Best Short Hunger Games Fanfics
Hunger Games novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 Short Hunger Games Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Hunger Games fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
When the Smoke Clears
by Eienvine
It's been exactly fifty-one weeks since the downfall of President Snow's regime when Haymitch Abernathy sees Effie Trinket again.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 | 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭
by ennycutiex
In which citizens from the past and future of Panem come together to watch the beginning and ending of the revolution. A revolution that started with Lucy Gray Baird and ends with Katniss Everdeen.It's not over until the mockingjay sings.
My Life's Best Part
by EllanaSan
It doesn’t even feel like a nightmare either. He’s already into a nightmare. In twenty-four hours, he’s going to be shipped to his personal hell. And he’s apparently leaving a pregnant woman behind. Amazing. It’s even worse than the last time.
In This Hour
by BlueMaple
The 74th Annual Hunger Games have been suspended with half the Tributes still in the Arena, and the legalities of the entire affair in question. Panem is on the verge of war - against Snow, not the Capitol - and with all eyes on the Arena again, everyone is waiting to see what will happen now.Seque
Human Tokens
by EllanaSan
“Attention, tributes.” Claudius Templesmith’s voice was so cheerful Haymitch wanted to strangle him. “Rule change. Every tribute has been allotted a human token. Human tokens do not have the status of tributes and cannot win the Games. The last tribute still standing will be crowned victor regardles
Somewhere a Clock is Ticking
by EllanaSan
“Yeah, well… Maybe we should start believing in fate, sweetheart,” he jokes, taking hold of the hand that is still fisted around the cursed piece of paper. She has never let it fall even in the confusion. “You’ve drawn out Peeta’s name, after all. If you had drawn out mine…”She can’t look at him. Sh
Bleeding Colors
by EllanaSan
He painfully decodes his soulmate’s name, hidden behind two Seam’s shacks so his mother doesn’t catch him. He’s not sure he’s allowed to read it at all, to know why it’s so bad. He’s diligent about keeping the leather in place but… He traces the flowery letters with the tip of his finger, mouthing e
method acting like you love me
by whenyoureplayingsolitaire
After a satisfactory performance on the Victory Tour, Katniss and Peeta enter an uneasy marriage instead of another arena, friends playing out a storyline for an audience that would be out for blood if they didn’t. Constantly talking about how to not be together ends up teaching them something else
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
Stay Anyway
by banananaprince
In a world where the Games never came for them, Katniss Everdeen is still fighting to survive- just not in an arena. School is another battlefield: hunger gnawing at her ribs, responsibility weighing heavier than her backpack, and a future that feels as narrow as the fence surrounding District 12. E
Ash Like Snow
by RadfootandProngs
When a Covey girl volunteers for the 64th Hunger Games, Haymitch is immediately intrigued, and understandably suspicious. Ophelia Frost Baird is charmingly beautiful, kind, and talented - though, maybe too clever for her own good. She comes from a long line of rebels and reminds President Snow of so
livin' in a powder keg
by Ellenka
...and givin' off sparks. (Very alternative District 2 reunion. Everthorne.)
Panem's Untold Stories - The Careers
by charstar548
The 57th, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 75th Hunger Games written through the perspective of its Career Tributes. There will be multiple POV's - Brutus, Enobaria, Gloss and CashmereIt'll start from just before Brutus' Games and go till after the events of Mockingjay, though there will be time skips. Since a lot
Victor, Mentor, Mockingjay: Mutts
by firehelpmeforget
The rebels managed to do the impossible. They broke the arena. They got Katniss Everdeen, their Mockingjay out alive! But they left behind Peeta Mellark, and they are about to realize what a crucial mistake that might just be! In the aftermath of the Quell our Victors are left to pick up the pieces
The Apricity of the Sunbird
by tinyribbons
It could have been Harry Potter. It could have been Divergent. Hell! Even Twilight for all she cared- but no. She had to reincarnate in the one book series that had basically created the word 'sorrow'. The one that made her lie awake for hours on end thinking about the horrors the characters had to
Catching Fire: The Offering
by Rebecca_Willoughby
“Ah, Miss Everdeen. No need to stand on ceremony. Come right in.” President Snow looks just as I remember him. He has this manner about him where he seems affable, but also like he was about ready to strike you. Just simmering under the surface. The overpowering smell of roses and blood hits me as I
Winning Streak
by cameliamichi
Everlark Careers AU. - Katniss and Peeta, two teenagers from opposite ends of District 4, find refuge from their impoverished homes in the Career Training Academy. For Peeta, the Academy is just a place for him to eat and sleep. But for Katniss, being a Career is a chance to get her family out of po
(Lotf x hunger games)
by Juss_Frijoles
What if the lotf boys were in the hunger games?
We’re in this together
by Aeseverlark
Continuation of its him I want. Takes place in the events of catching fire. I recommend reading the first book before this!
The Echoes of the Jabberjay
by Zoomerthgfan
Katniss and Peeta went through the Victory Tour and doused the flames of rebellion. Snow forced them to have a child, Rosemary Mellark, who is just as stubborn as her mom but as charming as her dad. Follow her as she goes through her games, and tries to survive as the daughter of the Starcrossed Lov
The Crest of a Wave
by Elly6431
When Annie Cresta volunteers for a young girl, she discovers there’s a difference between volunteering for the Hunger Games and being a tribute. Thrust into the heart of the Capitol, its ornate shield cracks, revealing the dark truths beneath and what it takes to survive the 70th Hunger Games.
Until Panem is free
by Maeedrg
Annie Cresta and Finnick Odair are trying to navigate through their romantic relationship, but the Quarter Quell approaches and the two of them are thrown again into the Arena. Until Panem is free, they will never be allowed to love each other freely. Both Finnick and Annie are determined to see the
For him it's the valley of death, it's a little hot (Please, I'm the worst at this)
by AmeliaAndreas3
They haven't been kids for a while, but he remembers, no matter how much he tried to push her away.Now Annie is going into the same arena he once faced, and Finnick Odair could not let anyone else mentor her. Armed with his charm, his secrets and his raw determination- and a debt to the boy he once
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
Don't Look Back in Anger
by Daisymayrolling_13
Lyra Odair, younger sister of the legendary Finnick Odair, is reaped for the 69th Hunger Games, though she carries the pain and secrets of a past her brother would much rather forget. A story of resentment, loss, love, and healing that begins on the reaping day for the 69th Games and is told from Ly
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This list of 25short Hunger Games fanfics spans 610,387 total words. Kudos range from 8 on the newest entries to 2,903 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (12 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Canon-Typical Violence · Angst and Hurt/Comfort · Haymitch Abernathy in the 75th Hunger Games · Catching Fire AU.
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