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Genre
- Adventure fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Science fiction
- Post-apocalyptic fiction
What it is about
- Insurgency
- Survival
- Television programs
- Interpersonal relations
- Contests
- Science fiction
Where it happens
- Panem
Ages
- Young Adult
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books.
What both books share
- dystopian
Catching Fire: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
The Handmaid's Tale: "Dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "FICTION / Dystopian" (OL subject); "Dystopian" (OL subject) - science fiction
Catching Fire: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction." (LoC 650)
The Handmaid's Tale: "science fiction" (OL subject); "FICTION / Science Fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
- dystopian
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Why: Both are science fiction books about survival.
What both books share
- science fiction
Catching Fire: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction." (LoC 650)
The Martian: "Science-Fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject) - survival
Catching Fire: "Survival" (OL subject); "Survival Stories" (OL subject); "Survival, fiction" (OL subject); "Survival -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Martian: "Survival" (OL subject); "Survival -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books.
What both books share
- dystopian
Catching Fire: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Brave New World: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655) - science fiction
Catching Fire: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction." (LoC 650)
Brave New World: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
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What they share, at a glance
Catching Fire next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Young adult | Dystopian | Survival |
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| The Handmaid's Tale | shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| The Martian | shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| Brave New World | shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| Divergent | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Angel Experiment | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Uglies | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Cinder | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Scythe | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Maze Runner | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Legend | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
Tap a dot to open the record the match comes from.
Catching Fire: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on September 1, 2009. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Series
- It is book 2 of The Hunger Games series. Source: suzannecollinsbooks.com, checked November 6, 2026.
The Hunger Games ... The Hunger Games ... Catching Fire
- Next in the series
- Book 3 is Mockingjay. Source: suzannecollinsbooks.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Catching Fire ... Mockingjay
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Series (2009) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
Where does Catching Fire sit in its series? See the reading order.
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It names what the two books have in common, using only facts found in both books' catalog records. Tap What both books share to see those facts and where they came from. When the shared facts are few, the line is short. It never quotes reviews, ratings or reader reactions.