The first book in the ground-breaking Hunger

Games trilogy.

«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

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.