New York, NY (January 22, 2026)—Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the publication of both a trade paperback edition and a movie tie-in paperback edition of SUNRISE ON THE REAPING, the #1 worldwide bestselling fifth novel in the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins—originally published March 18, 2025—in advance of the much-anticipated sixth feature film in the $3.4 billion franchise from Lionsgate, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, to be released by Lionsgate on November 20, 2026.
Since publication, Sunrise on the Reaping has sold more than 4.4 million World English copies—including print, e-books, and audiobooks—in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with more than 3.3 million copies in the US alone. The new novel was an instant #1 bestseller across the world and sold more than 1.5 million World English copies in its first week of publication. In addition, Sunrise on the Reaping was the #1 bestselling children’s/YA book of 2025 in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
- The Trade Paperback Edition (ISBN 978-1-546-17160-7, Scholastic Paperbacks) will be published August 4, 2026, in the US and Canada.
- The Movie Tie-in Edition (ISBN 979-8-225-04447-3, Scholastic Paperbacks) will be published on September 1, 2026, in advance of the much-anticipated sixth feature film in the franchise from Lionsgate, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, coming to theaters on November 20, 2026. The World English movie tie-in edition will be published simultaneously by Scholastic in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
- The trade paperback will be included in a five-book Paperback Boxed Set (979-8-225-04444-2, Scholastic Paperbacks)—including The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Sunrise on the Reaping—to be published September 1, 2026, in the US and Canada.
“One of the most loved books of 2025 around the globe is about to be one of the most loved movies of 2026, and we’re excited to bring this powerful story to an even wider audience with these new editions,” said David Levithan, SVP, Publisher, and Editorial Director for Scholastic.
ABOUT SUNRISE ON THE REAPING
Sunrise on the Reaping revisits the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.
SUNRISE ON THE REAPING TRADE PAPERBACK EDITION
August 4, 2026 | Scholastic Press | Ages 12 and up
ISBN: 978-1-546-17160-7 | $17.99 US / $24.99 CAN
SUNRISE ON THE REAPING MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION
September 1, 2026 | Scholastic Press | Ages 12 and up
ISBN: 979-8-225-04447-3 | $17.99 US / $24.99 CAN
THE HUNGER GAMES FIVE-BOOK PAPERBACK BOXED SET
September 1, 2026 | Scholastic Press | Ages 12 and up
ISBN: (979-8-225-04444-2 | $79.95 US / $107.95 CAN
ABOUT THE SUNRISE ON THE REAPING FEATURE FILM
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, to be released by Lionsgate on November 20, 2026, features an A-list cast including Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, Billy Porter, and Lili Taylor, alongside rising stars Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Iris Apatow, Edvin Ryding, and Ben Wang, among others. The film will be produced by franchise producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, who have produced all six films, and directed by Francis Lawrence, who has directed every film since Catching Fire. The screenplay has been adapted from Collins’s novel by Academy Award® nominee Billy Ray.
ABOUT SUZANNE COLLINS AND THE HUNGER GAMES:
Bestselling author Suzanne Collins first made her mark in children’s literature with the New York Times bestselling Underland Chronicles fantasy series for middle grade readers. She continued to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age with The Hunger Games series. The Hunger Games (2008) was an instant bestseller, appealing to both teen readers and adults. It was called “addictive” by Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly, and “brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced” by John Green in the New York Times Book Review. The book appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 260 consecutive weeks (more than five consecutive years), and the total series has been on the series bestseller list for more than 405 weeks to date. There are more than 100 million copies of all five books in the series—The Hunger Games, Catching Fire (2009), Mockingjay (2010), The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), and Sunrise on the Reaping (2025)—in print and digital formats worldwide. Foreign publishing rights for The Hunger Games have been sold in 55 languages to date. Lionsgate has successfully adapted each of these books into five feature films that collectively grossed more than $3.3 billion worldwide in theatrical ticket sales.
In 2010, Suzanne Collins was named to the TIME 100 list as well as the Entertainment Weekly Entertainers of the Year list; in 2011 Fast Company named her to their 100 Most Creative People in Business; and in 2016 she was presented the 2016 Authors Guild Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community for exemplifying the unique power of young people’s literature to change lives and to create lifelong book lovers. It was the first time the Guild presented its annual award to a YA author. The Atlantic called Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen, “the most important female character in recent pop culture history,” and TIME Magazine named Katniss to its list of “The 100 Most Influential People Who Never Lived.” On The Hunger Games trilogy, The New York Times Book Review wrote, “At its best the trilogy channels the political passion of 1984, the memorable violence of A Clockwork Orange, the imaginative ambience of The Chronicles of Narnia and the detailed inventiveness of Harry Potter." The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was published in May 2020 and debuted at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. The book also was the top selling book in any category for the first half of 2020. Since publication on March 18, 2025, Sunrise on the Reaping has sold more than 4 million World English copies—including print, e-books, and audiobooks—in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with more than 3 million copies in the US alone. The new novel was an instant #1 bestseller across the world, and sold more than 1.5 million World English copies in its first week of publication. In addition, Sunrise on the Reaping appeared on multiple Best Books of 2025 lists across the globe, including The New York Times, National Public Radio, USA Today, The Associated Press, ELLE, and People.
On October 1, 2024, Scholastic published The Hunger Games Illustrated Edition, a deluxe illustrated edition of Suzanne Collins’ worldwide bestseller The Hunger Games, featuring more than thirty black-and-white illustrations by internationally acclaimed artist Nico Delort. Catching Fire: Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Nico Delort, was published October 7, 2025. Mockingjay: Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Nico Delort, will be published on October 6, 2026.
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