#75 in Dystopian
The Death Cure
- 358
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Death Cure” closes the main Maze Runner story with the answers the earlier books withheld, and some readers find the resolution satisfying. Others feel it falls short of its two predecessors: the pace sags in places and the characters hold the attention less firmly than before. It is a book for those already invested in the series who want to see how it ends; it makes little sense read on its own.
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About the book
The Death Cure is a 2011 young adult dystopian science fiction novel written by American writer James Dashner and the third published in The Maze Runner series. It was published on 11 October 2011 by Delacorte Press and was preceded in publication order by The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials and followed by the series prequels, The Kill Order and The Fever Code.
Reading order · The Maze Runner
Full order & progress →- The Maze RunnerStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - The Scorch Trials
7.47.4 / 10 - The Death CureThis book
7.17.1 / 10 - The Kill Order
7.17.1 / 10 - The Fever Code
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 983 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 7.1 — the Dystopian average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.2 | 40 | 4% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 40 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 903 | 92% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Death Cure for?
The Death Cure sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 358 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
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