Have you finished The Hunger Games and feeling lost in a sea of YA dystopian thrillers? Turning to the games console or movies to get an action fix? Here are our top 10 books for people who love The Hunger Games and want to read more
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. Photograph: Murray Close
A dystopian future with a strong, female protagonist that manages to be both an action-packed romp and a thought piece on mass media and revolution. There is a lot to love about The Hunger Games! For all the readers who have finished The Hunger Games and want to move on to something equally thrilling, we volunteer this top 10 as tribute.
In this list, we tried to avoid the obvious YA reads released in the recent surge of Hunger-Games-inspired publishing, to instead present a unique selection of cult favourites and classics. Try something new!
As a caution: this is a lot more gorey than The Hunger Games and we only recommend it to discerning readers with strong stomachs. For graphic novel fans, Battle Royale is also a manga series (which manages to be both pretty and exceptionally bloody – again, only for older young adults).
Gone is not strictly-dystopian fiction and it lacks a female protagonist like Katniss, but the series is so much fun and it moves like a film – not a bad thing for people who struggle to finish a book. Gone is guaranteed to tear anyone away from their PlayStation or Xbox. Yes, even you.
Read a review from Mal Peet.
Read a member review by Bookworm1408.
Listen to a podcast interview with Michael Grant and website member Patrick.
Rest of the titles
In this list, we tried to avoid the obvious YA reads released in the recent surge of Hunger-Games-inspired publishing, to instead present a unique selection of cult favourites and classics. Try something new!
1. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
In an alternate Japan, 42 children are sent to a deserted island to fight to the death as part of The Program, a military project to control the population with fear. There are no rules, except one person must die every 24 hours or everyone will be killed.As a caution: this is a lot more gorey than The Hunger Games and we only recommend it to discerning readers with strong stomachs. For graphic novel fans, Battle Royale is also a manga series (which manages to be both pretty and exceptionally bloody – again, only for older young adults).
2. Gone by Michael Grant
Everyone over the age of 15 suddenly disappears. No trace, no explanation. The children that remain are left to rebuild society and figure out just what happened to all the adults.Gone is not strictly-dystopian fiction and it lacks a female protagonist like Katniss, but the series is so much fun and it moves like a film – not a bad thing for people who struggle to finish a book. Gone is guaranteed to tear anyone away from their PlayStation or Xbox. Yes, even you.
Read a review from Mal Peet.
Read a member review by Bookworm1408.
Listen to a podcast interview with Michael Grant and website member Patrick.
Rest of the titles
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