, Paperback ) Pages 374 ISBN 0-439-02348-3 OCLC Number 181516677 LC Classification PZ7.C6837 Hun 2008 Followed by Catching Fire Mockingjay The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by American television writer and novelist Suzanne Collins . It was first published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic , in hardcover. [ 1