Scholastic Says Over 36.5M Hunger Games Books in Print

Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced the first update since January 2012 of U.S. in-print figures for Suzanne Collins's bestselling The Hunger Games trilogy.  The series has grown steadily since fall 2008 and The Hunger Games has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for three consecutive years. Readers flocked to the books in anticipation of the release of the record-setting "The Hunger Games" movie.  As of today, Scholastic has more than 36.5 million copies of the original three books in The Hunger Games trilogy in print in the U.S. (more than 17.5 million copies of The Hunger Games; more than 10 million copies of Catching Fire; and more than 9 million copies of Mockingjay).