Books like The Maze Runner

Looking for books like The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Dystopian · grades 7–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of survival, memory, and friendship. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Maze Runner

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Why each is a match

My Ántonia1010L
Shares themes of memory and friendship and overlapping grades (10–12).
Powerlessgrades 4–7
Shares themes of memory and friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
The Caygrades 5–8
Shares themes of survival and friendship and overlapping grades (5–8).
Under the Surfacegrades 7–12
Shares themes of survival and friendship and overlapping grades (7–12).
A Long Walk to Water720L
Shares themes of survival and overlapping grades (5–8).
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself500L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
City of Ghostsgrades 4–7
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
Divergentgrades 8–12
Same genre (Dystopian), overlapping grades (8–12), and the same era (2010s).
Dramagrades 5–9
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (5–9).
Fish in a Tree550L
Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).

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