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Other books as addictive as The Hunger Games?

I've read The hunger Games and Catching Fire. I still need to buy a copy of Mockingjay and I will probably do that today or tomorrow, but what are other books that will hook me as quickly as THG?

I've never really been a big reader. In fact, last year I read one book.... and the year before that, also just one which I had already read a few years prior. The Hunger Games is the only book/trilogy I have been unable to put down, while I sort of just force myself to finish other books like Contact and Stranger In A Strange Land, being only semi-interested in them.

To give you some perspective, a book like Contact by Carl Sagan which I did like and read twice, took me about a month to read cover to cover both times. I read the first two HG books in just under a week... So yeah, I was kind of obsessed with them...

What are other books that may hook me? Don't mention Twilight please. I've read some of the first book but just could not get into it...


 psvitagamer posted over a year ago
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NiazAbedini said:
I feel you, Twilight just... doesn't do it for me.
If you haven't read Harry Potter, You might wanna try it now. It may seen a little childish at the beginning, I guess it depends on the person. But it's truly amazing.
And there's The Percy Jackson series. It's 5 books, and later there's another series related but it's not necessary to read. It's about a guy named Percy who learns the greek gods actually exist and Zeus the big guy thinks Percy has stolen his lightning bolt.
There's also The Divergent Trilogy, but the last book hasn't came out yet. The first two books are just... fantastic. It has a theme like The Hunger Games (People are divided into districts, But here it depends on their personality.) It's about a girl names Beatrice that's turning 16 and has to choose whether stay in her own district with her family, or choose another one where she thinks she belongs.
It's gotten pretty long but all three are worth a try!
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RDJ-4EVA said:
You have got to read The Mortal Instrumennts by Cassandra Clare. My friend had me read them. It's a 5-book series and the 6th comes out later. I finished the first 3 in a month and they're 300-400 page books. I finishes THG in 3 weeks, the whole series. I think you'll really like it. ;)
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thehgfangirl said:
well...dont hate me..but twilight is really good, the beginning is kinda boring, keep reading , it will get better.and also i really like jacqueline Wilson's books, they are kinda short, and childish, but great :)
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auntiem9 said:
I like the Matched trilogy and then there is The Hourglass Door and also a book called Seers by Heather Frost there is now a second book they hooked me soooo yeah there is also the percy jackson series which is one of my faves
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charisma4 said:
I have a couple of books you would like if you liked the Hunger Games: Divergent by Veronica Roth and Matched by Allie Condie. Those two book have series (but I assume you can search that up yourself). They are similar to the Hunger Games and have a similar amount of romance in it. If you somehow like magic or mystical things, I recommend Jessica Sorensen. Almost all her books are vampires or magical (with quite a bit of romance) but it's not like Twilight at all. I promise. The Fallen Star series (4 books in the series) was absolutely amazing and wayyyy too addicting.

Hope I helped :)
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tacosauce77 said:
read matched trilogy

its soo good

until the last book :(
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JasmineValdez said:
The Divergent Trilogy
The Lorien Legacies
The Matched Trilogy
The Percy Jackson Series
The Kane Chronicles
The Host (Yes, I know it's by the same lady who wrote Twilight, but this book is a HUGE step up from Bella and Edward. Trust me, I read Twilight and didn't like it much either.)
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I loved "The Host" too. Can't wait for the movie in March!
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roofweb said:
The Divergent trilogy. (Only the first two books are currently out, though). It's somewhat similar to THG, and will probably be the new HG in 2014, when the first movie comes out. (although I'm not sure I'm ready for that, because as soon as the movie comes out, everyone will stop talking about it and it'll start to get annoying. That's why I love THG, but at the same time, I hate it now).

anyways, Divergent is definitely worth reading!
Uglies and Matched are also similar to THG.
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That's what I forgot, yeah, The Uglies books are like The Hunger Games
JasmineValdez posted over a year ago
Face_of_Music said:
Ahh, i read the whole Twilight Saga, wasn't too huge on it, either. XD
Some books I would suggest are
1) Harry Potter Series
2) Witch and Wizard Series
3) The Seer of Shadows
4) The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
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KateKicksAss said:
I personally found the "Across the Universe" series by Beth Revis to be INCREDIBLY addicting.

Also, if you're into Historical Fiction, the Bloody Jack series by LA Meyer is really good. They're set in like the 17 or 18 hundreds, and center around a girl who dresses as a boy, and turns pirate, and I'm crappy with descriptions, but they're really good.

Also, of course, Harry Potter, :-P

And then, if you like dystopian novels, I'm reading this really good one right now called "Rot & Ruin", by Jonathan Maberry, and it's about a post-apocalyptic world with zombies.

And then, the "Chemical Garden" books by Laren DeStefano are also really good.

Also, the "Uglies" series, by Scott Westerfeld

And the "Generation Dead" series, by Dan Waters.

Also "Graceling" and its sequels, by Kristin Cashore

I could go on forever, but these are just some books that I found VERY addicting, hope this helps!
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