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Books like The Giver

Explore 24 books like The Giver by Lois Lowry — a handpicked selection united by Boys & Men, Values & Virtues, Dystopian, and Emotions & Feelings.

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Top related books to The Giver

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

The Giver Quartet

Lois Lowry

Themes: Boys & Men • Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Patrick Ness

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Dystopian

Shatter Me

Tahereh Mafi

Themes: Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings • Fantasy & Magic

The Monster’s Ring

Bruce Coville

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Fantasy & Magic

On My Honor

Marion Dane Bauer

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Emotions & Feelings

Our Dark Duet

V. E. Schwab

Themes: Values & Virtues • Dystopian • Fantasy & Magic

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

LRW Lee

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Fantasy & Magic

A Beautiful Evil

Kelly Keaton

Themes: Values & Virtues • Emotions & Feelings • Fantasy & Magic

The Tent A Parable in One Sitting

Gary Paulsen

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Emotions & Feelings

#10

The Fallen 3 End of Days

Thomas E. Sniegoski

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Fantasy & Magic

#11

The Goddess Inheritance

Aimée Carter

Themes: Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings • Fantasy & Magic

#12

The Last Last-Day-Of-Summer

Lamar Giles

Themes: Boys & Men • Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings

#13

Powerful

Lauren Roberts

Themes: Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings • Fantasy & Magic

#14

The Cat at the Wall

Deborah Ellis

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Emotions & Feelings

#15

Like Father, Like Son A Picture Book

Lesléa Newman

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Emotions & Feelings

#16

Insurgent

Veronica Roth

Themes: Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#17

Divergent

Veronica Roth

Themes: Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#18

My Life Begins!

Patricia MacLachlan

Themes: Boys & Men • Emotions & Feelings • Fantasy & Magic

#19

Tides

Betsy Cornwell

Themes: Boys & Men • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#20

The Deceivers

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Themes: Values & Virtues • Dystopian • Fantasy & Magic

#21

Life as We Knew it

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Themes: Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#22

The Life As We Knew It 4-Book Collection

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Themes: Dystopian • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#23

What Little Boys Are Made Of A Modern Nursery Rhyme

Susanna Leonard Hill

Themes: Boys & Men • Values & Virtues • Emotions & Feelings

#24

Gone

Michael Grant

Themes: Values & Virtues • Dystopian • Young Adult Fiction

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for The Giver by Lois Lowry — spanning Boys & Men, Values & Virtues, Dystopian and featuring authors such as Lois Lowry, Patrick Ness, Tahereh Mafi, Bruce Coville, and others.