The hunger games

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The first iconic book in the number one global YA blockbuster Hunger Games series, now sumptuously illustrated by Nico Delort.

A must-have addition to the shelves of the series’ millions of fans worldwide. This is The Hunger Games as you have never seen it before!

• pre-order Sunrise On the Reaping – the fifth book in the Hunger Games series – coming March 2025

 

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.

“A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense. . . . I couldn’t stop reading.” Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly

“I was so obsessed with this book. . . . The Hunger Games is amazing.” Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight saga

“Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced.” John Green, The New York Times Book Review

• Nico Delort is the celebrated artist of Babel by RF Kuang – their astonishing art is the perfect pairing with Suzanne Collins’ iconic world. This book contains 30 pieces of stunning art.
• Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon, The Hunger Games original trilogy changed the face of global YA.
• All three of the Hunger Games original novels have been made into major feature films, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth
• The best-selling prequel to The Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was a global number one feature film in autumn 2023 and a number one New York Times and The Times bestseller in hardback in May 2020.

 

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES coming soon into illustrated editions

• Catching Fire
• Mockingjay
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
• Sunrise On the Reaping – the fifth book in the Hunger Games series – coming March 2025 & a film adaptation is slated for November 2026