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Suzanne Collins Books in Order

Suzanne Collins has written 16 books, published between 1997 and 2025. The first book is Takeout Stakeout (1997) and the newest is Sunrise on the Reaping (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1997–2025
Confirmed
16 of 16 titles
Pages on record
2,458 in 8 of 16 books
Reading time
41–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,458 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Suzanne Collins, author

Suzanne Collins, born August 10, 1962, is an American author and television writer best known for The Hunger Games, a young adult dystopian series. Collins also wrote The Underland Chronicles, a children's fantasy series. The catalogue lists 16 Collins books, from Takeout Stakeout (1997) to Sunrise on the Reaping (2025), with Gregor the Overlander (2003) and The Hunger Games (2008) along the way.

Film adaptations have been made of the Hunger Games trilogy.

How many Suzanne Collins books are there?

Suzanne Collins has 16 books, released between 1997 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.

Suzanne Collins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Suzanne Collins books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Takeout Stakeout by Suzanne Collins, book 2 of the Mystery Files of Shelby Woo series (1997)
  2. Cover of Comic Book Criminal by Suzanne Collins, book 7 of the Mystery Files of Shelby Woo series (1998)
  3. Cover of Fire Proof by Suzanne Collins, book 11 of the Mystery Files of Shelby Woo series (1999)
  4. Cover of Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins, book 1 of the Underland Chronicles (2003)
  5. Cover of Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins, book 2 of the Underland Chronicles (2004)
  6. Cover of When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins, book 1 of the Suzanne Collins Standalone Novels series (2005)
  7. Cover of Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne Collins, book 3 of the Underland Chronicles (2005)
  8. Cover of Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins, book 5 of the Underland Chronicles (2007)
  9. Cover of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, book 1 of the Hunger Games series (2008)
  10. Cover of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, book 2 of the Hunger Games series (2009)
  11. Cover of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, book 3 of the Hunger Games series (2010)
  12. Cover of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, book 4 of the Hunger Games series (2020)
  1. 1
    Takeout StakeoutMystery Files of Shelby Woo #21997 · 144 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997144
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  2. 2
    Comic Book CriminalMystery Files of Shelby Woo #71998 · 144 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Fire ProofMystery Files of Shelby Woo #111999 · 144 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1999144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Gregor the OverlanderUnderland Chronicles #12003 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003336
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  5. 5
    Gregor and the Prophecy of BaneUnderland Chronicles #22004 · confirmed 4/4
    2004–
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  6. 6
    When Charlie McButton Lost PowerSuzanne Collins Standalone Novels #12005 · confirmed 4/4
    2005–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Gregor and the Curse of the WarmbloodsUnderland Chronicles #32005 · confirmed 4/4
    2005–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Gregor and the Marks of SecretUnderland Chronicles #42006 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Gregor and the Code of ClawUnderland Chronicles #52007 · 412 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2007412
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Hunger GamesHunger Games #12008 · confirmed 4/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Catching FireHunger Games #22009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    MockingjayHunger Games #32010 · 398 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010398
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Hunger Games Tribute GuideHunger Games Companion Series #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Year of the JungleSuzanne Collins Children's #12013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  15. 15
    The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesHunger Games #42020 · 528 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2020528
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Sunrise on the ReapingHunger Games #52025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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Suzanne Collins series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Suzanne Collins books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Underland Chronicles in order

5 books
  1. 1. Gregor the Overlander
  2. 2. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
  3. 3. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
  4. 4. Gregor and the Marks of Secret
  5. 5. Gregor and the Code of Claw

Mystery Files of Shelby Woo in order

3 books
  1. 2. Takeout Stakeout
  2. 7. Comic Book Criminal
  3. 11. Fire Proof

Suzanne Collins Standalone Novels

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Hunger Games Companion Series in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Hunger Games Tribute Guide

Suzanne Collins Children's in order

1 book
  1. 1. Year of the Jungle

Suzanne Collins Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Suzanne Collins books run from Takeout Stakeout (1997) to Sunrise on the Reaping (2025), the sequence in the table above. The Hunger Games series also has a separate in-universe order on record: Hunger Games books in chronological order. No other Suzanne Collins story order is on record.

Do you have to read Suzanne Collins books in order?

You only need to read Suzanne Collins books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Suzanne Collins

Start with The Hunger Games (2008), the first Hunger Games book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Takeout Stakeout (1997).

What is the newest Suzanne Collins book?

Sunrise on the Reaping (2025) is the newest Suzanne Collins book released so far.

Is there a new Suzanne Collins book coming?

No next Suzanne Collins book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Suzanne Collins has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 3 nominations for Suzanne Collins. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Geffen Award2021Won
  • Children's bookshop prize2010Won
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2011Shortlistedfor Mockingjay
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2010Shortlistedfor Catching Fire
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2009Shortlistedfor The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins at a glance

Still publishing
Suzanne Collins published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Suzanne Collins books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,458 pages across the 8 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Suzanne Collins books, 8 of 16, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
10 of the 16 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Suzanne Collins books are about

13 of the 16 Suzanne Collins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 6 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.