The Maze Runner Guía y cronología

Thomas arrives with little memory, so the Glade's rules and the people living by them have to be learned together. The original trilogy makes that uncertainty part of its tension. Starting with how the Maze was built changes the questions those first pages or scenes ask.

The books continue beyond the central trials through prequels, side perspectives and a later aftermath. The films make their own adaptation choices rather than supplying missing scenes for the novels. Keep those routes separate so one version's explanation does not silently overwrite another's.

Follow the main trilogy first. In the book route, explore The Kill Order and The Fever Code afterward, then approach the related side story and later Maze Cutter era with their own scope in mind. Crank Palace's overlapping context is more complicated than placing its whole story at one exact moment.

The books have a wider selected route than the film trilogy. Their shared titles identify adaptations, not duplicate pieces to assemble into one complete chronology.

• Films (3 entries)

  The Maze Runner film trilogy, followed from Thomas's arrival through its own adaptation choices and ending.

• Books (9 entries)

  The original trial trilogy, prequels, Crank Palace's overlapping side perspective and later Maze Cutter-era books, with each scope kept distinct.

The first trilogy supplies the core discovery. Let prequel knowledge arrive later rather than replacing the memory-limited opening.

1. 1
   The Maze RunnerFilm · 2014
2. 2
   Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsFilm · 2015
3. 3
   Maze Runner: The Death CureFilm · 2018
4. 4
   The Maze RunnerNovel · 2009
5. 5
   The Scorch TrialsNovel · 2010
6. 6
   The Death CureNovel · 2011
7. 7
   The Kill OrderNovel · 2012
8. 8
   The Fever CodeNovel · 2016
9. 9
   Crank PalaceNovel · 2020
10. 10
    The Maze CutterNovel · 2022
11. 11
    The Godhead ComplexNovel · 2023
12. 12
    The Infinite GladeNovel · 2025

The prequels look behind the Maze, while later novels extend the aftermath. Crank Palace needs overlap context that one broad work position cannot fully express.

1. 1
   13 years before The Maze RunnerThe Kill OrderNovel · 2012
2. 2
   Immediately before The Maze RunnerThe Fever CodeNovel · 2016
3. 3
   Maze Trials EraThe Maze RunnerNovel · 2009
4. 4
   Maze Trials EraThe Maze RunnerFilm · 2014
5. 5
   Post-Maze / Scorch EraThe Scorch TrialsNovel · 2010
6. 6
   Post-Maze / Scorch EraMaze Runner: The Scorch TrialsFilm · 2015
7. 7
   WICKED/WCKD EndgameThe Death CureNovel · 2011
8. 8
   WICKED/WCKD EndgameMaze Runner: The Death CureFilm · 2018
9. 9
   During the latter events of The Death CureCrank PalaceNovel · 2020
10. 10
    73 years after The Death CureThe Maze CutterNovel · 2022
11. 11
    Maze Cutter EraThe Godhead ComplexNovel · 2023
12. 12
    Maze Cutter Finale EraThe Infinite GladeNovel · 2025

Publication introduces the mystery before revealing its preparation and later consequences. Distinguish original publication from a later edition when comparing book dates.

1. 1
   The Maze RunnerNovel · 2009
2. 2
   The Scorch TrialsNovel · 2010
3. 3
   The Death CureNovel · 2011
4. 4
   The Kill OrderNovel · 2012
5. 5
   The Maze RunnerFilm · 2014
6. 6
   Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsFilm · 2015
7. 7
   The Fever CodeNovel · 2016
8. 8
   Maze Runner: The Death CureFilm · 2018
9. 9
   Crank PalaceNovel · 2020
10. 10
    The Maze CutterNovel · 2022
11. 11
    The Godhead ComplexNovel · 2023
12. 12
    The Infinite GladeNovel · 2025