#68 in Dystopian
The Scorch Trials
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Scorch Trials” raises the tempo of the Maze Runner series: there is more action than in the first book, and it keeps unsettling what readers thought they knew about its characters. Some readers tire of the teenage romantic angst, a love triangle included, and some find the prose plain and the ending an anticlimax. A solid continuation for those who came for plot and momentum.
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About the book
The Scorch Trials is a 2010 young adult post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner, the second book, fourth chronologically, in The Maze Runner series. The novel was published on 18 September 2010 by Delacorte Press. It follows The Maze Runner, and is followed by The Death Cure. A film adaptation was released on 18 September 2015 by 20th Century Fox.
Reading order · The Maze Runner
Full order & progress →- The Maze RunnerStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - The Scorch TrialsThis book
7.47.4 / 10 - The Death Cure
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 7.4 across 1,182 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 89% of the weight and the score stays at 7.4 — the Dystopian average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 59 | 5% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 53 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 1.1K | 91% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Scorch Trials for?
The Scorch Trials 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 384 pages — shorter than 67% of the ranked books in Dystopian.
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