43,617words
- Pages
- 180mass market, Bantam Books for Young Readers, 1999
- Reading time
- 2 h 54 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 4 h 41 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1993
Book 1 of 4 in The Giver Quartet
Compared with other books
Longer than 11% of the other 366 books here.
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 43,139 to 43,917 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- github.comword count
- content.schoolinsites.comword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780553571332
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The Giver?
The Giver by Lois Lowry has 43,617 words.
How many pages is The Giver?
180 pages in the mass market, Bantam Books for Young Readers, 1999 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The Giver?
About 2 h 54 min at 250 words a minute, or 4 h 41 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.