Author guide
James Dashner Books in Order
James Dashner is an American author born and raised in Georgia. He writes primarily young adult fantasy, science fiction, dystopian fiction, and adventure, and is best known for The Maze Runner series. His other major series include The 13th Reality, The Mortality Doctrine, The Jimmy Fincher Saga, The Maze Cutter, and his contributions to the multi-author Infinity Ring series. He has also published the adult horror novel The House of Tongues.
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Start with one of these
The Maze Runner
The author's best-known series and the natural entry point to the Maze Runner world.
The Eye of Minds
The opening novel of a complete science-fiction trilogy.
The Journal of Curious Letters
The first book in The 13th Reality series.
A Door in the Woods
The author's first published novel and the opening of The Jimmy Fincher Saga.
The House of Tongues
A standalone adult horror novel requiring no series context.
Read in order
Books by series
novel series · completed
The Jimmy Fincher Saga
A four-book fantasy adventure series following Jimmy Fincher.
novel series · completed
The 13th Reality
A four-book young adult science-fiction and fantasy series about alternate realities and time-spanning adventures.
novel series · completed
The Maze Runner
A young adult dystopian science-fiction series set in a post-apocalyptic world shaped by the Flare and the Maze trials.
- 1 The Maze RunnerAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2009
- 2
The Scorch TrialsAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2010
- 3
The Death CureAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2011
- 4
The Kill OrderAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2012
- 5
The Maze Runner Files: Classified Records and Concealed InformationAmazon ↗Book companion · companion book · 2013 Optional
- 6
The Fever CodeAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2016
- 7
Crank PalaceAmazon ↗Book 3.5 · novella · 2020 Optional
subseries · completed
The Maze Runner Prequels
A two-book prequel subseries explaining the origins of the Flare, WICKED, and the Maze trials.
subseries · completed
The Maze Cutter
A sequel trilogy set decades after the events of the original Maze Runner books.
novel series · completed
The Mortality Doctrine
A young adult science-fiction series about gamers and hackers navigating the immersive VirtNet.
multi-author series · completed
Infinity Ring
A multi-author alternate-history time-travel series; Dashner wrote the first and seventh books.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (1)
- The House of TonguesAmazon ↗
novel · 2021