The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes cover art

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

A Hunger Games Novel

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

By: Suzanne Collins
Narrated by: Santino Fontana
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £16.99

Buy Now for £16.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute...and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

©2020 Suzanne Collins (P)2020 Scholastic Inc. Action & Adventure Dystopian Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Survival Stories Survival Game

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Divergent cover art
Fourth Wing cover art
The Maze Runner cover art
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation) cover art
You cover art
Twilight: Twilight Series, Book 1 cover art
Ready Player One cover art
The 5th Wave cover art
Demon in the Wood cover art
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms cover art
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1 cover art
The Name of the Wind cover art
Roald Dahl Reads Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Four More Stories cover art
Artemis cover art
The Sisterhood cover art
The Cat I Never Named cover art

Featured article: The top trending BookTok audiobooks


For audiobook lovers, nothing comes close to the feeling of stumbling upon a new favourite adventure, love story, or thriller. Finding that new favourite is now easier than ever! The world of BookTok is overflowing with audiobooks ready to become your new obsession....

Featured article The top trending BookTok audiobooks

Featured article: Katniss Everdeen - a Hunger Games character guide


Sister, tribute, revolutionary, the Girl on Fire—Katniss Everdeen has been known as a lot of things, but there is truly no character quite like the heroine of the The Hunger Games series. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins is set in a future dystopian world where the Capitol keeps a tight hold on Panem, the country made up of what is left of North America, and its strictly divided 12 districts. The main trilogy follows Katniss Everdeen on her journey from an average, impoverished girl in a forgotten district to the symbol of resistance. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Katniss.

Featured article Katniss Everdeen: a Hunger Games character guide
All stars
Most relevant  
I found it hard to listen to the narrator doing female voices and speaking songs.

NARRATOR

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Loved the book and story overall but agree with others about the narration/production. I listened on x1.1 speed just to make it less monotone. The speak/singing is cringeworthy. A few extra £ to have a female narrating the female parts and actually singing the songs would have made this a far superior performance.

Great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I don’t know why so many people disliked the narrator. I had no problem with him. The spoken word versions of the songs did make me cringe, but I find that that’s true of any songs in books read allowed. I am a huge hunger games fan and this didn’t disappoint.

Great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I did feel a bit disappointed by this book but I think it was mainly down to the reader. I did as advised and sped up the narration. You do go on a journey of routing for Snow and dispising him and it does explain about some bits and bobs in the trilogy.

A little disappointing compared to the trilogy

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
loved this prequel, even though it was from snows perspective it was really enjoyable and santino fontana was a fantastic as the narrator I genuinely hope that Suzanne Collins does more hunger games books and continues to use santino and tatianna as narrators! highly recommended!

A worthy prequel

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I really enjoyed this book to the point I've listened to it twice. It's isn't the most ground breaking literature but it's good easy listening and I always enjoy a baddies backstory.

Enjoyable story detailing Snows decent to villainy

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A great story and I now hate president snow even more, I wish I could swear in this review but I won’t so I’ll call him a so and so 🤣

What a book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
speed up the narrator to 1.25 and it's perfect.
another awesome novel from Suzanne and set up nicely for a follow on

great book looking forward to the movie

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great voice for reading.. The reading of the songs was disappointing and rather annoying.
Great story

Great story..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Blooming brilliant. Really enjoyed piecing together the trilogy storyline, learning more about Snow as a child and the inception of the Hunger Games. Lots of action, suspense, tension, love, conflict, and very thought provoking.

Hunger Games fans will NOT be disappointed

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews