Here’s some interesting data for Hunger Games trivia fans. Is there a sociologist out there who can tell us whether this means anything?
SEATTLE– Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the Top 20 cities in the U.S. that have purchased the most copies of Suzanne Collins’ epic Hunger Games trilogy. Amazon also revealed that Collins is the best-selling Kindle author of all time.
After compiling sales data of all versions of the Hunger Games books, in both print and Kindle formats, on a per capita basis in cities with over 100,000 residents, the Top 20 cities with Hunger Games hysteria are:
1. Sunnyvale, CA 11. Washington, DC
2. Salt Lake City, UT 12. Richmond, VA
3. Tallahassee, FL 13. Scottsdale, AZ
4. Seattle, WA 14. Wilmington, NC
5. Orlando, FL 15. Murfreesboro, TN
6. Pittsburgh, PA 16. Vancouver, WA
7. St. Louis, MO 17. Portland, OR
8. Provo, UT 18. Tampa, FL
9. San Francisco, CA 19. Overland Park, KS
10. Naperville, IL 20. Norman, OK“There’s no denying that the Hunger Games has become a worldwide phenomenon, and we love that it all started with a great book,” said Jessica Schein, Amazon.com Young Adult Books Editor. “These books appeal to customers of all ages – adults and teens alike – and you can see from our Top 20 list they’re captivating readers across the whole country. All three books in the trilogy are best sellers in print and on Kindle, and now our customers have made Suzanne Collins the best-selling Kindle author of all time.”
To celebrate the success of the book series, Amazon is giving away a Kindle Fire and the Hunger Games book trilogy to twelve lucky winners in the Amazon.com The Hunger Games Book Trilogy Sweepstakes. Customers can visit www.amazon.com/hungergames to learn more and enter for a chance to win, or to purchase any of the books. The sweepstakes ends March 25, 2012 and there is no purchase necessary to enter.
“The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay” currently hold the top three positions on the Amazon Best Sellers of 2012 (so far) print and Kindle book lists (www.amazon.com/best-sellers-of-year/). These lists, updated daily, capture the best-selling products of the year.


Sunnyvale has the most because that’s where the Hellmouth is located.
Or maybe because they have the best high school librarian in the world.
mwahaha
Not anymore.
That doesn´t even make sense and that would be sunnydale.
You have obviously not seen the softer side of Sears. After all, she saved the world, a lot.
This is not proof that Sunnyvale has the most readers of the book. It has the most people that have purchased the book through Amazon.
The title of this article should read. “Hey! Don’t forget to buy ‘Hunger Games’ from Amazon!”
Sunnyvale is the home of Yahoo! (and lots of other tech companies). Might be a connection ?
I’m looking for the number of Protovision Games, located in Sunnyvale California….
-RnsW
Protovision? Shall we play a game? Remember, Mr. Potatohead, back doors are not secrets!
Amazing that we live in a time when this kind of information is available…
>Is there a sociologist out there
Not so surprising. Sunnyvale has 11.5% of its population in the 5-14 age range, way higher than average.
The Utah cities are also some of the youngest in the nation (LDS=large families).
And there are those placees which are more upscale, younger, left-leaning places. Tallahasse, Norman, and Richmond are all college towns.
Murfreesboro also has a really high percentage of “young’uns.”
Vancouver, Naperville, Scottsdale and Overland Park are all suburbs of larger cities.
But Pittsburgh and St. Louis are puzzling.
Any city that appears on that list should feel bad about itself. That there are that many people reading crap like “The Hunger Games.”
Oh, you again. You’ve been repeatedly posting on the Hunger Games posts. Everything you say indicates that you’ve never read the book nor seen the movie; that you are purely going off the marketing. And even though your cluelessness is obvious to everyone and several people refute your claims, you continue to post. So, tell me: what’s the definition of insanity?
Or is it the attention that drives you? That seems far more likely.
Oh, I know why. My middle school in Sunnyvale is absolutely crazy about the Hunger Games. All because of our awesome librarian
So, no surprise that the ppl in our city would buy the most Hunger Games books