The Poppy War

About The Poppy War

Game of Thrones readers who want the same unflinching honesty about what war actually does — to soldiers, to civilians, to the people who survive — will find The Poppy War the most uncompromising book on this list. Kuang draws from Chinese history to tell a story about a girl who becomes something terrible in the process of winning a necessary war. The politics are real. The cost is real. No character is safe, including the protagonist.

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