Reddit mentions of Battle Royale: The Novel

Not a big fan of that flowchart. It's not really a flowchart, it just covers different areas.

Battle Royale is the closest book I've found to the Hunger Games. It takes a while to get used to the names but after a few chapters you know them all well.

• Dune by Frank Herbert.
  
  
• Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer - somewhat of a longshot, but something made me think of it.
  
  
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
  
  
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
  
  
• Battle Royale by Koushun Takami.
  
  
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
  
  
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand .
  
  
• Neuromancer by William Gibson.
  
  
• The Running Man by Stephen King.
  
  You might even get a kick out of The Hunger Games or Divergent... And of course 1984 :)

Is it a great movie? Probably not. But it's a fairly unique one. I think it's worth a watch, particularly if you play Battle Royale games. It's mostly a shock film though (Middle School kids killing each other!).

The novel, on the other hand, was really great through and through. I can only vouch for the original translation, but the updated version sounds good from reviews!

And while we're addressing the history of your account, I'll answer a question you asked of /r/books and never got an answer.... Battle Royale. It is a book that both of the other two books were based off of.

http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723/ref=pd_sim_b_3

I suggest the paperback since you're young and the hardback is kind of expensive for a book... I found my copy of this book at Hastings, but you should be able to find a copy or have a copy shipped to most book stores.

My suggestion when reading this book: Do NOT jump to the end and skip the exciting parts near the end... This is a great book.

Battle Royale is essentially a more adult version of Hunger Games set in Japan.

I might be a little late, but Battle Royale by Koushun Takami is so much like the Hunger Games, but it's way gorier. But it is a really excellent read.

Hmmm... paranormal/supernatural tween reads with strong girl characters (not that Twilight had a strong female lead in it, but you may as well steer her in a better direction).

You really can't go wrong with the Hunger Games. Or you could get her the Japanese novel Battle Royale. It's also a dystopian novel about teenagers forced to battle each other to the death.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is worth checking out. It starts to lose some oomph towards the end, but is still a solid read with actual substance to the storyline. I'd get the hardback - the photography in it is just genius. Male lead, but there's a pretty cool chick who throws fireballs.

I enjoyed Anna Dressed in Blood. It's a bit like Supernatural, only with one male ghost hunter as the protaganist. He falls in love with a ghost, but she's a homicidal maniac.

The Rise of Renegade X - a boy raised by his evil supervillain mom discovers that he's the product of her one-night-stand with a superhero. That was pretty enjoyable...

Poison Study is a great book about a girl who's been sentenced to death and is offered a reprieve if she becomes the king's food taster. Her handler ends up subjecting her to a litany of poisons so that she can build up immunity. Didn't read the sequels, but the first book was pretty good.

Graceling is set in a world where certain people are born with random talents - the ability to hold their breath underwater for long periods of time, musical or dancing abilities, cooking the best food imaginable, etc. The main character is born with the talent to kill & becomes her uncle's assassin.

Stardust - Neil Gaiman... really nuff said, eh?

Howl's Moving Castle - A girl is turned into an old woman by an angry witch & takes refuge in the mysteriously moving castle of an "evil" wizard.

Okay. I'll stop now. :)

Worringly, the theme and storyline to the original book (that the films and in turn the gaming genre is based on) is similar...

For the curious:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723

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Yep. https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1525374343&sr=8-6&keywords=battle+royale

What ceci said, it's an older much darker and uniquely japanese take on the genre. I promise, no tentacles. They made a pretty good movie of it about 10 years ago.

http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723

Note that some novels are cheaper on Amazon than they are on RightStuf.

For instance: Battle Royale is more than $1 cheaper. http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723

can never have too many books. :)

It’s a Japanese movie before the Hunger Games
https://www.amazon.com/Battle-English-Subtitled-Tatsuya-Fujiwara/dp/B008VZG30M/ref=sr_1_2?crid=23JT9A0HX5D63&keywords=battle+royale&qid=1554950545&s=gateway&sprefix=Battle+ro%2Caps%2C183&sr=8-2
Based off an earlier book
https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723/ref=sr_1_12?crid=23JT9A0HX5D63&keywords=battle+royale&qid=1554950545&s=gateway&sprefix=Battle+ro%2Caps%2C183&sr=8-12
Both are named Battle Royale!

This is the one I have.

And I know, I always do. I do it just because, no other reason.

If you like Lord of the Flies, you might also want to check out Battle Royale, by Koushun Takami. You may have heard of the movie, which is based off of this book.

I had this translation of Battle Royale and thought it was fantastic. I could not put the book down. I highly recommend it.

Battle Royale

• Divergent/Insurgent (First two in an unfinished trilogy)
  
• The Maze Runner (This is a trilogy)
  
• Battle Royale
  
• I've heard good things about The Knife of Never Letting Go (The first part of the Chaos Walking trilogy)
  
  To be honest, these are just some dystopia themed books I recommended because of Hunger Games. However, I could give better recommendations if you tell me more of what she wants. Young adult? Fantasy? Romantic aspect?

The book https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723 is pretty good.

The comic follows the book pretty faithfully - to the point where you probably don't need to read the manga if you read the book. I read it back when the manga was still being released in NA and I wanted to know what happened :) It was a hard book to track down back then, I think had to get it special ordered.

Now it's pretty easy, they republished it a few years back when hungergames was all the rage.

If you love this movie, check out the Book or the Manga.
They are both really good.

It's a great read, and translated well. Enjoy!

This one?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372620035&sr=1-2&keywords=battle+royale

I love Edward Gorey so much. I know that one's expensive though, so I'd also really love to read this!

Thank you for the contest!

That seems very similar to the book battle royale. Is it very close?

http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723/ref=sr_1_1/185-8656308-7417306?ie=UTF8&qid=1394753540&sr=8-1&keywords=battle+royale