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The Giver is a compelling novel written by Lois Lowry and published in 1993. Set in a seemingly idyllic world that has eradicated pain and conflict by adopting a policy that suppresses emotional depth and individuality, the society is revealed to be dystopian. It challenges readers to consider the value of the complexity of human nature.
Featured Article: The 10 Best Dystopian Audiobooks with Unsettling Alternate Realities
Though the dystopian genre focuses on the world’s degeneration, these fantastical, exploratory, and poignant titles often have the power to reveal something significant about the world listeners live in now. No matter the dystopia conjured in a selection, their creators enable us to explore human nature and safely reflect on our own reality. Here are the 10 best dystopian audiobooks to transport, unsettle, and perhaps even inspire.
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The Giver
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Ron Rifkin
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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December is the time of the annual Ceremony at which each twelve-year-old receives a life assignment determined by the Elders...
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This guy's mouth makes some serious noises...
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The Giver
- Narrated by: Ron Rifkin
- Series: Giver Quartet, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 11-07-03
- Language: English
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Number the Stars
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war....
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People of all ages will enjoy this book.
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Number the Stars
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-16-04
- Language: English
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Son
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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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....
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A great "build up" to a "let down"!
- By Anonymous User on 01-28-13
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Son
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Series: Giver Quartet, Book 4
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-02-12
- Language: English
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Gathering Blue
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Katherine Borowitz
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside. She fears for her future until she is spared by the all-powerful Council of Guardians. Kira is a gifted weaver and is given a task that no other community member can do....
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Hard to stop listening!
- By Anonymous User on 02-14-13
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Gathering Blue
- Narrated by: Katherine Borowitz
- Series: Giver Quartet, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-16-08
- Language: English
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Messenger
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: David Morse
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
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Six years earlier, Matty had come to Village as a scrappy and devious little boy....
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The Giver stands alone... Messenger needs...
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Messenger
- Narrated by: David Morse
- Series: Giver Quartet, Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-28-03
- Language: English
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All About Sam
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
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At last, Sam, Anastasia Krupnik's irrepressible little brother, gets a chance to tell his own story....
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Most Fun
- By Anonymous User on 04-04-09
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All About Sam
- Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-25-09
- Language: English
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Dear America: Like the Willow Tree
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Sara Barnett
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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In the Fall of 1918, eleven year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen year-old brother, Daniel, find themselves suddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic....
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Fascinating
- By Anonymous User on 01-21-20
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Dear America: Like the Willow Tree
- Narrated by: Sara Barnett
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-01-11
- Language: English
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Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Tina Wolstencroft
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Natalie Armstrong has everything: She's smart and beautiful, has the perfect boyfriend, early acceptance to college, and a loving family. But the summer she turns 17, she finally decides to ask some unanswered questions....
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Wow! Well done. Highly recommend.
- By Anonymous User on 07-26-20
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Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
- Narrated by: Tina Wolstencroft
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-25-20
- Language: English
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Gooney Bird is So Absurd
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Lee Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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It's a cold January at the Watertower Elementary School - the perfect weather for Gooney Bird Greene to break out her special brain-warming hat!....
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loved Gooney Bird
- By Anonymous User on 05-10-24
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Gooney Bird is So Absurd
- Narrated by: Lee Adams
- Series: Gooney Bird, Book 4
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-24-09
- Language: English
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Attaboy Sam
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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Why won't Sam Krupnik allow his mother to enter his bedroom? Why has he started calling his toy box The Lab? And he's carrying a Ziplock bag in his pocket at all times....
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Best Story
- By ShepH on 08-11-23
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Attaboy Sam
- Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-25-09
- Language: English
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Anastasia Krupnik
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: C. J. Critt
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Children and adults alike will delight in this heart-warming tale of a precocious girl who discovers, to her dismay, that her parents are about to have a baby....
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A fun visit to 80s childhood!
- By Anonymous User on 09-30-24
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Anastasia Krupnik
- Narrated by: C. J. Critt
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-23-08
- Language: English
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The Willoughbys Return
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
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It's been 30 years and with rising temperatures melting icy mountain tops the previously frozen Willoughbys have thawed out and are about to return! From living legend and Newbery medalist Lois Lowry comes a hilarious sequel to New York Times best seller The Willoughbys....
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Wow
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The Willoughbys Return
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-16-21
- Language: English
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The Silent Boy
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Karen Allen
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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Precocious Katy Thatcher comes to realize what a gentle, silent boy did for his family. He meant to help, not harm. It didn't turn out that way....
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Autistic boy and tragedy
- By Мартин on 11-29-14
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The Silent Boy
- Narrated by: Karen Allen
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 04-27-12
- Language: English
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Gooney the Fabulous
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Lee Adams
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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Gooney Bird Greene has a fabulous idea after her teacher reads fables to the class. The children learn that fables are stories with animal characters that teach something important. Gooney’s fabulous idea is that each student create their own fable and tell it to the class....
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This book is amazing
- By Anonymous User on 01-19-23
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Gooney the Fabulous
- Narrated by: Lee Adams
- Series: Gooney Bird, Book 3
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-24-09
- Language: English
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Gooney Bird and the Room Mother
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Lee Adams
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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Gooney Bird Greene likes to be right smack in the middle of everything. That's why she wants to have the lead role of Squanto in her class Thanksgiving pageant....
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Lovely
- By Anonymous User on 05-29-24
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Gooney Bird and the Room Mother
- Narrated by: Lee Adams
- Series: Gooney Bird, Book 2
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Release date: 03-24-09
- Language: English
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Tree. Table. Book.
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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From two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry comes this warm and resonant story of an unlikely friendship, which unfolds as a revelation on how we hold on to—and pass on—what matters most.
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The idea that empathy can be felt across ages
- By Anonymous User on 11-25-24
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Tree. Table. Book.
- Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-23-24
- Language: English
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Zooman Sam
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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It's Future Job Day at Sam's school, and Sam knows exactly what he wants to be when he grows up-a zookeeper, just like Zookeeper Jake in his favorite picture book....
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This is a good book for younger children
- By Anonymous User on 08-10-23
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Zooman Sam
- Narrated by: Bryan Kennedy
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 02-25-09
- Language: English
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The Willoughbys
- Movie Tie-in Edition
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Arte Johnson
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Convinced they'd be better off raising themselves, the Willoughby children hatch a sneaky plan to send their selfish parents on vacation. The siblings then embark on their own high-flying adventure to find the true meaning of family....
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Unexpectedly delightful! A treasured keeper!
- By Anonymous User on 09-03-12
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The Willoughbys
- Movie Tie-in Edition
- Narrated by: Arte Johnson
- Series: The Willoughbys, Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-29-08
- Language: English
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Gossamer
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
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Littlest One is a tiny creature slowly learning her job of giving dreams to humans. Each night she and her teacher, Thin Elderly, visit an old woman’s home where she softly touches beloved objects, gathering happy memories, and drops of old scents and sounds....
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Lois Lowry master story teller
- By Anonymous User on 08-16-15
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Gossamer
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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The Windeby Puzzle
- History and Story
- By: Lois Lowry
- Narrated by: Lois Lowry, Lauren Ezzo, Andrew Gibson
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports listeners to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to survive....
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too unoriginal didn't seem to be based on science but rather on other stories
- By Anonymous User on 01-17-24
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The Windeby Puzzle
- History and Story
- Narrated by: Lois Lowry, Lauren Ezzo, Andrew Gibson
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 02-14-23
- Language: English
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