Maze Runner Series

by James Dashner

This dystopian series opens with a group of teenage boys who find themselves trapped inside a massive stone maze with no memory of how they got there, and must work together to solve it while surviving the deadly creatures that patrol it at night. The series follows the survivors through increasingly dangerous phases of an experiment conducted by a secretive organization, gradually revealing a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a deadly disease.

Books in The Maze Runner series in order:

The Maze Runner Book cover
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1
The Maze Runner
Recommended For Ages
12
+

A teen wakes up in a mysterious maze with other boys, facing trials to discover the truth and survive.

The Scorch Trials Book cover
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2
The Scorch Trials
Recommended For Ages
13
+

In this second installment of a dystopian survival series, a group of teenagers who escaped a deadly maze are sent into a vast, sun-scorched wasteland as the next phase of a secretive organization's experiments, where they face environmental dangers, violent infected people, and mounting uncertainty about who — if anyone — can be trusted.

The Death Cure Book cover
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3
The Death Cure
Recommended For Ages
13
+

In this third and final installment of a dystopian survival series, the surviving teenagers from previous experiments fight to reclaim their memories and freedom as the organization that has controlled their lives pushes toward a brutal final phase. The book delivers a high-action conclusion with significant losses along the way.