Divergent
In a future Chicago divided into five factions based on virtues, sixteen-year-old Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. She discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society.
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In a fenced future Chicago divided into five factions by virtue, Beatrice Prior tests as Divergent, a person who fits more than one. She picks Dauntless, leaves her family, and walks into a brutal initiation.
Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy has three main books: Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant, plus a short story collection Four. The trilogy is complete.
The first Divergent film (2014) follows the novel closely. Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant Part 1 (2016) take liberties with the source. A planned conclusion, Ascendant, was never produced after Allegiant underperformed.
Divergent was written by Veronica Roth, published in 2011 by Katherine Tegen Books an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Divergent is 487 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Divergent takes most readers 7 to 11 hours to finish.
Divergent is a standalone novel by Veronica Roth, not part of a series.
Divergent is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
