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24 alternatives to The Giver

The haunting story of twelve-year-old Jonas

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Giver launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Thirteenth Tale▲71

   A twisted tale of gothic mystery and family history

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Old Way▲77

   A story of the first people

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Go-Giver▲60

   A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Let Me Tell You A Story▲80

   A new approach to healing through the art of storytelling

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Book of Speculation: A Novel▲60

   A young librarian is haunted by a mystery

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Book of Disquiet▲61

   A haunting mosaic of dreams

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Eleanor: A Novel▲72

   A mix of ghost story, time travel and dream worlds.

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Girl With All the Gifts▲61

   Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Child Poet▲60

   A life cleaved by two accidents

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Silent History▲60

    The story of a generation of unusual children

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Last Samurai▲56

    The story of a young genius and his unique education

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Behind the Beautiful Forevers▲56

    Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai slum

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Death of a Naturalist▲63

    Nobel Prize Winning Poem about Childhood, Identity, and Work

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Nest▲61

    4 dysfunctional adult siblings work their way through life

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    My Struggle▲56

    Karl Ove Knausgaard's autobiographical phenomenon

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Sandcastle Kings▲70

    Meeting Jesus in a spiritually bankrupt world

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Surrender Experiment ▲61

    Surrendering to life

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Into the Brambles▲60

    Dark fantasy based on modernized classical myth

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    LoveSexTravelMusik▲55

    Stories for the EasyJet generation

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Train Dreams▲55

    An American epic in miniature

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Book of Aron: A Novel▲55

    Story of life in a Warsaw ghetto in the eyes of a child

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Gift of Fear▲65

    Survival Signals that Protect us from Violence

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Circle▲94

    Be Afraid. Be very afraid

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →