India, Aug. 19 -- Fifteen years after Katniss Everdeen walked out of the arena, readers are still walking back into Panem.

When Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins's latest return to her dystopian world, arrived in March 2025, it became the fastest selling book in the series. More than 4.4 million copies sold within months, and were followed with illustrated editions, collector's editions, and boxed sets. This November, Haymitch Abernathy's story reaches the big screen, the sixth film in a franchise that has already grossed more than $3.4 billion worldwide.

Most blockbuster series end up becoming a part of nostalgia. Panem hasn't. It continues to attract new readers even as those who first met Katniss in 2008 return to the books. No...