# Books like The Maze Runner

**10** books similar to *The Maze Runner* by James Dashner (Dystopian · grades 7–12), matched on shared themes, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** survival, memory, friendship
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## Similar books

- [My Ántonia](https://readinglist.school/book/my-antonia) by Willa Cather _(1010L · Grades 10–12)_ — Shares themes of memory and friendship and overlapping grades (10–12).
- [Powerless](https://readinglist.school/book/powerless-matthew-cody) by Matthew Cody _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of memory and friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Under the Surface](https://readinglist.school/book/under-the-surface) by Diana Urban _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of survival and friendship and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [A Long Walk to Water](https://readinglist.school/book/a-long-walk-to-water) by Linda Sue Park _(720L · Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of survival and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Big Nate: In a Class by Himself](https://readinglist.school/book/big-nate-in-a-class-by-himself) by Lincoln Peirce _(500L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Divergent](https://readinglist.school/book/divergent) by Veronica Roth _(Grades 8–12)_ — Same genre (Dystopian), overlapping grades (8–12), and the same era (2010s).
- [Drama](https://readinglist.school/book/drama) by Raina Telgemeier _(Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Fish in a Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/fish-in-a-tree) by Lynda Mullaly Hunt _(550L · Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Hello, Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/hello-universe) by Erin Entrada Kelly _(690L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Legend](https://readinglist.school/book/legend-marie-lu) by Marie Lu _(Grades 6–9)_ — Same genre (Dystopian), overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2010s).

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