Hunger Games Fanfiction
Katniss Everdeen volunteers for the deadly Hunger Games in dystopian Panem.
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What is Hunger Games fanfiction?
Hunger Games fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the The Hunger Games universe. With over 48,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Hunger Games is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne, Finnick Odair, and many more. Writers create everything from short one-shots to epic novel-length adventures, exploring relationships, alternate universes, and "what if" scenarios.
Most Popular Hunger Games Fanfics
These are the highest-rated Hunger Games stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
Kiss Cam
by EverlarkSupremacy
While on separate first dates at a baseball game edging on varying degrees of disaster, what will happen when the kiss cam finds a newly acquainted Katniss and Peeta instead? And what will come of it? - A Modern Everlark AU. *re-uploading after mandated deletion*
The Hunger Games
by your_girl_angi
Alina Volkov enters the Hunger Games with one mission: disappear beneath the surface, watch, calculate—and strike when no one sees her coming, but most importantly win. But when her cold precision catches the Capitol’s attention, she is drawn into a far more dangerous game. One that doesn’t end in t
A Tale of Owls and Vines
by jbwrites03
Luz Noceda is not from Panem. But when she is discovered camping just outside the border, along with other Ariali children, they are taken by peacekeepers to live with a kind couple in District 12. After making some new friends with people in her new classes, she learns about The Hunger Games. And t
The Kingfisher
by laurialy
Some say that at the end of the summer, kingfishers carry the spirits of the dead away.In District Four, the birds are never innocent in that. Folktales paint them as something cruel, too fancy to be trusted, tied to myths of abandoned pregnant women. And though some would say carrying the dead is j
Capitol Wasteland
by BunsRevenge
"This isn't a get out of jail free card," she explains, walking him back to the locker where he can change into his street clothes. "This is a ‘do your job correctly, several times over, and you will likely walk away with just probation’ card."Gale nods in understanding, sloughing off the prison uni
Seven minutes
by ThatOneRat1781
Snow gets pierced in the chest during the arena explosion, and he hides in a supply closet. Haymitch finds him, and bada Bing bada boom they kiss like high school sweethearts during seven minutes in heaven.
the 72nd hunger games
by magdalenaviolet
Phobos Crimson Clade is reaped to represent District 8 for the 72nd hunger games. Will she survive?
Serçe Şakıdığında
by steluna
No summary provided.
Remember me tomorrow
by VeryBerryBun
She doesn’t know why, but a bitter taste lingers on her tongue. Her name is in there only once. One single slip. She won’t be chosen. She has never been afraid of that. So why is her heart beating so fast now? Why are her instincts telling her to run, and run, and never come back? — or; A Hunger Gam
The Girl of Ashes
by Kalwen
She wakes up in the body of Madge Undersee, the mayor's daughter of District 12. She has six weeks until the Reaping. Six weeks to train, to prepare, to pretend she isn't terrified. She volunteers anyway. Not for glory. Not for the Capitol's cameras. Not even for Katniss, really. But for a girl with
Just This Once
by MarikaMonica
When Peeta won his games, he promised himself he was going to find a way to make life better for people around him. A few years later, he is hated, feared, and lonelier than he thought it was possible. With the revolution about to start, he is not looking for change, but then one night, one meeting
Expired
by pain_in_the_axe (train_pirate)
Post-canon, starts with Johanna using morphling again, various consequences of that (which Annie accidentally ends up involved in), and then recovery.
Blackbird
by brendabutterfingers
Fourteen years have passed since Haymitch lost everything, yet he's still here—walking the dusty roads of Twelve and smiling for the Capitol's hungry audience. Life has become a cycle of liquor, a few hard-earned friendships, and the occasional hookup to dull the ache. His heart has belonged to Leno
The Mourning Sun
by galaxypusheen
the outsiders steve randle & ace evans, but if they were in the hunger games :)
(Lotf x hunger games)
by Juss_Frijoles
What if the lotf boys were in the hunger games?
The Cure
by dilulffel
Oh to be loved. To be so loved. - Post Sunrise on The Reaping Mentor Haymitch story
Different Worlds
by EverlarkAlways08
Katniss and Peeta are from two completely different worlds, in theory, he should hate her, be threatened by her but as he gets to know her, he finds that there's so much to the girl who wonders the woods than the stories tell everyone. Set in the Ancient Greek Era (keep in mind it's a fanfiction so
Circus Life (made me mean)
by starsdoves
Jada Vale has been raised for the Hunger Games the way District One raises all its tributes — with discipline, expectation, and the unspoken promise that winning is the only acceptable outcome. But beneath her cold precision lies a dangerous flaw: compassion she cannot fully kill. In the Capitol, e
The Flame Beneath the Marble
by YellowDuck3
It should stop coming as a surprise, Orestes thinks, but he still can’t help the way his cheeks flush, the way his heart beats—crowded within the limitations of his flesh—trips and doubles over itself.Seneca’s left cut flowers in the vase by his desk again.
The Long Way Home
by crunchy_granola
Cashmere's victory tour through the eyes of her mentor, who, by the way, did not sign up for this.
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Popular Hunger Games Ships
Everlark
Peeta Mellark/Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, star-crossed tributes whose love story became both their salvation and weapon against the Capitol in the Hunger Games.
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Peeta/Katniss
Peeta Mellark/Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, star-crossed tributes whose love story became both their salvation and weapon against the Capitol in the Hunger Games.
45,000 works →
Finnick/Annie
Finnick Odair/Annie Cresta
Finnick Odair and Annie Cresta, both Hunger Games victors whose love endured despite the trauma of the Games and Annie's mental health struggles.
18,000 works →
Hayffie
Haymitch Abernathy/Effie Trinket
District 12's drunken mentor and its Capitol-perfect escort spent years sniping over manners and mahogany before war stripped them both raw. The films added a goodbye kiss the books never had, and fandom built a whole post-Mockingjay life on it.
1,800 works →
Everthorne
Gale Hawthorne/Katniss Everdeen
The hunting partners of the Seam shared years of survival before the Games chose Katniss and the war chose Gale. The losing side of the trilogy's triangle endures in fic that asks whether the bomb was really unforgivable, or writes the timeline without it.
1,500 works →
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Hunger Games fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 48,000 Hunger Games fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
What are the best Hunger Games ships?
Popular Hunger Games pairings include Everlark, Peeta/Katniss, Finnick/Annie. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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