Books like The Giver
25 science fiction books to read after The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the closest match first.
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The Giver book 2
1. Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry
- Same series
- Same author
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver...
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The Giver book 3
2. Messenger
by Lois Lowry
- Same series
- Same author
Second installment to Youth classic, "The Giver." Required in numerous 8th/9th grade English classrooms. Introducing the idea of a utopian society to youth for the 1st time. The well known...
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The Giver book 4
3. Son
by Lois Lowry
- Same series
- Same author
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be...
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Ship Breaker book 1 Start here
4. Ship Breaker
by Bacigalupi, Paolo
- On the same lists
The first in a YA dystopian series, this novel depicts an Earth where natural resources are exhausted, cities are drowning, and Antarctica is gone, global warming.
The 2011 Printz-award winning Ship Breaker is a dystopian thrill ride. Severe climate change has rendered coastal areas into wastelands; corporations have free reign to do whatever they'd like, and...
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Chaos Walking book 1 Start here
5. The Knife Of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness
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The Knife of Never Letting Go is a dystopian sci-fi thriller that will knock your socks off. Shortlisted for the Carnegie medal, the novel is the story of Todd Hewitt,...
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All Our Yesterdays book 1 Start here
6. All Our Yesterdays
by Cristin Terrill
- On the same lists
Fans of Dr. Who will be enthralled by All Our Yesterdays, a time-travel adventure, mystery, and love story. Told in alternating viewpoints between the spoiled, naive Marina who wonders if...
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Drenai Tales book 1 Start here
7. Legend
by Gemmell, David
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Gemmell specializes in heroic fantasy. His best book is widely regarded as Legend. Legend doesn’t try to be anything but what it is: a heroic adventure with lots of blood,...
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Leviathan book 1 Start here
8. Leviathan
by Westerfeld, Scott
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Westerfeld takes today's futuristic visions of cyborgs and genetically engineered creatures and puts them into WWI.
A steampunk fantasy with a lot of oomph to it. It’s an alternative history story, one that merges the period history of World War 1 events with a fantastical world...
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9. The Hunger Games Trilogy
by Collins, Suzanne
- On the same lists
Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl who competes in a battle to the death.
Suzanne Collins' engaging narrative, while not entirely original, has garnered millions of fans across the globe, proving that The Hunger Games Trilogy has something for adults and children alike. On...
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Old Man's War book 4
10. Zoe S Tale
by John Scalzi
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Zoe's Tale is the fourth novel in Scalzi's Old Man's War series, and although, it's not specifically marketed to young adults, it's the perfect introduction to the genre for young...
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Matteo Alacran book 1 Start here
11. House Of The Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
- On the same lists
Winner of the 2002 National book award as well as a Printz and Newbery Honor book in 2003, House of the Scorpion has a lot of literary acclaim for a...
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Little Brother book 1 Start here
12. Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow
- On the same lists
A near-future dystopia that has been compared to ground-breaking books such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, Little Brother is part coming-of-age story and part political treatise. Marcus Yallow and his...
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13. Shade’s Children
by Nix, Garth
- On the same lists
Winner of the Golden Duck Award and nominated for an Aurealis, Shade's Children is a grim dystopian tale that is high on mystery and action. Earth has been taken over...
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Last Survivors book 1 Start here
14. Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- On the same lists
First in the Last Survivors Quartet, Life as We Knew It chronicles the lives of a family in rural Pennsylvania which are turned upside down when an asteroid knocks the...
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The Jenna Fox Chronicles book 1 Start here
15. The Adoration Of Jenna Fox
by Mary E. Pearson
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a novel that raises a lot of questions. When Jenna wakes up after a year long coma, she has no idea who she is...
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Divergent book 1 Start here
16. Divergent
by Roth, Veronica
- On the same lists
Divergent is a teen dystopia that is now a major motion picture. It's an action-packed thrill ride through a post-apocalyptic version of Chicago where society has split up into five...
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The 5th Wave book 1 Start here
17. The 5th Wave
by Rick Yancey
- On the same lists
Tired of corrupt governments and plagues starting your apocalypse? Why not give aliens a whirl? In a concept that worked great for Independence Day, The 5th Wave features aliens who...
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Maximum Ride book 1 Start here
18. Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
- On the same lists
Maximum Ride:The Angel Experiment is a mad scientist story from the experiment's point of view. Max is a fourteen year-old girl, oldest of her small group of friends that are...
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The Program book 1 Start here
19. The Program
by Suzanne Young
- On the same lists
A mix of Delirium and The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Program is a vaguely dystopian novel about a society in which teens are afraid to show any...
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Unwind Dystology book 1 Start here
20. Unwind
by Shusterman, Neal
- On the same lists
In the world of this story life can be sustained indefinitely, but at what cost? This is the story of children who try to escape their fate to be unwound—have their organs transplanted into other bodies.
Unwind, the first novel in the Unwind dystology is a truly disturbing YA blend of science fiction and horror. Set in a dystopian society after a series of civil wars...
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The Lunar Chronicles book 1 Start here
21. Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
- On the same lists
A popular trope in fantasy is the revival of fairytales, with a twist. You only have to go to the cinema and watching Red Riding Hood, Snow White and the...
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Ready Player One book 1 Start here
22. Ready Player One: A Novel
by Cline, Ernest
- On the same lists
Not 'strictly' a LitRPG novel, but Ready Player One has a lot of elements that make up an LITRPG book, those being the in-game sequences. This is not only a...
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Sleepless book 1 Start here
23. Beggars In Spain
by Nancy Kress
- On the same lists
How much more could you do if you didn't have to sleep? That's the simple question that starts this superb trilogy.In this near future world, a philosophy that is becoming...
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Dune Chronicles book 1 Start here
24. Dune
by Herbert, Frank
- On the same lists
The whole series over time shows the colonization and taming of the wild planet Dune over thousands of years.
A blend of sci-fi and fantasy, Frank Herbert's Dune created a foundation for many of the themes in modern genre fiction. Its exploration of ecology, pacifism, and mysticism pairs with...
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The Ender Quintet book 1 Start here
25. Ender's Game (1986)
by Card, Orson Scott
- On the same lists
The first in a famous series that seems to become more literary as its characters age. Follows a child prodigy and in the process makes the reader think about war, the means to war, and even loneliness.
Earth has survived two invasions by an insect-like alien race, and the International Fleet is training the most gifted children to lead the next defence. Six-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is...
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