 An audiobook version of The Hunger Games was released in December 2008 . Read by the actress Carolyn McCormick , it has a total running time of eleven hours and fourteen minutes . The magazine AudioFile said : " Carolyn McCormick gives a detailed and attentive narration . However , she may rely too much on the strength of the prose without providing the drama young adult listeners often enjoy . " School Library Journal also praised the audiobook , stating that " McCormick ably voices the action @-@ packed sequences and Katniss 's every fear and strength shines through , along with her doomed growing attraction to one of her fellow Tributes . " 
