Masterminds Books in Order
Masterminds by Gordon Korman contains 3 books, published between 2015 and 2017. The first book is Masterminds (2015) and the newest is Payback (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2015–2017
- Total pages
- 967 across 3 books
- Reading time
- 16–24 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 967 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Masterminds is a children's adventure series by Gordon Korman. Eli Frieden lives in Serenity, New Mexico, a town that prizes honesty above everything, where the thirty children never lie; a bike ride to the city limits ends in something strange enough that Eli pulls his friends into investigating, and Serenity turns out to be nothing like its reputation. Three books make up the run: Masterminds (2015), Criminal Destiny (2016) and Payback (2017). Cloning, experiments and criminals sit among the subjects.
How many Masterminds books are there?
Masterminds has 3 books, released between 2015 and 2017.
Masterminds Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 3 Masterminds 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.
- 1Masterminds2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420153362/4
- 2Criminal Destiny2016 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420163202/4
- 3Payback2017 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/420173112/4
Is there a chronological order for Masterminds?
No separate chronological order is on record for Masterminds, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Masterminds books in order?
You should read the Masterminds books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Masterminds book also stands alone.
Where to start with Masterminds
Start with Masterminds (2015), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Masterminds book?
Payback (2017) is the newest Masterminds book released so far.
Is there a new Masterminds book coming?
No next Masterminds book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Masterminds at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Masterminds title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Masterminds books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 967 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Masterminds books, 3 of 3, were published in the 2010s.
What the Masterminds books are about
All 3 Masterminds books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cloning is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Cloning 3 of 3 books
- Criminals 3 of 3 books
- Experiments 3 of 3 books
- Adventure stories 2 of 3 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 3 books
- Juvenile literature 1 of 3 books
- Mystery & detective 1 of 3 books
More books by Gordon Korman
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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