Divergent: Books vs. Movies
The three Divergent movies, released between 2014 and 2016, are adapted from Veronica Roth's three books, published between 2011 and 2013. Each book has its own page here; this is where you vote for the series as a whole.
From Books Adapted
How much of the book it covers
The last movie was never made
The plan was to split Allegiant into two movies. Only the first came out, so the movies never reach the end of the books.
| Movie | Book |
|---|---|
| Divergent (2014) | Divergent (book 1) |
| Insurgent (2015) | Insurgent (book 2), with a reworked plot |
| Allegiant (2016) | The first part of Allegiant (book 3) |
The fourth movie, Ascendant, never happened, so the books' ending has never been filmed. Roth has said she never saw a clear plan for how that movie would have ended.
Four: A Divergent Collection tells parts of the story from Tobias's side. It goes alongside the trilogy and hasn't been filmed.
What changed from the book
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Insurgent's secret goes in a box
The movie of Insurgent invents a box that holds the secret everyone is chasing. It isn't in the book. Director Robert Schwentke said the box helped squeeze the book's plot into one movie. He also made the simulations bigger, so more of what Tris goes through in her head could be shown on screen.
There's a new version of Tris's story
Roth's The Sixth Faction, out October 6, 2026, retells Divergent in an alternate universe: a tragedy changes the choice Beatrice makes, and her story goes somewhere else. It isn't a sequel, and it isn't the missing ending to the movies.
How everyone voted
- Do you recommend the movies?
- 100% believe the movies are worth watching. 1 answer
Every movie has its own page
Vote on them one at a time: each has its own question, results and comments.
- Book 1
DivergentMovie, 2014 · Directed by Neil Burger · 2 hr 19 minFrom Divergent · 2011 · 576 pagesNeil Burger’s Divergent (2014) is based on Veronica Roth’s 2011 novel, the first in her trilogy. Tris leaves her family’s faction for Dauntless while hiding a test result that makes her a target.Which was better? Vote - Book 2
The Divergent Series: InsurgentMovie, 2015 · Directed by Robert Schwentke · 1 hr 59 minFrom Insurgent · 2012 · 592 pagesRobert Schwentke’s The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) adapts Veronica Roth’s 2012 novel. Following the attack on Abnegation, Tris and Four seek allies while Jeanine hunts the Divergent.Which was better? Vote - Book 3
The Divergent Series: AllegiantMovie, 2016 · Directed by Robert Schwentke · 2 hrFrom Allegiant · 2013 · 592 pagesRobert Schwentke’s The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016) draws on Veronica Roth’s 2013 novel. Tris and Four leave Chicago in search of answers about the society that has controlled their lives.Which was better? Vote
The books, in order
Details
- Author
- Veronica Roth
- Year
- 2011
- Pages
- 576
- Audiobook length
- 11 hr 11 min
- Narrator
- Emma Galvin
- Series
- Divergent, book 1
At sixteen, Beatrice Prior must choose which of five factions will determine her adult life, knowing that leaving her parents’ faction also means leaving their household. She joins Dauntless and takes the name Tris, but entry does not guarantee acceptance. Ranked against other recruits in combat and fear simulations, she must hide the test result that makes her difficult for the authorities to classify.
Details
- Author
- Veronica Roth
- Year
- 2012
- Pages
- 592
- Audiobook length
- 11 hr 22 min
- Narrator
- Emma Galvin
- Series
- Divergent, book 2
After an attack leaves her faction divided and her parents dead, Tris moves between communities that offer different kinds of refuge and demand different kinds of loyalty. Her guilt over killing a friend makes it difficult to confide in Tobias or trust her own decisions. With Jeanine hunting the Divergent and a rebellion taking shape, Tris becomes increasingly willing to risk herself for answers.
Details
- Author
- Veronica Roth
- Year
- 2013
- Pages
- 592
- Audiobook length
- 11 hr 51 min
- Narrator
- Emma Galvin, see all
- Series
- Divergent, book 3
With Chicago’s faction system collapsing, Tris and Tobias join a group determined to cross the boundary that has enclosed their lives. Outside, they encounter people who claim to explain how the city came to exist and why its inhabitants have been watched. Told through both Tris and Tobias, the story follows their conflicting responses to an account that unsettles their identities and creates new divisions between them.
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