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''The Hunger Games'' is a series of three adventure novels written by the American author Suzanne Collins. The series is set in ''The Hunger Games'' universe, and follows young characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. The novels in the trilogy are titled ''The Hunger Games'' (2008), ''Catching Fire'' (2009) and ''Mockingjay'' (2010). The novels have all been developed into films, with the film adaptation of ''Mockingjay'' split into two parts, the second of which was released on November 20, 2015. Soundtracks have also been released for each film. The first two books in the series were both ''New York Times'' best sellers, and ''Mockingjay'' topped all US bestseller lists upon its release. By the time the film adaptation of ''The Hunger Games'' was released in 2012, the publisher had reported over 26 million ''Hunger Games'' trilogy books in print, including movie tie-in books. ''The Hunger Games'' universe is a dystopia set in "Panem", a country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and twelve districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children are chosen to participate in a compulsory annual televised death match called The Hunger Games. The novels were all well received. In August 2012 the series ranked second, beaten only by ''Harry Potter'', in NPR's poll of the top 100 teen novels, which asked voters to choose their favorite young adult books. On August 17, 2012, Amazon announced ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy as its top seller, surpassing the record previously held by the ''Harry Potter'' series. , the trilogy has sold more than 65 million copies in the U.S. alone (more than 28 million copies of ''The Hunger Games'', more than 19 million copies of ''Catching Fire'', and more than 18 million copies of ''Mockingjay''). ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy has been sold into 56 territories in 51 languages to date. ==Background== ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy takes place in an unspecified future time in a dystopian post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, in the ruins of North America. The country consists of the wealthy Capitol located in the Rocky Mountains and twelve (formerly thirteen) poorer districts ruled by the Capitol. The Capitol is lavishly rich and technologically advanced but the twelve districts are in varying states of poverty – the trilogy's narrator and protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, lives in District 12, the poorest region of Panem, formerly known as Appalachia, where people regularly die of starvation. As punishment for a past rebellion (called "The Dark Days") against the Capitol wherein twelve of the districts were defeated and the thirteenth supposedly destroyed, one boy and one girl from each of the twelve districts, between the ages of twelve and eighteen, are selected by lottery to participate in the "Hunger Games" on an annual basis. The Games are a televised event with the participants, called "tributes", being forced to fight to the death in a dangerous public arena. The winning tribute and his/her home district is then rewarded with food, supplies, and riches. The purpose of the Hunger Games is to provide entertainment for the Capitol and to serve as a reminder to the Districts of the Capitol's power and lack of remorse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hunger Games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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