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The Maze Runner books in order

by James Dashner · 5 books listed so far · Young adult

Order: from the publisher's numbered list (penguinrandomhouse.com)

Last checked: September 24, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com

  1. 1 The Maze Runner book cover by James Dashner

    The Maze Runner

    2009 · Book

    Start hereFirst book in the main order, first published in 2009.
  2. 2

    The Scorch Trials

    2010 · Book

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  3. 3 The Death Cure book cover by James Dashner
  4. 4 The Kill Order book cover by James Dashner
  5. 5 The Fever Code book cover by James Dashner

About this series: sourced facts

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The series at a glance

Wikidata lists 5 works as parts of this series.

Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06

Complete: the author calls The Infinite Glade the conclusion of the whole Maze Runner saga.

Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-04

Wikidata lists a publication date of 2009 for the series.

Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06

What the story is

Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up in the middle of a maze with no memory of who he is.

Source: lccn.loc.gov, checked 2026-11-06

To get out, he has to work with the community he finds living there.

Source: lccn.loc.gov, checked 2026-11-06

Wikidata lists the genre as science fiction.

Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06

The Library of Congress files The Maze Runner under the subject headings Amnesia, Cooperativeness and Labyrinths.

Source: lccn.loc.gov, checked 2026-11-06

Reading orders

The author's site names the books as The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Kill Order and The Fever Code.

Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-06

About the author

Wikidata lists James Dashner as born in 1972 in Austell.

Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06

By his own site's account, Dashner was born and raised in Georgia.

Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-06

Wikidata lists James Dashner as educated at Brigham Young University.

Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06

Wikidata lists an award for James Dashner: Whitney Awards.

Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06

Beyond the books

Wikidata lists Maze Runner (film series, 2014).

Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06

Three films: The Maze Runner in 2014, followed by two more in 2015 and 2018.

Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-06

The Kill Order and The Fever Code are prequels: they are set before The Maze Runner, though they were published after The Death Cure.

Source: lccn.loc.gov, checked 2026-11-04

A later trilogy, The Maze Cutter, continues the world; its third book, The Infinite Glade (2025), ends it.

Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-04

A later trilogy, The Maze Cutter, is set in the same world; the author's site calls its last book, The Infinite Glade, the end of the whole saga.

Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-06

A Delacorte paperback (2015) binds The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials in one volume.

Source: lccn.loc.gov, checked 2026-11-04

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