#2 in Myths & legends
The Battle of the Labyrinth
- 368
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
Affiliate link: buying through it supports BookRank at no extra cost to you.
Our view
The fourth Percy Jackson book is where the series widens: the labyrinth gives it more variety than any earlier volume, and the larger conflict finally starts to take shape. Riordan keeps the familiar rhythm of quest, joke and twist, which children find reassuring and some adults reading along find repetitive. A few moments are grimmer than the cheerful tone suggests. Start with the first book, not here.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
The Battle of the Labyrinth is a 2008 American children's fantasy action-adventure middle grade children's fiction novel based on Greek mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. The fourth novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, the book was first published in the United States on 6 May 2008 by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Publishing Worldwide. It has been published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and large-print editions. The Battle of the Labyrinth has been translated into 29 languages from its original English.
Reading order · Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Full order & progress →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 2,038 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 93% of the weight and the score stays at 8.5 — the Myths & legends average of 8.2 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 138 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 1.9K | 93% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Battle of the Labyrinth for?
The Battle of the Labyrinth sits on the Middle grade shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 8–12. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 368 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Myths & legends.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Myths & legends — with scores between 8.0 and 8.4, closest to this book.
