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The Maze Runner Series

5 primary works • 9 total works
Note: With most series that spawn prequels & companions novels, you should always be wary of spoilers. The Maze Runner is no exception.

It is recommended the you start with the main books The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, and The Death Cure first, with "Thomas’s First Memory of the Flare" sitting between books two and three. Then The Kill Order, a…

Book 1

The Maze Runner
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4.05 · 1674233 Ratings · 70883 Reviews · published 2009 · 20 editions
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    Book 2

    The Scorch Trials
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    3.89     · 639533 Ratings · 33079 Reviews · published 2010 · 12 editions
    Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.
     
    Th…

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    Book 2.5

    Thomas’s First Memory of the Flare
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    3.93     · 9113 Ratings · 745 Reviews · published 2011 · 4 editions
    Short flashback that occurs between "The Scorch Tr…

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    Book 3

    The Death Cure
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    3.78     · 497890 Ratings · 29327 Reviews · published 2011 · 19 editions
    It’s the end of the line.

    WICKED has taken everyth…

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    Book 3.5

    Crank Palace
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    4.08     · 17293 Ratings · 2146 Reviews · published 2020 · 4 editions
    Ein aussichtsloser Kampf und ein tragischer Abschi…

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    Book 4

    The Kill Order
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    3.71     · 259824 Ratings · 12707 Reviews · published 2012 · 112 editions
    Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was bui…

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    Book 5

    The Fever Code
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    4.03     · 82629 Ratings · 5937 Reviews · published 2016 · 85 editions
    Once there was a world’s end.

    The forests burned, t…

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    The Maze Runner Files
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    3.65     · 15334 Ratings · 1129 Reviews · published 2013 · 7 editions
    The Maze Runner Files is a 50+ page collection of …

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    Inside the Maze Runner: The Guide to the Glade
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    4.25     · 1934 Ratings · 115 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    The first book in James Dashner’s New York Times b…

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