"Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel set 24 years before the first book, sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, according to Scholastic, even as the press-shy Collins declined to promote it or give any interviews except for one with her editor, David Levithan. Collins began the series in 2008 and many fans have grown up with it. At an opening night event in February, numerous attendees were in their 20s and 30s and spoke of how their teenage appreciation had deepened for Collins' dystopian world, in which contestants hunt and kill each other all while being broadcast live."
"The year's most talked about self-help book, Mel Robbins' The Let Them Theory, offered familiar and assuring messages for a troubled time: Focus on the inner self, don't try to change what you can't change. Robbins acknowledged debts to everyone from the ancient Stoics to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and the title of her opening chapter reads like a variation of the Serenity Prayer: Stop Wasting Your Life on Things You Can't Control."
Major 2025 releases included a blockbuster YA prequel that sold over 4 million copies worldwide despite minimal promotion. The prequel was set 24 years before the original series and drew many readers who grew up with the franchise, producing deeper emotional responses. A widely read self-help title emphasized focusing on the inner self and accepting what cannot be changed, referencing Stoic ideas and civil rights rhetoric and opening with a chapter titled "Stop Wasting Your Life on Things You Can't Control." Other notable books included campaign memoirs by a former vice president, a posthumous memoir from an accuser of Jeffrey Epstein, and a new novel from a famously reclusive novelist.
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