Fright Night Director To Adapt Stephen King Short Story

Tom Holland, who directed the original Fright Night movie, is going to be adapting the Stephen King short story The Ten O’Clock People. Holland has worked with King in the past, having adapted The Langoliers and Thinner. (more…)

Amazon.com Purchases Romance Publishing Group

Amazon has announced that it has purchased Avalon Books, which adds over 3000 romance, mystery and Western titles to its library.

Amazon is looking to publish Avalon’s titles under the imprints 47North, Montlake Romance and Thomas & Mercy. You can expect to see Avalon Books available as eBooks in the coming months. (more…)

Batman Director To Take On 007?

Batman series director Christopher Nolan is interested in directing a James Bond film. This would come no surprise to anyone who has seen Batman Begins, Dark Knight or Inception. (more…)

Order of Leaphorn and Chee Books

Leaphorn and Chee (also known as the Navajo Mysteries) is a series of detective fiction books by American author Tony Hillerman, which has been taken over by his daughter, Anne Hillerman. “Leaphorn and Chee” refers to the series protagonists Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. The two characters work together, but do not always agree with eachother’s viewpoints on some of the supernatural tradition of the Navajo. The Navajo Mysteries books The Dark Wind, Skinwalkers, Coyote Winds and A Thief of Time were all made into movies. (more…)

Order of Tony Hillerman Books

Tony Hillerman (1925-2008) was an American author who wrote several different kinds of books. He is best known for his Leaphorn and Chee detective fiction series. Most of his books revolve around Native American and Southwestern themes. Hillerman also wrote a couple of standalone books, two children’s books, several non-fiction books and some photo books. His books The Dark Wind, Skinwalkers, Coyote Waits and A Thief of Time have all be adapted to film. Tony is the father of author Anne Hillerman, who has taken over his Leaphorn and Chee series following his death in 2008. (more…)

Complete List of Books and Movies Like the Hunger Games

Written by Dan

I must admit – I was really surprised to find that I liked The Hunger Games Trilogy. It’s not my usual type of book – I much prefer the likes of Andy McNab, Mitch Rapp and Jack Reacher, or more gritty books like the books written by Irvine Welsh.

However, due to running this website, I felt I just had to read The Hunger Games as the series recieved a TON of traffic on OrderOfBooks.com. I read it, and I loved it – especially the first two. Sadly now I am done the trilogy, and thirsty for more.

Now if you do some searching on the internet, you’ll read rather generic “Books like the Hunger Games” or “If you like the Hunger Games you’ll like this” lists which really aren’t that good. There’s just the generic book description from the cover, and very little else. The lists will also vary, with some focusing on books with strong female character leads, others exclusively young adult books, and other books focused on dystpoian style novels.

So I thought I would compile a list of every book that is “like the Hunger Games” and list them here. Then I I will personally read every book on this list, and provide you with my thoughts or recommendations on it.

Don’t expect this list to be done overnight – but I AM a speed reader and plan on reading at least 2-3 a week. If you have any opinions on these books, feel free to leave comments below about them. I’ve also offered a handy link to Amazon to allow you to read the details of the books, and written a sentence about each of them.

Books Like the Hunger Games I’ve Read:

None yet.

Books Like the Hunger Games TO Read:

• Battle Royale: In Japan, school children are forced to fight to their deaths. More Info.
• Chaos Walking Trilogy: Starting with “The Knife of Never Letting Go”. About a boy in a town of men, and the boy can hear all of their thoughts and they can also hear his thoughts. More Info.
• Gone: Everyine and everything disappears from the world, except the kids. More Info.
• Enders Game: Aliens attack, so child geniuses are forced to become soldiers. More Info.
• Lord of the Flies: I read this in school, but haven’t read it since. A re-reading is in order. More Info.
• Poison Study: A girl is saved from death, only to become the official food taster for the commander.More Info.
• The Long Walk: By someone named Stephen King? It’s about a walking contest do the death. More Info.
• The Maze Runner:Trilogy. A group of male children trapped in a man made cavern, with a huge maze on the outside. More Info.
• The Running Man: Also by Stephen King. I sadly haven’t read this yet OR even seen the movie but will be doing both soon. More Info.
• The Uglies: 4 Book Series. Everyone gets an operation at 16 to make them look “pretty” and also the same as everybody else. More Info.
• Unwind: It’s about 3 kids whose parents don’t want them, and they need to survive until they are 18. More Info.

Movies Like the Hunger Games:

• The Tournament: Stars Robert Carlyle and Ving Rhames. Every 7 years, the worlds best assassins converge on a small town where they then have 24 hours to fight to the death – only one remaining. This had good action, but you weren’t really hooked by any of the characters at all. Still decent. More Info.

Order of Egyptian Books

The Egyptian series is a series of historical fiction novels written by Anglo-African author Wilbur Smith. The series largely takes place during the time of Pharaoh Thutmose III, but also looks at the happenings from an archaeological point of view in The Seventh Scroll. (more…)

Stephen King’s “Doctor Sleep” Delayed

It appears that those who are waiting for the sequel to famous Stephen King novel The Shining will have to wait even longer for the long-awaited sequel. (more…)

Order of Ballantyne Books

The Ballantyne Novels is a series of historical fiction novels by Anglo-African novelist Wilbur Smith. The series features the Ballantyne family over multiple generations and combines itself with Wilbur’s largest series, the Courtney Novels. The books are largely set in the latter-half of the 19th century, with some of it set in contemporary times. The series is set in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). (more…)

Order of Courtney Books

The Courtney series is a series of historical fiction novels written by Anglo-African author Wilbur Smith. The series follows the Courtney family throughout many different generations. The series starts in the 1660s and runs up until 1987. The series is broken down into three sequences; from the 1860s to 1925, from 1917 until 1987 and the final part (which chronicles multiple generations of Courtneys) from the 1660s until 1918. (more…)