The Inheritance Games is a young adult novel series by author Jennifer Lynn Barnes, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The series focuses on a girl named Avery Kylie Grambs, and the Hawthorne family. It currently consists of four books: The Inheritance Games[1] (2020), The Hawthorne Legacy[2] (2021), The Final Gambit (2022), and a standalone book that follows the events of the series was released on August 29, 2023, The Brothers Hawthorne.[3]
In The Inheritance Games, Avery is revealed to have been chosen to inherit the will of deceased billionaire Tobias Hawthorne. Despite the fact that she does not seem to remember meeting this billionaire or even hearing his name, she takes up the task to unlock the chains of mysteries to find the truth.
The Inheritance Games was published on September 1, 2020. It was a New York Times and IndieBound best seller.[1]
The book received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly[4] and Kirkus Reviews,[1] as well as positive reviews from Booklist[5] and School Library Journal[6] and a mixed review from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.[7]
In 2021, the book won the Teen Buckeye Book Award[8] and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Young Adult,[9] the Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult,[10] and YALSA's Teen's Top Ten.[11] It was also selected for YALSA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers[12] and Best Fiction for Young Adults[13] and Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2020.[1]
The Hawthorne Legacy was published on September 7, 2021.
The book received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews[2] and School Library Journal.[14]
In 2021, it was a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction.[15]
The Final Gambit was published on August 30, 2022.
The Brothers Hawthorne was published on August 29, 2023.
Book | Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
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The Inheritance Games | 2021 | Edgar Award for Young Adult | Nominee | [9] |
Teen Buckeye Book Award | Winner | [8] | ||
YALSA's Teens' Top Ten | Nominee | [11] | ||
YALSA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers | Selection | [12] | ||
YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults | Selection | [13] | ||
2020 | Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction | Nominee | [10] | |
Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2020 | Selection | [1] | ||
The Hawthorne Legacy | 2021 | Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction | Nominee | [15] |