Giver Books in Order
Giver by Lois Lowry contains 4 books, published between 1993 and 2012. The first book is The Giver (1993) and the newest is Son (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 1993–2012
- Confirmed
- 4 of 4 titles
- Total pages
- 983 across 4 books
- Reading time
- 16–25 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 983 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Giver is a dystopian science fiction quartet by Lois Lowry. The first book, The Giver (1993), places a twelve-year-old named Jonas in an outwardly perfect community and singles him out to train under the Giver, the one person holding the community's memories of joy and pain. Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004) and Son (2012) complete the set. Social control, memory and ethics are the recurring subjects.
How many Giver books are there?
Giver has 4 books, released between 1993 and 2012.
Giver Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Giver books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Giver1993 · 179 pages · confirmed 3/419931793/4
- 2Gathering Blue2000 · 241 pages · confirmed 3/420002413/4
- 3Messenger2004 · 169 pages · confirmed 3/420041693/4
- 4Son2012 · 394 pages · confirmed 3/420123943/4
Giver Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Giver books run from The Giver (1993) to Son (2012), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Giver in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Giver books in order?
You should read the Giver books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Giver book also stands alone.
Where to start with Giver
Start with The Giver (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Giver book?
Son (2012) is the newest Giver book released so far.
Is there a new Giver book coming?
No next Giver book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Giver has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 2 nominations for Giver. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
Giver at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Giver title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Giver books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 983 pages across all 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 210 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Giver books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2000s.
What the Giver books are about
All 4 Giver books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 3 of 4 books
- Science fiction 3 of 4 books
- Ciencia-ficción 2 of 4 books
- Artists 1 of 4 books
- Community life 1 of 4 books
- Control (Psychology) 1 of 4 books
- Curadores 1 of 4 books
- Dystopias 1 of 4 books
- Ethics 1 of 4 books
- Healers 1 of 4 books
More books by Lois Lowry
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Other series by Lois Lowry
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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