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
