Scholastic is boasting—and justifiably so—about the news that Suzanne Collins’ teen novel Catching Fire is now the best-selling book in the country for any age group, according to bestseller lists just released by USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. This sequel to The Hunger Games is obviously drawing many adult readers, 
including several in our office who rave about this fast-paced read and its appealing young heroine, Katniss Everdeen. Though she won the Hunger Games, Katniss must face new problems in book two as she begins the Capitol’s cruel Victory Tour.
Collins is working on the third and final book in the Hunger Games trilogy and has done very few interviews for Catching Fire. We’re happy to report that BookPage was one of the lucky few—you can read our Q&A with the author in the September issue.
And speaking of lucky: we have a copy of Catching Fire for one lucky reader. Leave a comment below no later than Monday, Sept. 14, mentioning your favorite heroine in a book, and you’ll be entered in the drawing to win!
I just read Hunger Games recently and I really like Katniss and Prim and their relationship. In some ways, it reminds me of my sister and me.
Is Scout Finch too obvious an answer?
Scout is never too obvious!
Hermione Granger!
And a “where have I been?” question for myself…I’d never heard of The Hunger Games until some “Goodreads” friends started talking about the sequel recently!
It’s Katniss for me!
I really love Tally from Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series. She is genuine.
Congratulations! You’re the winner.
Claire Randall Fraser from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series…so looking forward to Echo in the Bone!
A BookPage reviewer is reading An Echo in the Bone right now and she tells us that Gabaldon fans will be thrilled with the new book. Watch for an interview with Diana Gabaldon on our website later this month!
I think my favorite heroine of all time is Menolly, from Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonsong/Dragonsinger books. I love the whole series, but back when I was reading it for the first time (as a teenager, of course), I strongly identified with Menolly because she didn’t fit in at all with her family, and I imagined that I didn’t either!
I really liked Vin from Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series. She evolves from a survivor in the shadows to the face of a religon and an explosive fighter. A very good read for any fantasy lovers.
Nancy Drew of course. I also love the bounty hunter in Janet Evanovich’s novels.
Bathsheba Everdene, from Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd! I have a feeling that Katniss Everdeen is a nod to Hardy! The descriptions remind me of his novels.
What an interesting idea. I wish we could interview Suzanne Collins again and ask her about the similarity between those names!
It’s still Jo March. Ready to climb trees, write novels, and sell her hair for her sisters and Marmee.
My favorite heroine is Lisbeth Salander – if you don’t know her you haven’t read The girl with the dragon tattoo and The girl who played with fire – she’s brave and unconventional to say the least !
Hunger Games was recommended by another librarian and I thoroughly enjoyed the story and look forward to reading Catching Fire. Growing up I enjoyed Trixie Belden, but of late my favorite female lead is Frankie Landau-Banks from E. Lockhart’s The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks. I also enjoyed Scott Westerfeld’s The Uglies series.
As a child, I loved reading Nancy Drew mysteries. She was always about to come to the aid of needy. Today I found it harder to really find a heroine, maybe Hermione Granger would be a close second.
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