In Series Order

Series lists, title by title, each year checked against Open Library

Book series · James Dashner

The Maze Runner books in order

James Dashner's 8 Maze Runner novels, in the order they were published, 2009 to 2025.

Years in this list are first-publication years from Wikipedia. Open Library is used to confirm that each book is catalogued and to show the earliest edition it lists; it does not change the year.

  1. 1 The Maze Runner 2009
  2. 2 The Scorch Trials 2010
  3. 3 The Death Cure 2011
  4. 4 The Kill Order 2012
  5. 5 The Fever Code 2016
  6. 6 The Maze Cutter 2022
  7. 7 The Godhead Complex 2023
  8. 8 The Infinite Glade 2025

The eight Maze Runner novels by James Dashner, in the order they were published: the first three books, the two prequels and the three Maze Cutter sequels. The novella and the companion book are not numbered in this list.

Checked against Open Library

Each book was looked up in Open Library's record of James Dashner's works. Where more than one work carries the same title, the one with the most editions was used (if more than three share it, none is picked), and the earliest year printed on any of its editions is shown below as the earliest edition listed in Open Library. Each year links to that edition's record.

#TitleFirst published (Wikipedia)Earliest edition listed in Open LibraryResult
1 The Maze Runner 2009 2009 Same year
2 The Scorch Trials 2010 2010 Same year
3 The Death Cure 2011 2011 Same year
4 The Kill Order 2012 Open Library lists only 9 editions; not compared Not compared
5 The Fever Code 2016 Open Library lists only 8 editions; not compared Not compared
6 The Maze Cutter 2022 Open Library lists only 3 editions; not comparedListed in Open Library as “Maze Cutter” Not compared
7 The Godhead Complex 2023 Open Library lists no work under this exact title Not compared
8 The Infinite Glade 2025 Open Library lists only 1 edition; not compared Not compared

Books 4 and 5: the prequels

The Kill Order and The Fever Code came out after the first three books but are set before them. Wikipedia describes The Fever Code:

It is the second book in narrative order, preceded by The Kill Order and followed by The Maze Runner.

Books 6 to 8: The Maze Cutter

The last three books are a separate trilogy set much later. Wikipedia describes it:

A sequel trilogy in the series titled The Maze Cutter takes place 73 years following the events of The Death Cure and consists of the novels The Maze Cutter (2022), The Godhead Complex (2023), and The Infinite Glade (2025).

The two shorter books

Two other releases are not numbered in this list. Wikipedia describes them:

A novella titled Crank Palace (2020) and a companion book titled The Maze Runner Files (2013) have also been released.

Sources

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