Growing up ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins was everywhere! Everyone was talking about it, reading it and during the time… watching it at the cinema as each movie came out.
I have to admit, I was late to the hype and watched the movies first. I really enjoyed them and felt like I never needed to read the books… But last year, I read the first one and with no surprise it was BETTER THAN THE MOVIE.. WHUUUT?
If you are new to The Hunger Games series and want to read them… check out below for the order. If you’re completely new to the series and unsure what they’re about, scroll for book one’s blurb (SPOILER FREE)
The Hunger Games
Blurb:
Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place.
Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games.
There is only one rule: kill or be killed.
When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister’s place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence.
But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.
Catching Fire
After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future.
But their victory has caused rebellion to break out … and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay.
As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol’s Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless they can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.
Then comes the cruellest twist: the contestants for the next Hunger Games are announced, and Katniss and Peeta are forced into the arena once more.
Mockingjay
Book 3 and final instalment of the original trilogy
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe.
The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss.
And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.
Pre-quels
Below you will find the pre-quels to the original series. Set before the events of The Hunger Games and they each follow the lives of characters we have seen in the trilogy..
The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes
Ambition will fuel him.
Competition will drive him.
But power has its price.
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger
Games.
In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow
is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.
The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate
hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to
outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuvre his fellow students to mentor the
winning tribute.
The odds are against him.
He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute
from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now
completely intertwined – every choice Coriolanus makes could lead
to favour or failure, triumph or ruin.
Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts
to feel for his doomed tribute… and must weigh his need to
follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it
takes.
Sunrise on The Reaping
When you’ve been set up to lose everything
you love, what is there left to fight for?
As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the
districts of Panem. This year, in honour of the Quarter Quell,
twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.
Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think
too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through
the day and being with the girl he loves.
When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from
his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister
to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town.
As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.
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