The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne CollinsRead about another entry on the list.
While Buffy the Vampire Slayer never got quite this… dystopian, Buffy and Katniss Everdeen are cut from the same cloth. They’re both thrown into circumstancescompletely beyond them, and forced to hone their fighting skills quickly—or perish painfully. Katniss never has to stake a vampire, but she’s an able slayer when it counts. She’s sharp-witted and deadly, yet always willing to help a friend or right a wrong. The love triangle, a staple of the genre, feels very Buffy-esque, too. If their situations were reversed, you know Buffy would win the Games and Sunnydale would be full of arrow-studded piles of vampire ash.
The Hunger Games also appears on Jeff Somers's list of "five pairs of books that have nothing to do with each other—and yet have everything to do with each other," top five list of dystopian societies that might actually function, and top eight list of revolutionary SF/F novels, P.C. Cast’s top ten list of all-time favorite reads for fantasy fans, Keith Yatsuhashi's list of five gateway books that opened the door for him to specific genres, Catherine Doyle's top ten list of doomed romances in YA fiction, Ryan Britt's list of six of the best Scout Finches -- "headstrong, stalwart, and true" young characters -- from science fiction and fantasy, Natasha Carthew's top ten list of revenge reads, Anna Bradley ten best list of literary quotes in a crisis, Laura Jarratt's top ten list of YA thrillers with sisters, Tina Connolly's top five list of books where the girl saves the boy, Sarah Alderson's top ten list of feminist icons in children's and teen books, Jonathan Meres's top ten list of books that are so unfair, SF Said's top ten list of unlikely heroes, Rebecca Jane Stokes's top ten list of fictional families you could probably abide during holiday season and top eight list of books perfect for reality TV fiends, Chrissie Gruebel's list of favorite fictional fashion icons, Lucy Christopher's top ten list of literary woods, Robert McCrum's list of the ten best books with teenage narrators, Sophie McKenzie's top ten list of teen thrillers, Gregg Olsen's top ten list of deadly YA books, Annalee Newitz's list of ten great American dystopias, Philip Webb's top ten list of pulse-racing adventure books, Charlie Higson's top ten list of fantasy books for children, and Megan Wasson's list of five fantasy series geared towards teens that adults will love too.
--Marshal Zeringue
Posts
