Series
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 4 novels · 1 short story · 1993–2012
The Giver Quartet is a series of four books about a dystopian world by American author Lois Lowry, which consists of The Giver (1993), Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012). The first book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 50 million copies. The story takes place at an unknown point of time within the future. Each book has a different protagonist but is set in the same futuristic era.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
The Giver at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1990s2
- 2000s2
- 2010s1
Shape
4 novels · 1 short story
1 author
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Mood
Grim and calm: 75% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.