The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, Book One): Book One

· The Maze Runner Book 1 · Sold by Delacorte Press
4.5
10.1K reviews
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The first book in the blockbuster phenomenon The Maze Runner series now features chapters from the highly-anticipated series conclusion, The Fever Code, the book that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built!
 
   When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
   Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
   Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.
   Remember. Survive. Run.

   The Maze Runner and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials are now major motion pictures featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The third movie, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, will hit screens in 2018.
 
   Also look for James Dashner’s edge-of-your-seat MORTALITY DOCTRINE series!

Praise for the Maze Runner series:
A #1 New York Times Bestselling Series
A USA Today Bestseller
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year
An ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick
 
"[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and Lost."—EW.com
 
“Wonderful action writing—fast-paced…but smart and well observed.”Newsday
 
“[A] nail-biting must-read.”Seventeen.com
 
“Breathless, cinematic action.”—Publishers Weekly
 
Heart pounding to the very last moment.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
Exclamation-worthy.”—Romantic Times
 
“James Dashner’s illuminating prequel [The Kill Order] will thrill fans of this Maze Runner [series] and prove just as exciting for readers new to the series.”—Shelf Awareness, Starred

"Take a deep breath before you start any James Dashner book."-Deseret News

Ratings and reviews

4.5
10.1K reviews
Meaghan Flynn
August 21, 2014
This book was immaturely executed to the point where you can hear the author's thesaurus as he's trying to find a synonym, and then hear the thump as he tosses the thesaurus aside, giving up and just writing the same word again, but this time, in italics. There is no soul, no feeling, no in depth plot and not one page of writing that will immerse you in the story. This book bored me all the way through, and I'm not even curious for the rest of the series. Try the CHAOS WALKING series. It's actually good.
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Stephen Rugh
February 10, 2015
I haven't watched the movie yet, so I came in unbiased (except for people telling me the movie was cool). The book starts off decent enough; mysterious and exciting. However, it quickly devolves into a confusing, obviously-targeted-at-young-adults mish mash of unanswered questions. I probably would not have read this book if I had known it was going to end with a cliff-hanger. I also don't think the google rating was fair. Definitely not 4.5 stars or whatever it's at now. I'll give it 2.
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Shawnna Boles
December 6, 2015
... but it wasn't good, either. The action was interesting but the plot was stupid enough to need a slap upside the head. Later books solve this problem, if you can force yourself through them... but then it's the action that gets boring (reading about tunnels in the second book is like trying to get out of the forest in LoTR). Couldn't win with this series.
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About the author

James Dashner is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, and The Kill Order, as well as The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts, the first two books in the Mortality Doctrine series. Dashner was born and raised in Georgia, but now lives and writes in the Rocky Mountains. To learn more about James and his books, visit JamesDashner.com, follow @jamesdashner on Twitter, and find dashnerjames on Instagram.

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