Reading order
The Mortality Doctrine reading order
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2
3- 7.67.6 / 10163 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2013–2016
- Published
- about 18 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Young adult#60
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2013–2016Completed
- A young adult cyber-thriller by the author of The Maze Runner: Michael, a teenage gamer who spends his life in the immersive VirtNet, is recruited by the government to track down a cyber-terrorist who is trapping players inside the game.
- One story in three books — read in order.
- Ratings are modest; The Eye of Minds is the only one here with enough of them.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 996 pages, about 18 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 22, 2026.
- Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
- 1. The Eye of Minds
- 2. The Rule of Thoughts
- 3. The Game of Lives
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which The Mortality Doctrine book is the longest?
“The Game of Lives” is the longest at 345 pages; the shortest is “The Eye of Minds” with 320 pages.
What should I read after The Mortality Doctrine?
Other series by James Dashner: The Maze Runner.
