🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Suzanne Collins
A few great things happened in America on August 10, 1962. As part of President Herbert Hoover’s 88th birthday, The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library was opened. CIA Director John McCone gave warning to President Kennedy that the Soviets were increasing shipments to Cuba, marking the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also on that date, Suzanne Collins was born. Her father was officer of the U.S. Air Force, causing the family to move frequently. However, she spent most of her childhood in the eastern part of the US and her family managed to remain in Alabama long enough for her to attend Carver High School and be a Theater Arts major at the state’s School of Fine Arts.
All Book Series by Suzanne Collins
A Slash in the Night
Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 1997 Anthology · Alan Goodman
Comic Book Criminal
Book 7 of 13 · published 1998 Anthology · Cathy East Dubowski
Ski-Slope Sabotage
Book 10 of 13 · published 1999 Anthology · Vicki Berger Erwin
Friends in Need
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 1999 Anthology · James Ponti
Guide to The Hunger Games
Book 2 of 3 · published 2012 Anthology · Caroline Carpenter
The Panem Companion
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2012 Anthology · V. Arrow
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Suzanne Collins?
A few great things happened in America on August 10, 1962. As part of President Herbert Hoover's 88th birthday, The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library was opened. CIA Director John McCone gave warning to President Kennedy that the Soviets were increasing shipments to Cuba, marking the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Which Suzanne Collins series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo series, the earliest of Suzanne Collins's multi-book series: it opens with A Slash in the Night (1997) and runs to 13 books across 1997–1999, ending with Friends in Need (1999). Suzanne Collins's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Suzanne Collins written?
Suzanne Collins has 28 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1997 and 2025. 26 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo series with 13 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Suzanne Collins's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Suzanne Collins's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1997–1999, 13 books), Underland Chronicles (2003–2007, 5 books) and The Hunger Games (2008–2025, 5 books), plus 1 more.
How are Suzanne Collins's books organised into series?
This guide splits Suzanne Collins's 28 books into 4 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (13 books, 1997–1999); The Hunger Games (5 books, 2008–2025); Underland Chronicles (5 books, 2003–2007); The Hunger Games Companion (3 books, 2012).