The 2020 prequel "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" still hasn't received as much buzz as any book from the original "The Hunger Games" trilogy, and that's a shame. The prequel centers around a teenaged Cornelius Snow, long before he becomes President of Panem, as he's assigned to mentor a tribute in the upcoming 10th-ever Hunger Games tournament. 

What's most impressive is the way the prequel fleshes out early Panem. The book takes place inside the Capitol just a decade after the end of...

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