The Hunger Games
American novelist, born 1962.
The Hunger Games is a 2008 novel by Suzanne Collins.
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Suzanne Collins
- First published
- 2008
- Length
- 464 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Science fiction, Dystopian, Adventure, Political
- Series
- Book 1 of The Hunger Games
Is The Hunger Games worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Hunger Games
The edition we link to is the Scholastic paperback (2011), 464 pages.
- Publisher
- Scholastic (paperback, 2011)
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN
- 9781407132082
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Hunger Games
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 17% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 14% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Hunger Games
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