💔 Revolution Gone Wrong

Cautionary tales of idealistic uprisings that curdle into tyranny, exploring how the pursuit of utopia can birth new forms of oppression.

Iron Gold

by Pierce Brown • 2018

Darrow defies the Senate to strike the Ash Lord, fracturing the Republic and endangering his family.

4.21

196k+

🪐 Political Space Opera 🎖️ Military Sf 👥 Multiple Povs

Iron Gold 89%

Darrow defies the Senate to strike the Ash Lord, fracturing the Republic and endangering his family.

by Pierce Brown 2018

4.21

196k+ ratings

🪐 Political Space Opera 🎖️ Military Sf 👥 Multiple Povs

Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell • 2003

Pigs turn rebellion into dictatorship. A man's secret love becomes the crime that erases him.

4.30

218k+

🏛️ Political Allegory 🚫 Totalitarian Dystopia 🐖 Corrupted Revolution

Animal Farm / 1984 89%

Pigs turn rebellion into dictatorship. A man's secret love becomes the crime that erases him.

by George Orwell 2003

4.30

218k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Allegory 🚫 Totalitarian Dystopia 🐖 Corrupted Revolution

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

by Bertrand Russell • 1920

Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.

3.99

411

🚩 Bolshevik Critique 🔨 Soviet History 🪓 Revolutionary Politics

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism 89%

Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.

by Bertrand Russell 1920

3.99

411 ratings

🚩 Bolshevik Critique 🔨 Soviet History 🪓 Revolutionary Politics

Light Bringer

by Pierce Brown • 2023

Defeated and hunted, Darrow must unite bitter rivals to stop a warlord burning the outer worlds.

4.77

111k+

🚀 Military Space Opera 🗡️ Political Treachery ⚔️ Revolution And Rebellion

Light Bringer 88%

Defeated and hunted, Darrow must unite bitter rivals to stop a warlord burning the outer worlds.

by Pierce Brown 2023

4.77

111k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera 🗡️ Political Treachery ⚔️ Revolution And Rebellion

Russia

by Antony Beevor • 2022

Revolution promised bread. It brought secret police, grain theft, and a famine that killed millions.

3.90

3k+

🇷🇺 Russian Revolution 🚩 Bolshevism ⚔️ Civil War History

Russia 88%

Revolution promised bread. It brought secret police, grain theft, and a famine that killed millions.

by Antony Beevor 2022

3.90

3k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Revolution 🚩 Bolshevism ⚔️ Civil War History

The Revolution Betrayed

by Leon Trotsky • 1937

Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.

4.09

2k+

🏛️ Soviet History 📖 Marxist Theory 💰 Political Economy

The Revolution Betrayed 88%

Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.

by Leon Trotsky 1937

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Soviet History 📖 Marxist Theory 💰 Political Economy

Unhumans

by Jack Posobiec • 2024

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

3.99

1k+

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism

Unhumans 88%

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

by Jack Posobiec 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism

Citizens

by Simon Schama • 1989

Modernizing France crashed into revolution, and bloodshed was its engine, not its accident.

4.03

6k+

🏛️ French Revolution 🌍 European History 📖 Revisionist History

Citizens 88%

Modernizing France crashed into revolution, and bloodshed was its engine, not its accident.

by Simon Schama 1989

4.03

6k+ ratings

🏛️ French Revolution 🌍 European History 📖 Revisionist History

A French Genocide

by Reynald Secher • 1986

The French Revolution's forgotten genocide: a campaign that erased 14% of the Vendée's population.

4.15

🏛️ French Revolution 📉 Genocide Studies 🚫 Counterrevolution

A French Genocide 88%

The French Revolution's forgotten genocide: a campaign that erased 14% of the Vendée's population.

by Reynald Secher 1986

4.15

27 ratings

🏛️ French Revolution 📉 Genocide Studies 🚫 Counterrevolution

October

by China Miéville • 2017

Ten months, one empire, and a revolution that no one had written the ending for.

3.91

7k+

🇷🇺 Russian Revolution ☭ Soviet History ✊ Revolutionary Movements

October 88%

Ten months, one empire, and a revolution that no one had written the ending for.

by China Miéville 2017

3.91

7k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Revolution ☭ Soviet History ✊ Revolutionary Movements

Broken Throne

by Victoria Aveyard • 2019

The Silver crown shattered. Diaries and letters trace the fragile peace built from its wreckage.

3.79

49k+

🏚️ Dystopian Fantasy 📖 Short Story Collection ✊ Revolution

Broken Throne 88%

The Silver crown shattered. Diaries and letters trace the fragile peace built from its wreckage.

by Victoria Aveyard 2019

3.79

49k+ ratings

🏚️ Dystopian Fantasy 📖 Short Story Collection ✊ Revolution

Acide sulfurique

by Amélie Nothomb • 2005

A student is dragged into a reality-TV death camp where the audience decides who is killed.

3.57

13k+

📺 Dystopian Reality Tv 🏷️ Power Of Names 🔄 Villain Redemption

Acide sulfurique 88%

A student is dragged into a reality-TV death camp where the audience decides who is killed.

by Amélie Nothomb 2005

3.57

13k+ ratings

📺 Dystopian Reality Tv 🏷️ Power Of Names 🔄 Villain Redemption

The Rebel

by Albert Camus • 1951

Rebellion either creates solidarity or becomes murder: a journey from blasphemy to the guillotine.

4.13

19k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌌 Existentialism ✊ Ethics Of Rebellion

The Rebel 88%

Rebellion either creates solidarity or becomes murder: a journey from blasphemy to the guillotine.

by Albert Camus 1951

4.13

19k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌌 Existentialism ✊ Ethics Of Rebellion

Red Rising

by Pierce Brown • 2014

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

4.27

823k+

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy

Red Rising 88%

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

by Pierce Brown 2014

4.27

823k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy

The Foundation Pit

by Andrei Platonov • 1994

A fired thinker digs a bottomless pit for a Soviet utopia that devours its builders.

3.78

7k+

🏭 Soviet Dystopia 🌀 Absurdist Fiction ⛏️ Futile Labor

The Foundation Pit 87%

A fired thinker digs a bottomless pit for a Soviet utopia that devours its builders.

by Andrei Platonov 1994

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏭 Soviet Dystopia 🌀 Absurdist Fiction ⛏️ Futile Labor

Strongmen

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat • 2020

Authoritarians from Mussolini to Trump run the same playbook. A century of evidence shows how.

4.27

5k+

🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🎭 Cult Of Personality 📢 Propaganda

Strongmen 87%

Authoritarians from Mussolini to Trump run the same playbook. A century of evidence shows how.

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat 2020

4.27

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🎭 Cult Of Personality 📢 Propaganda

Cruel Crown

by Victoria Aveyard • 2016

A gentle queen unravels under court whispers. A rebel captain builds an army in the shadows.

3.60

44k+

🏰 Court Intrigue 👑 Commoner Queen 💔 Doomed Love

Cruel Crown 87%

A gentle queen unravels under court whispers. A rebel captain builds an army in the shadows.

by Victoria Aveyard 2016

3.60

44k+ ratings

🏰 Court Intrigue 👑 Commoner Queen 💔 Doomed Love

Anti-Tech Revolution

by Theodore John Kaczynski • 2016

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

3.95

630

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking

Anti-Tech Revolution 87%

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016

3.95

630 ratings

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking

1984

by George Orwell • 1948

A clerk in a surveillance state keeps a diary. Then a girl slips him a note.

4.20

5.6M+

👁️ Totalitarian Surveillance ⚖️ Political Allegory 📢 State Propaganda

1984 87%

A clerk in a surveillance state keeps a diary. Then a girl slips him a note.

by George Orwell 1948

4.20

5.6M+ ratings

👁️ Totalitarian Surveillance ⚖️ Political Allegory 📢 State Propaganda

1984 and Philosophy

by Ezio Nucci • 2018

Orwell's 1984 as philosophy: language can erase thought, truth is a weapon, and love becomes revolt.

4.20

📜 Political Philosophy 📚 Literary Analysis 🔗 Totalitarian Systems

1984 and Philosophy 87%

Orwell's 1984 as philosophy: language can erase thought, truth is a weapon, and love becomes revolt.

by Ezio Nucci 2018

4.20

41 ratings

📜 Political Philosophy 📚 Literary Analysis 🔗 Totalitarian Systems

Animal Farm

by George Orwell • 1945

A revolution banishes the farmer, but the pigs who take charge prove hungrier than any man.

4.02

4.6M+

🏛️ Political Allegory 🐷 Talking Animal Fable 🔥 Corrupted Revolution

Animal Farm 87%

A revolution banishes the farmer, but the pigs who take charge prove hungrier than any man.

by George Orwell 1945

4.02

4.6M+ ratings

🏛️ Political Allegory 🐷 Talking Animal Fable 🔥 Corrupted Revolution

Morning Star

by Pierce Brown • 2016

Rescued from a black cell, a Martian revolutionary unites the Rim lords against the Sovereign.

4.55

413k+

🪐 Space Rebellion 👥 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Morning Star 87%

Rescued from a black cell, a Martian revolutionary unites the Rim lords against the Sovereign.

by Pierce Brown 2016

4.55

413k+ ratings

🪐 Space Rebellion 👥 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc

How Do You Kill 11 Million People?

by Andy Andrews • 2011

A democracy dies the same way eleven million people did: one lie at a time.

4.06

4k+

📉 Democratic Decline 🤥 Political Deception 🕯️ How Evil Happens

How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Summary

How Do You Kill 11 Million People? 87%

A democracy dies the same way eleven million people did: one lie at a time.

by Andy Andrews 2011

4.06

4k+ ratings

📉 Democratic Decline 🤥 Political Deception 🕯️ How Evil Happens

1985

by Anthony Burgess • 1978

His wife killed by a strike-related hospital fire, a teacher in a union-ruled Britain fights back.

3.48

2k+

🏛️ Political Dystopia 🎭 Speculative Satire 🚶 Ordinary Rebel

1985 87%

His wife killed by a strike-related hospital fire, a teacher in a union-ruled Britain fights back.

by Anthony Burgess 1978

3.48

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Dystopia 🎭 Speculative Satire 🚶 Ordinary Rebel

Rise of the New Empire

by Katerina St. Clair • 2024

A tyrant has her mind, two men her heart, and her pregnancy holds the empire's key.

3.99

648

💔 Love Triangle 👶 Pregnancy Prophecy 🧠 Mind Control

Rise of the New Empire 87%

A tyrant has her mind, two men her heart, and her pregnancy holds the empire's key.

by Katerina St. Clair 2024

3.99

648 ratings

💔 Love Triangle 👶 Pregnancy Prophecy 🧠 Mind Control

The Power of the Powerless

by Václav Havel • 1978

Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.

4.22

4k+

🏛️ Totalitarianism 🇪🇺 Cold War Europe 🎭 Social Conformity

The Power of the Powerless 87%

Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.

by Václav Havel 1978

4.22

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Totalitarianism 🇪🇺 Cold War Europe 🎭 Social Conformity

La Maison

by Yves Grevet • 2008

Méto survives the House by obeying. The freezing cell teaches him what obedience costs.

3.91

1k+

🏛️ Isolated Institution 🪖 Reluctant Rebel Leader 🤝 Found Family

La Maison 87%

Méto survives the House by obeying. The freezing cell teaches him what obedience costs.

by Yves Grevet 2008

3.91

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Isolated Institution 🪖 Reluctant Rebel Leader 🤝 Found Family

Reflections on the Revolution in France

by Edmund Burke • 1790

Rights without custom, property, or faith: why the French Revolution ended in tyranny, not liberty.

3.73

7k+

🇫🇷 French Revolution 🏛️ Classical Conservatism ⚡ Counter-Enlightenment

Reflections on the Revolution in France Summary

Reflections on the Revolution in France 87%

Rights without custom, property, or faith: why the French Revolution ended in tyranny, not liberty.

by Edmund Burke 1790

3.73

7k+ ratings

🇫🇷 French Revolution 🏛️ Classical Conservatism ⚡ Counter-Enlightenment

On Tyranny

by Timothy Snyder • 2017

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

4.29

112k+

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance

On Tyranny 87%

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

by Timothy Snyder 2017

4.29

112k+ ratings

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance

The New Leviathans

by John Gray • 2023

Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.

3.42

980

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📉 Western Decline 🔄 Cyclical History

The New Leviathans 87%

Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.

by John Gray 2023

3.42

980 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📉 Western Decline 🔄 Cyclical History

Homage to Catlonia

by George Orwell • 1938

Orwell fought Fascists in Spain and discovered a revolution being betrayed by its leftist allies.

4.09

72k+

⚔️ Spanish Civil War 🐷 Revolutionary Betrayal ☭ Anti Stalinism

Homage to Catlonia 87%

Orwell fought Fascists in Spain and discovered a revolution being betrayed by its leftist allies.

by George Orwell 1938

4.09

72k+ ratings

⚔️ Spanish Civil War 🐷 Revolutionary Betrayal ☭ Anti Stalinism

Legacy of the Force

by Aaron Allston • 2006

A Jedi hero hunts his family. The Sith training him says the true price hasn't arrived.

3.89

9k+

🖤 Fallen Hero Arc 🌌 Political Space Opera 🐍 Mentor As Corrupter

Legacy of the Force 87%

A Jedi hero hunts his family. The Sith training him says the true price hasn't arrived.

by Aaron Allston 2006

3.89

9k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Hero Arc 🌌 Political Space Opera 🐍 Mentor As Corrupter

Gilded Cage

by Vic James • 2016

The Hadleys' ten-year slavery sends Luke to a lethal camp, Abi to a manor of secrets.

3.66

10k+

🌍 Dystopian Fantasy ❤️ Forbidden Love 🔥 Ragtag Rebels

Gilded Cage 87%

The Hadleys' ten-year slavery sends Luke to a lethal camp, Abi to a manor of secrets.

by Vic James 2016

3.66

10k+ ratings

🌍 Dystopian Fantasy ❤️ Forbidden Love 🔥 Ragtag Rebels

The Profession

by Steven Pressfield • 2011

A mercenary loyal to his legendary commander faces the brutal new world order they created.

3.73

2k+

🪖 Private Military 🤝 Code Of Honor 👤 Charismatic Leader

The Profession 87%

A mercenary loyal to his legendary commander faces the brutal new world order they created.

by Steven Pressfield 2011

3.73

2k+ ratings

🪖 Private Military 🤝 Code Of Honor 👤 Charismatic Leader

Trumpocracy

by David Frum • 2018

American democracy didn't fall; it was hollowed out by lies and a party that looked away.

3.88

4k+

🏛️ Democratic Backsliding 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 💰 Political Corruption

Trumpocracy 87%

American democracy didn't fall; it was hollowed out by lies and a party that looked away.

by David Frum 2018

3.88

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Democratic Backsliding 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 💰 Political Corruption

1984

by SparkNotes • 2014

Orwell's 1984 decoded: surveillance, mind control, and the language that makes them possible.

4.30

10k+

💀 Dystopian Fiction 🏴 Totalitarian Regimes 🧠 Mind Control

1984 87%

Orwell's 1984 decoded: surveillance, mind control, and the language that makes them possible.

by SparkNotes 2014

4.30

10k+ ratings

💀 Dystopian Fiction 🏴 Totalitarian Regimes 🧠 Mind Control

Autocracy, Inc.

by Anne Applebaum • 2024

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

4.16

19k+

🌐 Global Autocracy 💰 Kleptocracy 🚫 Authoritarianism

Autocracy, Inc. 87%

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

by Anne Applebaum 2024

4.16

19k+ ratings

🌐 Global Autocracy 💰 Kleptocracy 🚫 Authoritarianism

An Enemy of the State

by F. Paul Wilson • 1980

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

3.89

442

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire

An Enemy of the State 87%

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

by F. Paul Wilson 1980

3.89

442 ratings

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire

Robopocalypse

by Daniel H. Wilson • 2011

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

3.71

42k+

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi

Robopocalypse 87%

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

by Daniel H. Wilson 2011

3.71

42k+ ratings

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi

Star Wars

by Matthew Woodring Stover • 2005

The Jedi's brightest hope, to save his wife, makes a pact that forges a dark Empire.

4.32

26k+

🚀 Epic Space Opera 💔 Fallen Hero 🕶️ Dark Mentorship

Star Wars 87%

The Jedi's brightest hope, to save his wife, makes a pact that forges a dark Empire.

by Matthew Woodring Stover 2005

4.32

26k+ ratings

🚀 Epic Space Opera 💔 Fallen Hero 🕶️ Dark Mentorship

Day of the Oprichnik

by Vladimir Sorokin • 2006

A Tsar's enforcer in a walled Russia: one day of fire, prayer, and sanctioned killing.

3.74

10k+

🏛️ Theocratic Dystopia 🎭 Satirical Dystopia 🤢 Grotesque Satire

Day of the Oprichnik 87%

A Tsar's enforcer in a walled Russia: one day of fire, prayer, and sanctioned killing.

by Vladimir Sorokin 2006

3.74

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Theocratic Dystopia 🎭 Satirical Dystopia 🤢 Grotesque Satire

The Gender Plan

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Buried by a friend's betrayal, a rebel fights free to lead the assault on her city's poisoned water.

4.06

10k+

🏛️ Matriarchal Dystopia 🧬 Enhanced Humans 👫 Brother Sister Bond

The Gender Plan 87%

Buried by a friend's betrayal, a rebel fights free to lead the assault on her city's poisoned water.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.06

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Matriarchal Dystopia 🧬 Enhanced Humans 👫 Brother Sister Bond

Khomeinism

by Ervand Abrahamian • 1993

The Islamic Republic was never fundamentalist. It was populist, and that explains everything.

3.89

171

🏴 Iranian Revolution 🇮🇷 Modern Iran 🗳️ Populism

Khomeinism 87%

The Islamic Republic was never fundamentalist. It was populist, and that explains everything.

by Ervand Abrahamian 1993

3.89

171 ratings

🏴 Iranian Revolution 🇮🇷 Modern Iran 🗳️ Populism

The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt

by Peter Gratton • 2020

Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.

🏛️ Political Theory 🏴 Totalitarianism 📚 Continental Philosophy

The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt Summary

The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt 87%

Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.

by Peter Gratton 2020

🏛️ Political Theory 🏴 Totalitarianism 📚 Continental Philosophy

Che Guevara Reader

by Ernesto Che Guevara • 1997

Winning the war is step one. Che Guevara's collected writings on what revolutions do after victory.

4.08

359

🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Anti-Imperialism

Che Guevara Reader 87%

Winning the war is step one. Che Guevara's collected writings on what revolutions do after victory.

by Ernesto Che Guevara 1997

4.08

359 ratings

🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Anti-Imperialism

End Times

by Peter Turchin • 2023

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

4.06

3k+

📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory

End Times 87%

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

by Peter Turchin 2023

4.06

3k+ ratings

📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1974

A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.

4.26

154k+

🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🏴 Anarchist Society 🌱 Utopian Experiment

The Dispossessed 87%

A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974

4.26

154k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🏴 Anarchist Society 🌱 Utopian Experiment

The Last American President

by Thom Hartmann • 2025

Billionaire money, racial grievance, cruel politics: how the GOP became an authoritarian machine.

4.48

321

🏛️ Political Corruption 👑 Authoritarianism 💸 Plutocracy

The Last American President 87%

Billionaire money, racial grievance, cruel politics: how the GOP became an authoritarian machine.

by Thom Hartmann 2025

4.48

321 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 👑 Authoritarianism 💸 Plutocracy

Nous

by Christelle Dabos • 2024

Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.

4.02

2k+

🏙️ Dystopian Society 🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family

Nous 87%

Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.

by Christelle Dabos 2024

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Dystopian Society 🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

by Suzanne Collins • 2020

Coriolanus Snow mentors a tribute in the 10th Hunger Games, betting his soul on her song.

3.99

1.2M+

👤 Villain Origin Story 📖 Dystopian Prequel ⚔️ Survival Games

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Summary

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 87%

Coriolanus Snow mentors a tribute in the 10th Hunger Games, betting his soul on her song.

by Suzanne Collins 2020

3.99

1.2M+ ratings

👤 Villain Origin Story 📖 Dystopian Prequel ⚔️ Survival Games

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