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.
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.
Source: Wikidata
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 November 2026.
- 119971443/4
- 219981443/4
- 319991444/4
- 420033364/4
- 52004–4/4
- 62005–4/4
- 72005–4/4
- 820063524/4
- 920074124/4
- 102008–4/4
- 112009–3/4
- 1220103983/4
- 132012–3/4
- 142013–3/4
- 1520205284/4
- 162025–4/4
Suzanne Collins series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Hunger Games books in order 5 books
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 booksMystery Files of Shelby Woo in order
3 booksSuzanne Collins Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Hunger Games Companion Series in order
1 bookSuzanne Collins Children's in order
1 bookSuzanne 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. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- 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.
When Suzanne Collins books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Suzanne Collins titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 8 titles.
16 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
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.
- Children's fiction 6 of 13 books
- Fantasy 6 of 13 books
- Animals 5 of 13 books
- Brothers and sisters 5 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 13 books
- Woo, shelby (fictitious character) 3 of 13 books
- Science fiction 2 of 13 books