Okay , so if we take a look at all of the books of the hunger games, then we could see a rough timeline;
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (TBOSAS):
- 3rd person narrative (neutral or omniscience, I don’t know yet)
- introduction to the covey & Lucy gray
- introduction to snows family + as far as I can tell , tbosas will also signify Snow’s rise to power
Other key events that aren’t part of tbosas , but are part of the timeline are the other hunger games are:
Mag’s games (11th hunger games) ,
-> The 25th hunger games is the first quarter quell
-> 34rd Hunger games: Beetee wins
A year before SOTR: Wiress’s games (49th hunger games)
Sunrise on the reaping (SOTR):
- Introduction to Haymitch , Lenore Dove and co.
- The second quarter quell (50th games)
- The tragedy that will come
- Everything is narrated through a first person perspective -> Reader sees it through the lens of Haymitch
- Haymitch slowly becomes the mentor that we meet in the trilogy
Again , indirectly mentioned:
- 65th hunger games: Finnick Odair wins
- 66th - 70th hunger games: Victor of the 70th games is Annie Cresta
- 71st hunger games: Johanna Mason wins
- Introduction to Katniss & her family
- Katniss volunteers for Prim
- The games happen and we know what happens
- the reader experiences it through the narration that Katniss gives
The hunger games: Catching fire:
- 75th games: the third quarter quell
- Introduction to the other victors ( Enobaria , Cashmere , Gloss , etc.)
- Interactions with Finnick & Johanna
- the plot thickens with the rebellion plan
- certain victors get captured (Johanna , Annie , Enobaria , Peeta)
- last part of the trilogy
- Introduction to 13 & Coin
- The Wedding of Annie & Finnick
- We see some of the victors once more , recovering or getting out of their state
- The end of an era (Snows reign & whatever Coin was planning , which I don’t know how to describe properly)
The Epilogues of SOTR & Mockingjay:
- Katniss & Peeta have a family
- The promise to Lenore is fulfilled
Basically this is just a rough estimation of the timeline through the books , but im aware that I left out some information about the other victors and so on , yet once again: This is a rough estimation