read
March 24, 2024wake me up when we have a cover
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March 8, 2024forget what i said 😭😭😭
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