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Amazon.com on Friday revealed what cities have purchased the most copies of "The Hunger Games" trilogy of books, and one city in Oklahoma cracked its top 20 list.
The Oklahoma location that appears to be most hungry for "The Hunger Games" on a per capita basis is Norman, which came in at No. 20, according to a press release.
In addition, Amazon.com said Suzanne Collins, the "Hunger Games" author, is now the No. 1-selling author of books for its Kindle service.
The online company combined sales of her three books -- "The Hunger Games," "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay" -- in both print versions and Kindle formats, on a per capita basis in cities with a population greater than 100,000.
Those three books, in that order of release in the trilogy, currently rank Nos. 1-3 at Amazon in both print and Kindle versions.
Amazon.com's top 20 cities reading the "Hunger Games" books were:
1. Sunnyvale, Calif.
2. Salt Lake City, Utah
3. Tallahassee, Fla.
4. Seattle
5. Orlando
6. Pittsburgh
7. St. Louis
8. Provo, Utah
9. San Francisco
10. Naperville, Ill.
11. Washington, D.C.
12. Richmond, Va.
13. Scottsdale, Ariz.
14. Wilmington, N.C.
15. Murfreesboro, Tenn.
16. Vancouver, Wash.
17. Portland, Ore.
18. Tampa, Fla.
19. Overland Park, Kan.
20. Norman, Okla.
Amazon.com has a sweepstakes tie-in to the release of "The Hunger Games" movie in theaters next Friday.
The twelve winners of the contest -- enter at amazon.com/hungergames -- will receive both a Kindle Fire and a "Hunger Games" book trilogy.
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