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A new survey says that teens love Veronica Roth and her novel Divergent. The American Library Association’s YA division announced on Monday that Divergent was the #1 favourite book of online teen voters between August 15-September 15. The novel has often been compared to The Hunger Games.

Seeing The Hunger Games books on a bestseller list is no surprise, but this week Gregor the Overlander, the first book in Suzanne Collins‘ Underland Chronicles has broken onto USA Today’s bestseller list. The book, which was released in 2004, is at #11 on the list. It made the list one time before, all the […]

The Hunger Games has officially surpassed Harry Potter as the top-selling book series of all time on Amazon.com, regardless of the fact that there are seven Harry Potter novels and only three Hunger Games books. The figures include both print and eBook sales.

Now that he’s been cast as Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee in the film version of Catching Fire, Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman is now rushing to read the Suzanne Collins books after enjoying the film script. “It’s a great group of actors. It’s a great environment. And the character was something I was attracted […]

Scholastic has announced that over 50 million copies of the popular The Hunger Games series have been sold in print and digital formats. Since the series first came out in Fall 2008, the series has seen steady growth in sales. The 50 million figure includes 23 million copies of The Hunger Games, 14 million of […]

After much speculation, Lionsgate has made the decision to split the final Hunger Games book into two films. “Mockingjay Part 1” is going to be released November 21, 2014, while “Mockingjay Part 2” will be released on November 20, 2015.

Lionsgate has announced that Francis Lawrence will be directing Catching Fire, the sequel to the hit movie The Hunger Games. Lawrence has directed such movies as I Am Legend, Constantine and Water for Elephants.

The popularity of eReaders has been growing non-stop. As of now there are There are 17,784 Kindle users. One of the things Amazon can do through their Kindle eReader is track the passages you highlight as you read.

The Hunger Games actor Liam Hemsworth has signed on to play the lead in the new adaptation of Joseph Finder novel Paranoia. The thriller will also star Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman.

Directory Gary Ross has announced that he won’t be staying on for the second installment of The Hunger Games movie series, “Catching Fire.” “As a writer and a director, I simply don’t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight […]