If the Capitol’s televised Reaping, Caesar Flickerman’s stagecraft, and Seneca Crane’s rule-twisting kept you riveted, you’ll be hooked by Battle Royale. A ninth-grade class is dumped on an island and forced to kill one another while their collars broadcast the carnage. Like Katniss weighing alliances with Peeta and Rue against brutal Careers, Shuya, Noriko, and the enigmatic Kawada must decide who to trust as government announcements designate new “danger zones.” It’s the same razor‑edged dread, political spectacle, and survival calculus you loved—dialed up to a ferocious pitch.

If Katniss’s snares, her alliance with Rue, and the desperate scramble to read the arena’s traps grabbed you, The Maze Runner delivers that relentless survival puzzle. Thomas wakes in the Glade with no memory, surrounded by towering walls that shift nightly, releasing monstrous Grievers. As with Katniss weighing sponsor gifts and the Gamesmakers’ gambits, the Gladers map patterns, test rules, and face time‑pressure twists when Teresa arrives and the Maze changes. It’s all about quick thinking, fragile trust, and a ticking labyrinth that wants you dead.

If you admired how Katniss feeds her family with a bow, defies the Capitol’s expectations, and refuses to be anyone’s pawn, Graceling centers that same steel. Katsa—marked by a deadly Grace—is used as a thug by King Randa until she starts choosing her own fights. Her journey with Prince Po, a rescue across harsh terrain, and protecting young Bitterblue echo Katniss’s stubborn moral compass and lethal competence. You get intimate character growth, knife‑edge action, and a heroine who refuses to let power define her humanity.

If President Snow’s velvet‑gloved threats, Haymitch’s coaching, and the Gamemakers’ manipulations intrigued you, Red Rising turns the politics up to eleven. Darrow infiltrates the ruling Gold caste and enters the Institute—an arena‑like war game where Houses (Mars, Minerva, and more) wage brutal campaigns. Alliances with Sevro, feints against The Jackal, and propaganda are as crucial as raw strength, just as Katniss used image and strategy to survive. It’s cutthroat competition hiding a larger insurgency—and every victory is a message.

If the Capitol–District divide, the pageantry of the Reaping, and the manipulative interviews with Peeta captivated you, Red Queen hits the same nerves. Mare Barrow, a Red commoner, is thrust into a Silver royal court after she manifests lightning—forced into a fabricated identity to keep the masses quiet. The Queenstrial pageant, lethal court tests, and the Scarlet Guard’s sabotage mirror the Capitol’s image‑making and crackling unrest. It’s rebellion simmering under gowns and cameras, where one misstep can get you executed on live display.