Maximum Ride Books in Order
James Patterson has written 22 Maximum Ride books, published between 2005 and 2021: 11 in the 2 main-line series and 11 related titles. The first book is The Angel Experiment (2005) and the newest main-line book is City of the Dead (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2005–2021
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,926 in 15 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 65–98 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,926 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Maximum Ride is James Patterson's science fiction adventure series for younger readers, built on genetic engineering, kidnapping and a group of teenagers on the run. The Angel Experiment (2005) starts the sequence, followed by School's Out - Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning and Max. Manga adaptations and the Maximum Ride: Hawk books bring the count to 22 titles, and the line closed in 2021.
How many Maximum Ride books are there?
Maximum Ride has 22 books, released between 2005 and 2021. 11 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Maximum Ride, Maximum Ride: Hawk), and 11 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels.
Maximum Ride Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Maximum Ride books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120054644/4
- 22006–4/4
- 32007–4/4
- 42008–4/4
- 520092324/4
- 620092484/4
- 720092354/4
- 820102404/4
- 92010–4/4
- 1020112244/4
- 112011–4/4
- 122011–4/4
- 1320122064/4
- 1420123444/4
- 1520132094/4
- 1620142104/4
- 1720154004/4
- 1820151704/4
- 1920161364/4
- 2020204164/4
- 212021–4/4
- 2220211924/4
Maximum Ride Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the 2 main-line series run from The Angel Experiment (2005) to City of the Dead (2021), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Maximum Ride in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Maximum Ride books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 11 related titles (graphic novels) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Maximum Ride book also stands alone.
What order should you read Maximum Ride books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Angel Experiment (2005), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series. After it come School's Out - Forever (2006), Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (2007), The Final Warning (2008), Max (2009), Fang (2010), Angel (2011), Nevermore (2012), Maximum Ride Forever (2015), Hawk (2020) and City of the Dead (2021).
What is the newest Maximum Ride book?
City of the Dead (2021) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series. The newest related title is Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 10 (2021).
Is there a new Maximum Ride book coming?
No next Maximum Ride book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Maximum Ride at a glance
- Paused
- No new main-line Maximum Ride title has appeared for 5 years. The last was City of the Dead (2021).
- Release pace
- Maximum Ride books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,926 pages across the 15 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 232 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Maximum Ride books, 12 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 22 of the 22 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Maximum Ride books are about
20 of the 22 Maximum Ride books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: genetic engineering is tagged on 18 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Genetic engineering 18 of 20 books
- Adventure stories 17 of 20 books
- Science fiction 9 of 20 books
- Comics & graphic novels 8 of 20 books
- Kidnapping 7 of 20 books
- Teenagers 7 of 20 books
- Children's fiction 5 of 20 books
- Adaptations 2 of 20 books
- Collectionid:jpmr 2 of 20 books
- Friendship 2 of 20 books
More books by James Patterson
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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