Fictional world of The Hunger Games who were reaped as tributes from the start to the end of the games (the 50th Hunger Games had double the number, while the 75th reaped the victors from the previous games). Also every 25 years from the first hunger games there is a special games that has something unique about it. Such as the 50th hunger games that was unique in the fact that twice the tributes competed with 4 from each district. This is know as the Quarter Quell All citizens from each district between the ages of 12 and 18 are entered into the "reaping," a lottery
The Hunger Games (novel) Games" had a first printing of 50,000 copies, which was bumped up twice to 200,000 copies. By February 2010, the book had sold 800,000 copies, and rights to the novel had been sold in 38 territories worldwide. A few months later, in July, the book was released in paperback. "The Hunger Games" entered the "New York Times" Best Seller list in November 2008, where it would feature for over 100 consecutive weeks. By the time the film adaptation of "The Hunger Games" was released in March 2012, the book had been on "USA Today"s best-sellers list for 135 consecutive weeks