The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 5 books · 2009 to 2016

James Dashner

Young adultYA dystopian and science fiction

James Dashner's The Maze Runner opens with Thomas waking in a lift with no memory, delivered to a community of boys in a glade surrounded by a deadly, ever-changing maze. Two prequels tell how the world fell apart.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Story order: The Kill Order, The Fever Code, then the trilogy.

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Maze Runner

5 books · Set in the Glade · story order differsYA dystopian and science fiction
  1. 1The Maze Runner2009With ThomasBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Scorch Trials2010With ThomasBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Death Cure2011With ThomasBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Kill Order2012With MarkBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Fever Code2016With ThomasBuy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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