The Burning Maze
by Rick Riordan
★ Top 25 book of 2018 · #13 on Best Books of 2018
Apollo, banished from Olympus and living as a mortal teenager, must restore darkened Oracles without his powers. Alongside Meg, he heads into a Labyrinth to confront a threat to Camp Jupiter.
Best for: Young fans of mythology-based adventure and the ongoing Riordan series
The Burning Maze is #13 on BookWard's Best Books of 2018, out of 59 2018 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Burning Maze is about
Apollo, once a god, has been thrown out of Olympus by Zeus and now lives as Lester Papadopoulos, a mortal teenager with no powers to lean on. His path back to the heavens runs through a daunting task: restoring five Oracles that have gone dark. Along the way he is bound to Meg, a young daughter of Demeter, and the two have already come through trials at Camp Half-Blood and in Indianapolis.
In Indianapolis, Meg received the Dark Prophecy while sitting on the Throne of Memory, and it warned that a trio of Roman emperors is planning an attack on Camp Jupiter. While Leo flies ahead on Festus to alert the Roman camp, Lester and Meg head into the Labyrinth. They are looking for the third emperor and for an Oracle who speaks only in word puzzles, somewhere in the American Southwest. The prophecy points to a satyr as their guide, and Meg knows just whom to call. Readers who enjoy a humorous, quick-moving quest about humility, friendship and second chances will find plenty here.
The Burning Maze on the Best Books of 2018
The Burning Maze came out in 2018. Of the 59 books first published in 2018 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #13 on our Best Books of 2018 list.
Why it made the list: 510 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (14 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2018 list
- Educated Tara Westover, #11
- All Your Perfects Colleen Hoover, #12
- Factfulness Hans Rosling, #14
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh, #15
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 450 want to read it, 17 are reading it now and 43 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 14 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 69 | 55% |
| Reader love | 61 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 71 | 20% |
Questions about The Burning Maze
When was The Burning Maze published?
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan was first published in 2018.
Was The Burning Maze one of the best books of 2018?
The Burning Maze is #13 on BookWard's Best Books of 2018, out of 59 2018 books that cleared our data bar. 510 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (14 ratings).
Why is The Burning Maze on the Best Books of 2018 list?
510 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (14 ratings).
More of the best books of 2018
- Heartstopper, Volume 1 Alice Oseman, #1
- Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, #2
- The Laws of Human Nature Robert Greene, #3
- Atomic Habits James Clear, #4
- Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott, #5
- Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, #6
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How we know
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