# Books like The Giver

**10** books similar to *The Giver* by Lois Lowry (Dystopian Fiction · 760L · grades 6–8), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** conformity vs individuality, memory, utopia and dystopia, coming of age, freedom of choice
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## Similar books

- [The Graveyard Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-graveyard-book) by Neil Gaiman _(820L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of coming of age, both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), and a close reading level (820L vs 760L).
- [Restart](https://readinglist.school/book/restart) by Gordon Korman _(730L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of memory, both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+4 more shared lists), and a close reading level (730L vs 760L).
- [Walk Two Moons](https://readinglist.school/book/walk-two-moons) by Sharon Creech _(770L · Grades 5–7)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list (+3 more shared lists), a close reading level (770L vs 760L), and the same era (1990s).
- [Maniac Magee](https://readinglist.school/book/maniac-magee) by Jerry Spinelli _(820L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+7 more shared lists), a close reading level (820L vs 760L), and the same era (1990s).
- [Where the Red Fern Grows](https://readinglist.school/book/where-the-red-fern-grows) by Wilson Rawls _(700L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of coming of age, both on the Great Stone Face Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and a close reading level (700L vs 760L).
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award list (+6 more shared lists) and a close reading level (750L vs 760L).
- [When You Reach Me](https://readinglist.school/book/when-you-reach-me) by Rebecca Stead _(750L · Grades 4–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list (+2 more shared lists) and a close reading level (750L vs 760L).
- [A Wrinkle in Time](https://readinglist.school/book/a-wrinkle-in-time) by Madeleine L'Engle _(740L · Grades 5–7)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list (+2 more shared lists) and a close reading level (740L vs 760L).
- [The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lightning-thief) by Rick Riordan _(740L · Grades 4–7)_ — Both on the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award list (+5 more shared lists) and a close reading level (740L vs 760L).
- [Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH](https://readinglist.school/book/mrs-frisby-and-the-rats-of-nimh) by Robert C. O'Brien _(790L · Grades 4–6)_ — Both on the Newbery Medal list (+3 more shared lists) and a close reading level (790L vs 760L).

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