The Maze Runner books in order
Order: from the publisher's numbered list (penguinrandomhouse.com)
Last checked: September 24, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com
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The series at a glance
Wikidata lists 5 works as parts of this series.
Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06Complete: the author calls The Infinite Glade the conclusion of the whole Maze Runner saga.
Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-04Wikidata lists a publication date of 2009 for the series.
Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06What 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 2026-11-06To get out, he has to work with the community he finds living there.
Source: lccn.loc.gov, checked 2026-11-06Wikidata lists the genre as science fiction.
Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06The Library of Congress files The Maze Runner under the subject headings Amnesia, Cooperativeness and Labyrinths.
Source: lccn.loc.gov, checked 2026-11-06Reading 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 2026-11-06About the author
Wikidata lists James Dashner as born in 1972 in Austell.
Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06By his own site's account, Dashner was born and raised in Georgia.
Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-06Wikidata lists James Dashner as educated at Brigham Young University.
Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06Wikidata lists an award for James Dashner: Whitney Awards.
Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06Beyond the books
Wikidata lists Maze Runner (film series, 2014).
Source: wikidata.org, checked 2026-11-06Three films: The Maze Runner in 2014, followed by two more in 2015 and 2018.
Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-06The 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 2026-11-04A later trilogy, The Maze Cutter, continues the world; its third book, The Infinite Glade (2025), ends it.
Source: jamesdashner.com, checked 2026-11-04A 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 2026-11-06A Delacorte paperback (2015) binds The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials in one volume.
Source: lccn.loc.gov, checked 2026-11-04Common questions
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