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Dystopian · Young adult

The Hunger Games

Bestseller: about 29 million copies (estimate)

In a future nation where each district must send two teenagers to fight to the death on television, sixteen-year-old Katniss volunteers to take her little sister's place.

First published
2008
Pace
fast
Length
medium
Format
Standalone

Read this if you want a fast, tense survival story with a resourceful heroine and sharp social commentary.

Skip this if children being forced to kill each other is something you want to avoid.

The feel

Content warnings

  • Violence
  • Death
  • Child death

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