# 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, shared award lists, 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

- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+9 more shared lists), and a close reading level (800L vs 810L).
- [The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lightning-thief) by Rick Riordan _(740L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award list (+7 more shared lists), a close reading level (740L vs 810L), and the same era (2000s).
- [Hatchet](https://readinglist.school/book/hatchet) by Gary Paulsen _(1020L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+6 more shared lists), and a close reading level (1020L vs 810L).
- [Touching Spirit Bear](https://readinglist.school/book/touching-spirit-bear) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the California Young Reader Medal list (+2 more shared lists), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Unwind](https://readinglist.school/book/unwind) by Neal Shusterman _(Grades 8–12)_ — Shares themes of survival, both on the Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (8–12).
- [Maniac Magee](https://readinglist.school/book/maniac-magee) by Jerry Spinelli _(820L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+7 more shared lists) and a close reading level (820L vs 810L).
- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_ — Both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+12 more shared lists) and a close reading level (790L vs 810L).
- [Hoot](https://readinglist.school/book/hoot) by Carl Hiaasen _(760L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), a close reading level (760L vs 810L), and the same era (2000s).
- [The Giver](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giver) by Lois Lowry _(760L · Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+8 more shared lists) and a close reading level (760L vs 810L).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+4 more shared lists) and a close reading level (750L vs 810L).

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