- Are you an ace with a bow and arrow?
- Do you own a mockingbird pin?
- Have you already decided to name your first-born “Katniss"?
- Have you read the Hunger Games trilogy countless times?
Below is a list of suggested titles*. All books share a post-apocalyptic and/or future world setting similar to Hunger Games, each loaded with adventure. All of these are available in the DSMS Library.
If you disagree with any of these Hunger Games read-alike books being on the list, let us know!
Dark Life by Kat Falls
The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
Rash by Pete Hautman
The Secret under My Skin by Janet McNaughton
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Storm Thief by Chris Wooding
Z for Zachariah by Robert O’Brien
SERIES:
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Carbon Diaries series by Saci Lloyd
Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau
Exodus by Julie Bertagna
The Giver series by Lois Lowry
Gone series by Michael Grant
Hunger City Chronicles by Philip Reeve
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfield
Life as we Knew It by Susan Pfeffer
Matched trilogy by Ally Condie
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Maze Runner by James Dashner
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
Seven Kingdoms trilogy by Kristin Cashore
Truesight by David Stahler, Jr.
BTW, have you checked out the movie trailers? Can’t wait to hear what you think of the movie!
*Thanks to all the librarians on the YALSA list-serv for compiling this list.