#12 in Myths & legends
The Burning Maze
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Burning Maze” is where “The Trials of Apollo” turns serious: still quick and funny, but marked by real loss. Readers describe finishing it shaken, and some call it the darkest Riordan book they have read in a long while. Some need a few chapters to settle in. The third of five volumes, it is meant for those who have read the first two.
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About the book
The Burning Maze is a 2018 American children's fantasy action-adventure middle grade children's fiction novel based on Greco-Roman classical mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was published on May 1, 2018, and is the third book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
Reading order · The Trials of Apollo
Full order & progress →- The Hidden OracleStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - The Dark Prophecy
8.08.0 / 10 - The Burning MazeThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - The Tyrant's Tomb
8.38.3 / 10 - The Tower of Nero
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 235 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Myths & legends average of 8.2. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 14 | 6% |
| Google Books | 10.0 | 5 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 216 | 92% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Burning Maze for?
The Burning Maze sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 448 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Myths & legends.
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