Book Club Genre Books Summaries at Celsius 233

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins (2020)

Before tyranny took root, a boy with charm, hunger, and ambition stepped into the arena - where power, love, and betrayal would shape the cruel future of Panem.

Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

Sunrise on the Reaping – Suzanne Collins (2025)

Before he was a mentor, Haymitch Abernathy was a rebel with a spark - caught in a rigged world where love, defiance, and survival ignited a fire the Capitol couldn’t control.

Veronica Roth

Divergent

Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

Divergent – Veronica Roth (2011)

In a fractured world, Tris, a brave Divergent, and Four, her fierce ally, defy a rigid society, risking love and loyalty to challenge power, identity, and survival itself.

Kathryn Stockett

Classics Historical Romance

The Help – Kathryn Stockett (2009)

In 1960s Mississippi, Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter challenge racial injustice by sharing the untold stories of Black maids serving white families.

Sara Gruen

Historical Romance

Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen (2006)

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen follows Jacob Jankowski, who joins a Depression-era circus, navigating love, cruelty, and survival alongside Marlena and Rosie the elephant.

Mark Haddon

Classics Mystery Young Adult

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon (2003)

A brilliant autistic teen, his fractured parents, a dead dog, and a quest for truth intertwine in a moving journey of mystery, family, and resilience against chaos.

Frank Herbert

Dune Saga Dune Universe

Classics Fantasy Science Fiction

Dune – Frank Herbert (1965)

Amid treachery and prophecy, Paul, Jessica, the Fremen, and House Atreides battle the Emperor and Harkonnens for survival, power, and the soul of a desert world.

Agatha Christie

Classics Mystery Psychological

And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie (1939)

Ten strangers - a judge, a governess, and a soldier of fortune - face a chilling reckoning on a remote island, where guilt, fear, and justice spiral into deadly isolation.

Orson Scott Card

Ender's Saga The Enderverse

Classics Science Fiction Young Adult

Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card (1985)

A gifted boy, Ender Wiggin, is trained by Graff to save humanity from the alien Buggers, but victory comes at a devastating price. A brilliant, haunting tale of war and conscience.

Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children

Fantasy Supernatural Young Adult

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs (2011)

Jacob, Emma, and Miss Peregrine face a world of peculiar children, deadly wights, and dark secrets, where courage and love must defy time and monstrous forces.