Maze Runner Books in Order
The Maze Runner books follow a group of teenagers with wiped memories, trapped in a glade surrounded by a giant, deadly maze, and the organisation that put them there. Two prequels tell how the world was ruined by sun flares and a disease called the Flare.
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Series facts
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2009 to 2016
- First book
- The Maze Runner
- Latest
- The Fever Code (2016)
- Setting
- Set in the Glade
- Order
- Story order differs from publication order
The reading order
Every Maze Runner book in publication order, with the story order a switch away. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
- 1The Maze Runner2009With ThomasThomas wakes in a lift with no memory except his name, and arrives in the Glade, a clearing surrounded by enormous walls where a group of boys have lived for two years.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Scorch Trials2010With ThomasThomas and the others have escaped the maze, but the organisation called WICKED has a new test for them: cross the Scorch, a burned wasteland full of people infected with the Flare.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Death Cure2011With ThomasThe final book of the main trilogy.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Kill Order2012With MarkThirteen years before the Maze, sun flares have devastated the Earth, and Mark and Trina, survivors in the Appalachian mountains, face a new threat: a disease that drives people mad.Buy on Amazon
- 5The Fever Code2016With ThomasThe story of how Thomas and Teresa came to work for WICKED, and how the Maze was built, before the events of The Maze Runner.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure first. The Kill Order and The Fever Code are prequels, best read afterwards.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Thomas | Mark | Teresa Agnes | Newt | Minho | Gally | Brenda |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Maze Runner | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ||
| 2 The Scorch Trials | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ||
| 3 The Death Cure | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor | |
| 4 The Kill Order | LLead | ||||||
| 5 The Fever Code | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Maze Runner books
8 characters from James Dashner’s chart, with the number of Maze Runner books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| ThomasBoy with no memory | 4 | The Maze Runner 2009 |
| MarkSurvivor of the sun flares | 1 | The Kill Order 2012 |
| Teresa AgnesGirl who arrives last | 4 | The Maze Runner 2009 |
| NewtSecond-in-command of the Glade | 4 | The Maze Runner 2009 |
| MinhoKeeper of the Runners | 4 | The Maze Runner 2009 |
| GallyHostile Glader | 3 | The Maze Runner 2009 |
| BrendaCrank in the Scorch | 2 | The Scorch Trials 2010 |
| ChuckYoungest Glader | 1 | The Maze Runner 2009 |