The Hunger Games Trilogy Surpasses Harry Potter Books on Amazon: Which Series Do You Like Better?
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2012/08/19 20:10:51
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Last week, Amazon announced that Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games trilogy has surpassed J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series in combined print and eBook sales. It is now the online retailer’s bestselling book series ever. This feat is especially impressive considering that the Hunger Games trilogy is much shorter than the Harry Potter saga and has been around for significantly less time.
"Interestingly, this series is only three books versus Harry Potter's seven, and to achieve this result in just four years is a great testament to both the popularity of the work and, we think, the growth in reading digitally during that time," said Amazon Editorial Director Sara Nelson. “Customers love these books and all three titles are consistently on our Top 10 lists in both print and Kindle formats, and ‘The Hunger Games’ is also the most-borrowed book in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.”
This news came right before the highly anticipated release of The Hunger Games DVD on August 18. The film adaptation of the second book in the trilogy, Catching Fire, will again star Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and has a tentative release date of November 22, 2013 according to Lionsgate.
So, SodaHeads? Which series do you like better: The Hunger Games or Harry Potter?
"Interestingly, this series is only three books versus Harry Potter's seven, and to achieve this result in just four years is a great testament to both the popularity of the work and, we think, the growth in reading digitally during that time," said Amazon Editorial Director Sara Nelson. “Customers love these books and all three titles are consistently on our Top 10 lists in both print and Kindle formats, and ‘The Hunger Games’ is also the most-borrowed book in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.”
This news came right before the highly anticipated release of The Hunger Games DVD on August 18. The film adaptation of the second book in the trilogy, Catching Fire, will again star Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and has a tentative release date of November 22, 2013 according to Lionsgate.
So, SodaHeads? Which series do you like better: The Hunger Games or Harry Potter?
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Top Opinion
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Harry Potter
+20I really like them both, but Harry Potter is such a different world, where you get into the history of each character and get involved with every little drama. It also shows immense character growth and development in even the smallest of roles in perfect and realistic correlation to events that take place. You are taught the real values in life, such as bravery, loyalty, the sense of what's right and wrong and how to stand up for yourself and what you believe in. The Hunger Games is well written and has a really interesting plot with a delicate view of the politics of a dictatorship in a dystopia, but it just isn't the same. It hasn't inspired an entire generation, it cannot invoke the same level of emotion that J.K. Rowling managed and while I love it and know many people that love it as well, The Hunger Games will not continue to inspire generations to come.
Just because something outsells another doesn't mean its better is all im saying
And yes i believe that Harry Potter will leave a lasting impression its like the newer gen of lord of the ring fantasy epic kinda of thing
Those stories stay in the mind of the public for along time
Well nice talking to ya
To this day, Dark Tower is the only series of novels that actually made me tear up. If you've read them, you know why. It's because you genuinely love the main characters in this story and care about what happens to them. HP is the same way... Magic is just the backdrop... it's all about friends growing up together and remaining true to each other for life.
I do suspect that it hasn't passed Potter in total sales, though. Potter is a little older, so would have had a much higher percentage of brick and mortar sales.