There will likely never be a Hunger Games sequel, says Suzanne Collins’ editor

Sunrise on the Reaping, the highly-anticipated Hunger Games prequel book, comes out tomorrow. It’ll tell the story of the Second Quarter Quell, the Hunger Games that Katniss’s gruff mentor Haymitch won. Considering the success of the previous Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which was all about the dark origin of despotic President Snow, it’s likely that Sunrise on the Reaping will be just as popular. There’s already a movie in development, coming out next November.

Naturally, we’re all wondering if Suzanne Collins will pen another Hunger Games book. There’s a whole world to explore and years of history before Katniss’s story.

But one thing’s for certain: Suzanne Collins’ longtime editor David Leviathan told Variety that while he’s not certain what stories Collins will want to explore next, she’s probably not going to do a sequel.

“I believe the ending of Mockingjay is the ending of the series,” he said.

Collins is very specific about what she writes and only revisits the world of the Hunger Games when she has something to say.

“Suzanne always starts with the philosophical point she wants to explore,” explained Leviathan. “And I think Haymitch and the 50th Hunger Games were the perfect grounds on which she could make readers think about the nature of authority and questions of when we obey and when we rebel. One of the genius things about the prequel is that suddenly readers understand that history is made as much by the long game as it is by the immediate battles.”

It’s comforting to know that if Collins returns once more to Panem, it’ll draw from the past and leave Katniss’s story with its satisfying finality.

Sunrise on the Reaping comes out on March 18, with the movie adaptation set to hit theaters on Nov. 20, 2026.