Claim: Catching Fire is part of a series.

The Hunger Games is a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels written by American novelist 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 -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , Catching Fire -LRB- 2009 -RRB- , and Mockingjay -LRB- 2010 -RRB- . The novels have all been developed into films , with the film adaptation of Mockingjay split into two parts . 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 12 districts in varying states of poverty . Every year , children from the districts are selected 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 the Harry Potter series 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 -LRB- 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 -RRB- . The Hunger Games trilogy has been sold into 56 territories in 51 languages to date .