# Books like The Hunger Games

**10** books similar to *The Hunger Games* by Suzanne Collins (Young Adult Dystopian · 810L · grades 6–9), matched on shared themes, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** authoritarianism, survival, media and spectacle, class inequality, adolescent agency
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## Similar books

- [Life of Pi](https://readinglist.school/book/life-of-pi) by Yann Martel _(830L · Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of survival and a close reading level (830L vs 810L).
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of survival and a close reading level (800L vs 810L).
- [A Long Walk to Water](https://readinglist.school/book/a-long-walk-to-water) by Linda Sue Park _(720L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of survival and a close reading level (720L vs 810L).
- [The Graveyard Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-graveyard-book) by Neil Gaiman _(820L · Grades 5–8)_ — A close reading level (820L vs 810L) and the same era (2000s).
- [Chains](https://readinglist.school/book/chains) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(780L · Grades 5–9)_ — A close reading level (780L vs 810L) and the same era (2000s).
- [The Secret Life of Bees](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-life-of-bees) by Sue Monk Kidd _(840L · Grades 9–11)_ — A close reading level (840L vs 810L) and the same era (2000s).
- [Hoot](https://readinglist.school/book/hoot) by Carl Hiaasen _(760L · Grades 4–7)_ — A close reading level (760L vs 810L) and the same era (2000s).
- [Esperanza Rising](https://readinglist.school/book/esperanza-rising) by Pam Muñoz Ryan _(750L · Grades 4–7)_ — A close reading level (750L vs 810L) and the same era (2000s).
- [When You Reach Me](https://readinglist.school/book/when-you-reach-me) by Rebecca Stead _(750L · Grades 4–8)_ — A close reading level (750L vs 810L) and the same era (2000s).
- [The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lightning-thief) by Rick Riordan _(740L · Grades 4–7)_ — A close reading level (740L vs 810L) and the same era (2000s).

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