'Hunger Games' Books Officially Surpass 100 Million Ahead of New Movie

The odds, after all this time, after all 18 years, are ever in our favor because, in the almost two decades since Suzanne Collins introduced readers to Katniss Everdeen, Panem is as popular as ever. What began as a dystopian novel about teenagers forced to fight to the death has grown into one of the biggest young adult franchises in publishing history, spawning blockbuster movies, bestselling prequels, and a whole lot of memorable performances. And wouldn't you know it? The series is, remarkably, still breaking records at an almost unbelievable rate.

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Scholastic has confirmed that The Hunger Games book series has surpassed 100 million copies worldwide across its five novels, ahead of the November 20 theatrical release of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. The figure includes print and digital editions, cementing the franchise's status as one of the most successful young adult book series ever published.

That milestone includes all five books, starting with the original three of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay, alongside the prequels The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Sunrise on the Reaping. Reaping has been a massive success, too, and it's sold more than 4.4 million English-language copies across six major markets by January 2026, including over 3.3 million in the United States alone. It also sold more than 1.5 million copies during its first week.

What Is 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping' About?

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.

The film stars Joseph Zada (Invisible Boys) as Haymitch Abernathy, Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List) as President Snow, Elle Fanning (The Great) as Effie Trinket, Kieran Culkin (Succession) as Caesar Flickerman, Jesse Plemons (Civil War) as Plutarch Heavensbee, Whitney Peak (Gossip Girl) as Lenore Dove Baird, Josh Hutcherson (Zathura) as Peeta Mellark, Woody Harrelson (Kingpin) as Older Haymitch Abernathy and Jennifer Lawrence (Red Sparrow) as Katniss Everdeen.