The latest “Hunger Games” novel sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide during its first week, the biggest opening ever for Suzanne Collins’ blockbuster series.

Sunrise on the Reaping sold 1.2 million copies in the U.S., more than double the pace of its immediate predecessor, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Haymitch Abernathy’s time in the Hunger Games is at the center of Suzanne Collins’ newest prequel book, Sunrise on the Reaping. Set 24 years before the events of the first novel featuring Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence in the film franchise) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson),

Sunrise on the Reaping makes some obvious references to Songbirds & Snakes’ Lucy Gray, but stops short of actually including her in the story.