Usually I do NOT like YA, especially dystopian stuff, and I give it a wide berth. But I did want to see what all the fuss was about, and I'm glad I started reading them (I finished the first book and have just started on the second).
You know how harsh a critic I am about "bandwagon" popular fiction 
and I couldn't run far enough from the Twilight series, but I will admit that these are very well done. They're well written*, with good pacing, good "world building", and believable characters. I didn't feel it was "for kids" at all.
Best of all, the social commentary/thinly veiled critique of current times is exceptional (the few rich people in the Capitol, the many poor in the Districts; the unhealthy bread-and-circuses obsession with reality shows--hell, it even gets its digs in about dating shows like The Bachelor! 
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Honestly, I would recommend The Hunger Games. And I don't say that lightly!
*with the exception of a whoopsie in the first book--they used "vice" when they meant "vise"--that's a HUGE pet peeve of mine--but I blame the editors for that!
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