#76 in Dystopian
The Kill Order
- 328
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Kill Order” is a prequel for readers who want to know how the world of “The Maze Runner” came apart. Set thirteen years before the first book, it is a survival story at the end of the world, of interest for what it reveals about the Flare. Some find the characters flat, the pace slow and the closing twist easy to guess; it is best read after the first three books.
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 Kill Order is a 2012 young adult dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and published on August 14, 2012, by Delacorte Press. It is the first prequel book in The Maze Runner series and the fourth installment overall. The book is set prior to the events of The Fever Code and 13 years before The Maze Runner book.
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 Cure
7.17.1 / 10 - The Kill OrderThis book
7.17.1 / 10 - The Fever Code
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.9 across 338 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 70% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Dystopian average of 7.7. That is how 7.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.5 | 12 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 326 | 96% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Kill Order for?
The Kill Order 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 328 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
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