01 The Hunger Games:
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (novel)
by Suzanne Collins
Released: May 19, 2020
02 The Hunger Games:
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (movie)
Released: November 17, 2023
Both the novel & the film adaptation are prequels set during the 10th Annual Hunger Games, 64 years before the original Hunger Games novel / film and, filled with vital information and fascinating bits of backstory that help set up that initial adventure while placing the entire series within a larger context.
03 The Hunger Games (novel)
by Suzanne Collins
Released: September 14, 2008
04 The Hunger Games (movie)
Released: March 23, 2012
The original novel & film are set 64 years after “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”, during the 74th Annual Hunger Games.
05 Catching Fire (novel)
by Suzanne Collins
Released: September 1, 2009
06 The Hunger Games:
Catching Fire (movie)
Released: November 22, 2013
The first sequel is set during the 75th Annual Hunger Games, also known as the Third Quarter Quell.
07 Mocking Jay (novel)
by Suzanne Collins
Released: August 24, 2010
08 The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay – Part 1 (movie)
Released: November 21, 2014
09 The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay – Part 2 (movie)
Released: November 20, 2015
The final novel in the original trilogy, and it’s two-film adaptation, pick up after the events of “Catching Fire” and detail the end of the Hunger Games and the war between the Districts and the Capital.
10 Sunrise on the Reaping (novel)
By Suzanne Collins
Released: March 18, 2025
11 The Hunger Games:
Sunrise on the Reaping (movie)
Released: November 20, 2026
Both the novel and its adaptation are mainly set during the 50th Annual Hunger Games, known as the Second Quarter Quell, serving as a sequel to “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (40 years after that story) & a prequel to the original trilogy (24 years before the first released “Hunger Games” novel), but they also feature an epilogue, set after the rest of the entries, which serve as a sort of coda to all that has come before. Additionally, the original novels imply what happens in this novel but we learn the truth of it here.