Get this book
Genre
- Young adult fiction
- Science fiction
- Dystopias
Story type
What it is about
- Individuality
- Liberty
- Social control
- Social prediction
- Memory
- Dystopias
When it happens
- Future
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Ages 11+
- Young Adult
Awards
- Hal Clement Award
- Newbery Medal
- John Newberry Medal winner
About this book
In a world without social ills, a boy chosen for an unusual life assignment learns from the Giver what his society hides. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is book 1 of the Giver Quartet series.
Reading level: Young Adult Fiction (HarperCollins).
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Open Library subject · HarperCollins
Books like this one
-
Why: Both are young adult dystopian books.
- Young adult
- Dystopian
What both books share
- young adult
The Giver: "young adult fiction" (WD genre)
The Hunger Games: "young adult fiction" (WD genre) - dystopian
The Giver: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
The Hunger Games: "Dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "dystopian literature" (WD genre)
-
Why: Both are young adult dystopian books.
- Young adult
- Dystopian
What both books share
- young adult
The Giver: "young adult fiction" (WD genre)
Divergent: "young adult" (OL subject); "YOUNG ADULT FICTION" (OL subject) - dystopian
The Giver: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Divergent: "dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
-
Why: Both are dystopian books.
What both books share
- dystopian
The Giver: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Fahrenheit 451: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
- dystopian
Books like the The Giver Quartet series
What they share, at a glance
The Giver next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Dystopian | Young adult |
|---|---|---|
| The Hunger Games | shared | shared |
| Divergent | shared | shared |
| Fahrenheit 451 | shared | not shared |
Tap a dot to open the record the match comes from.
Where does The Giver sit in its series? See the reading order.
powered by Google
The Giver is on these lists
Common questions
What does the Why line mean?
It names what the two books have in common, using only facts found in both books' catalog records. Tap What both books share to see those facts and where they came from. When the shared facts are few, the line is short. It never quotes reviews, ratings or reader reactions.