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Giver Quartet Books in Order

by Lois LowryTeen & Young Adult

4 books from The Giver (1993) to Son (2001). Rated 4.4 across 22,845 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Giver

    Book 1 1993 4.4 (15.5k)

    Lois Lowry’s The Giver is the quintessential dystopian novel, followed by its remarkable companions, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain.

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  2. Gathering Blue

    Book 2 2000 4.5 (3.1k)

    Lois Lowry’s Gathering Blue continues the quartet beginning with the quintessential dystopian novel, The Giver, followed by Messenger and Son. Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside.

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  3. Messenger

    Book 3 2004 4.5 (2.2k)

    Critically acclaimed and bestselling author Lois Lowry returns with MESSENGER; the eagerly anticipated companion to Gathering Blue and The Giver, winner of the Newbery Medal...

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  4. Son

    Book 4 2001 4.5 (2.1k)

    When the young girl washed up on their shore, no one knew she had been a Vessel. That she had carried a Product. That it had been carved from her belly. Stolen. Claire had had a son. She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Giver Quartet is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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