Maze Runner Books in Order
James Dashner has written 7 Maze Runner books, published between 2009 and 2020: 6 in the Maze Runner series and 1 related title. The first book is The Maze Runner (2009) and the newest main-line book is The Fever Code (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2009–2020
- Confirmed
- 7 of 7 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,312 in 4 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 22–33 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,312 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Solar flares, a spreading virus and a labyrinth set the terms of the Maze Runner books, whose teenage characters wake with their memories erased. James Dashner opened the series with The Maze Runner (2009) and closed it with Crank Palace (2020). Seven books make up the run, among them the prequels The Kill Order and The Fever Code, and the series is catalogued as complete.
How many Maze Runner books are there?
Maze Runner has 7 books, released between 2009 and 2020. 6 of them belong to the Maze Runner series, and 1 related title sit outside it: short stories and novellas.
Maze Runner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Maze Runner 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.
- 120093783/4
- 220103844/4
- 32011–3/4
- 42012–3/4
- 52013–4/4
- 620163843/4
- 720201663/4
Maze Runner Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the Maze Runner series run from The Maze Runner (2009) to The Fever Code (2016), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Maze Runner in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Maze Runner books in order?
You should read the Maze Runner series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Maze Runner book also stands alone.
What order should you read Maze Runner books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Maze Runner (2009), the earliest published book in the Maze Runner series. After it come The Scorch Trials (2010), The Death Cure (2011), The Kill Order (2012), The Maze Runner Files (2013) and The Fever Code (2016).
What is the first Maze Runner book?
The Maze Runner (2009) is the first book in the Maze Runner series, and the numbered table above starts with it.
When did the first Maze Runner book come out?
The Maze Runner, the first book in the Maze Runner series, was published in 2009. The newest main-line book, The Fever Code (2016), came out 7 years later.
What is the newest Maze Runner book?
The Fever Code (2016) is the newest book in the Maze Runner series. The newest related title is Crank Palace (2020).
Is there a new Maze Runner book coming?
No next Maze Runner book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Maze Runner at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Maze Runner title on record is The Fever Code (2016), 10 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
- Release pace
- Maze Runner books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,312 pages across the 4 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 381 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Maze Runner books, 5 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 2 of the 7 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Maze Runner books are about
5 of the 7 Maze Runner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 5 of 5 books
- Survival 4 of 5 books
- Virus diseases 3 of 5 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 5 books
- Labyrinths 2 of 5 books
- Natural disasters 2 of 5 books
- Solar flares 2 of 5 books
- Survival skills 2 of 5 books
- Amnesia 1 of 5 books
- Cooperativeness 1 of 5 books
- Experiments 1 of 5 books
More books by James Dashner
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- James Dashner books in order 26 books