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The Hunger Games Trilogy Surpasses Harry Potter Books on Amazon: Which Series Do You Like Better?

SodaHead Business 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?

Katniss vs Potter

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  • whateverbabynevermind 2012/08/19 21:11:23 (edited)
    Harry Potter
    whateverbabynevermind
    +20
    I 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.
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  • zak 2012/08/20 13:11:08
    Harry Potter
    zak
    +4
    Childhood movie, love ittttt !
  • !TARD~MUFFIN! 2012/08/20 12:01:38
    Harry Potter
    !TARD~MUFFIN!
    +3
    I grew up with Harry Potter.
    Hunger Games is a fad the just started.
  • Atlas 2012/08/20 11:27:37
    The Hunger Games
    Atlas
    +5
    Hunger Games provides are more realistic and perceivable metaphor that is importantly understood for present and future generations. Also applicable to adults, so it's better.
  • teamboo... Atlas 2012/12/05 02:51:10
    teamboobooseth
    Its applicable to anyone.
  • Random 2012/08/20 11:16:07 (edited)
    Harry Potter
    Random
    +2
    I like both series' but I grew up on HP, we even read the first one at school as part of English class!

    Even the spoofs are awesomesauce. My friends and I still sing "The Mysterious Ticking Noise" whenever we are in the earshot of a loud clock lol.

    Besides, I didn't really like the HG movie that much, it was alright, but I was thankful I read the book beforehand, I wouldn't have had a clue what was going on otherwise.
  • I'll be there for you! 2012/08/20 11:09:11
    The Hunger Games
    I'll be there for you!
    +4
    i like hary potter but i have to say the hunger games is better cause it just seems more real like it could be happening at any moment! :)
  • declan I'll be... 2012/09/16 22:59:51
    declan
    Um, right, like our children, at any moment, could be forced into a death match because our government was mad at us. Right. As I have said before, potter series has events that directly parallel real life issues. The persecution of muggles=racial discrimination. I'm sorry if I think that's a bit more likely than one day our government comes up with some crappy excuse to force our kids into a fight to the death.
  • I'll be... declan 2012/09/21 06:22:24
    I'll be there for you!
    i didnt mean it like that and anyway its such a difficult question
  • declan I'll be... 2012/09/21 21:11:55
    declan
    i'm sincerely sorry for the way I might have come accross, I did sound a little harsh! :(
  • I'll be... declan 2012/09/24 06:24:18
    I'll be there for you!
    it ok i sorry to:)
  • Say_wut_o_O 2012/08/20 10:52:57
    Harry Potter
    Say_wut_o_O
    +3
    I've been watching Harry Potter ever since I was a little kid and when the movies were over I actually felt like a part of my child hood died.
  • Tiah Say_wut... 2012/08/20 11:56:46
    Tiah
    +1
    Yea it feels weird without Harry potter now like its really over...
  • Say_wut... Tiah 2012/08/20 12:10:22
    Say_wut_o_O
    +1
    Yeah .. I actually cried in the theater when the last movie was over xD
  • Zeus2713 Say_wut... 2012/08/20 15:30:35
    Zeus2713
    loser.....
  • Say_wut... Zeus2713 2012/08/20 15:39:19
    Say_wut_o_O
    Hmm I know :(
  • declan Zeus2713 2012/09/16 16:08:59
    declan
    No, she's not, you unintelligent jerk! I did too! Many people did, because Harry Potter is such a beautiful piece of literature and film that it's been a part of people's lives. Harry Potter will mean something to us forever. Most people probably won't be able to say the same when the last hunger games movie comes out. Because, after all, it's not as famous and well liked, and it's not that big of a deal. HG fans are convincing themselves that this is better than any book series, when in reality it is just mediocre. We'll be the ones laughing when hunger games is forgotten 10 years from now and Harry Potter is still living in the hearts of many.
  • Zeus2713 declan 2012/11/11 18:33:26
    Zeus2713
    Hahahahahah, this guy again..... Ok, here we go....
    •first of all, you prbly haven't given Hunger Games a chance....
    •secondly, how can you say that it will fade if the freaking movies haven't come out and hunger games (a three book, fairly new, series) beat Harry potter (7books and fairly older, compared to hunger games), I mean, really, bro, look up your crap, your very annoying and hypocritical
  • declan Zeus2713 2012/11/23 20:28:17 (edited)
    declan
    in no way did hunger games ever beat harry potter douchebag. Where do you get your news from? But seriously, all silliness aside, that is absolutely not true. I repeat, most of the movies have way higher ratings than the hunger games did. so did the books. Where you got the news that hunger games ever 'beat' harry potter, I cannot imagine. Cause thats just not true. Harry Potter has an amazing theme park, that crowds of people fill every day, to be expanded soon! I would know, I was just there! The movies grossed way more domestically than the hunger games did! the last book of HP came out before amazon existed! And yet they all sold millions of copies! A bunch more than the hunger games did. Each single harry potter book sold over 20,000,000 copies in the first day. One book of the series sold more than the whole HG series combined! Each Harry Potter book broke the previous HP book's record for the fastest selling book in history. Harry Potter ended officially in 2011. That's just over a year old. Harry Potter has heaps and heaps of merchandise to its name, such as lego sets, replica wands, shirts, replica props, cookbooks, an online site called Pottermore that rakes in millions of visitors each day, billions of passionate fans, etc..., Look at how much more people like Harry...
    in no way did hunger games ever beat harry potter douchebag. Where do you get your news from? But seriously, all silliness aside, that is absolutely not true. I repeat, most of the movies have way higher ratings than the hunger games did. so did the books. Where you got the news that hunger games ever 'beat' harry potter, I cannot imagine. Cause thats just not true. Harry Potter has an amazing theme park, that crowds of people fill every day, to be expanded soon! I would know, I was just there! The movies grossed way more domestically than the hunger games did! the last book of HP came out before amazon existed! And yet they all sold millions of copies! A bunch more than the hunger games did. Each single harry potter book sold over 20,000,000 copies in the first day. One book of the series sold more than the whole HG series combined! Each Harry Potter book broke the previous HP book's record for the fastest selling book in history. Harry Potter ended officially in 2011. That's just over a year old. Harry Potter has heaps and heaps of merchandise to its name, such as lego sets, replica wands, shirts, replica props, cookbooks, an online site called Pottermore that rakes in millions of visitors each day, billions of passionate fans, etc..., Look at how much more people like Harry Potter on facebook than people that like the hunger games! HP has over 52,000,000! The hunger games has a little over 8,000,000. It has multiple parks being built in asia, australia, hollywood, and one already built in orlando. It has an interactive studio tour in london, has helena bonham carter, ralph fiennes, robbie coltrane, warwick davis, and david yates to it's name, all of them are extremely famous in the film industry, food and drink from harry potter is being made famous, quidditch is close to becoming a professional sport, not kidding look up IQA and any of the 300 high schools and colleges that already play it. Most polls on the internet STILL show a higher number of people who would choose Harry Potter over the hunger games, and Harry Potter exhibitions travel around the world annually. Numerous people have named their children after the characters, and a lot of people have been reading them to their children over the years. Harry Potter was number 1 on the list of best young adult novels. Harry Potter will live one forever. If you wanted to buy the harry potter brand, and put it under your name, you would have to pay, in excess of 15 billion dollars. That's how much the harry potter brand name is worth. Hunger games brand is in the lower millions. The three main potter actors are all multi-millionaires, a feat the three main HG actors haven't reached yet. JK Rowling is one of the richest women in the world, and has a much more tragic backstory than Suzanne collins. She went to the lowest you can get in England without being homeless, to rich, off these books. Biographies, radio broadcasts, movies, and televisions shows about JK Rowlings life are everywhere in the media, as well. People still care about this series. Not to mention it's been translated into 73 different languages and is available in over 200 countries and territories. The book series in total, collected billions and billions of dollars, and sold more than 3 billion copies. phew! I could go on forever. Does hunger games have most of those things? no. I think I know which one wins. Hint: It isn't the hunger games. And please, look at the results of THIS poll. Which one won the popular vote? Note: In the video below, movie 7 part 2 wasnt out at the time.
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  • Arianne 2012/08/20 10:46:55
    Harry Potter
    Arianne
    +2
    But remember that when HP was first published way back, in the late 90's I believe, Amazon wasn't exactly the hottest thing around. So if we went on the long run of which series sold more it would be pretty hard to gauge.
  • ♡Short Sparkley Ginger♡ 2012/08/20 10:17:39
    Harry Potter
    ♡Short Sparkley Ginger♡
    +2
    I really truly love them both and just can't' decide ^_^
  • LuxExcitatio 2012/08/20 10:15:17
    Harry Potter
    LuxExcitatio
    +2
    I like both of them. But I grew up with Harry Potter, THG can never hope to overtake HP for me.
  • jsbustaman 2012/08/20 09:55:54
    Harry Potter
    jsbustaman
    +2
    I thought "Hunger Games" sucked! I hope the next movie is a world better? Any of the Harry Potter movies were great!
  • LuxExci... jsbustaman 2012/08/20 10:16:01
    LuxExcitatio
    +5
    +cough cough+ You know there are such things called "books" that are in 99,9 % of cases so much better than the movies? Just saying.
  • pantagruella 2012/08/20 09:52:49
    Harry Potter
    pantagruella
    +1
    Thanks for the choice. I've read neither of them so I assume they're tedious.
  • tarsha 2012/08/20 08:38:06
    The Hunger Games
    tarsha
    +5
    Hunger games have me a tear in my eye when the little girl died buy Harry porter movies come on really not a lot Of emotion going on there it didn't make me jump off my seat and scream OMG it kinda made me say well that was so predictable boarrrrring but I loved the way hunger games gave me that sense of life and death it made me emotional something that has never happened before VOTE HUNGER GAMES :)
  • Omni 2012/08/20 08:34:29
    Harry Potter
    Omni
    +1
    The Hunger Games sucked ass.
  • Zeus2713 Omni 2012/08/20 15:32:01
    Zeus2713
    I bet u haven't even picked up a hunger games book, so shut the hell up
  • Omni Zeus2713 2012/08/20 18:05:52 (edited)
    Omni
    I have, you presumptuous ninny.
  • teamboo... Omni 2012/08/20 23:33:14
    teamboobooseth
    +1
    Harry Potter sucks ass
  • Omni teamboo... 2012/08/21 00:01:18
  • Zeus2713 Omni 2012/08/21 01:11:29
    Zeus2713
    do u have any comebacks or just english big words, and stupid pictures of old women?
  • Omni Zeus2713 2012/08/21 01:20:14 (edited)
    Omni
    "english big words"... omg gosh, I'm dealing with a true genius here.
  • teamboo... Omni 2012/08/21 02:23:38
    teamboobooseth
    You said it.
  • musicfan teamboo... 2012/08/21 04:13:40
  • teamboo... musicfan 2012/08/21 18:14:29
    teamboobooseth
    That's coming from a person who uses the same reply to any comment that they don't like.
  • ramennoodles 2012/08/20 08:23:08
    Harry Potter
    ramennoodles
    +2
    The Hunger Games is good, but Harry Potter is my life
  • Tobi 2012/08/20 08:20:34 (edited)
    Harry Potter
    Tobi
    +2
    O_O



    No way, the Harry Potter series would always be regarded as the far superior and better written series than crap like Hunger Games and Twilight.
  • Yoru Az... Tobi 2012/08/20 14:31:23
    Yoru Azenia
    You can't put Hunger Games on the same level as Twilight come on dude really XD Twilight was just...Awful
  • musicfan 2012/08/20 07:24:36 (edited)
    Harry Potter
    musicfan
    +2
    Harry potter get my vote try to get into The Hunger Games but didn't like it I guess say what you want but the Hunger games will never be as great as harry potter for years to come sorry but that the truth.
  • ShamWOW!! 2012/08/20 06:35:50
    Harry Potter
    ShamWOW!!
    +2
    No competition.

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