The Maze Runner
James Dashner
The Maze Runner, book 1
Average Goodreads rating4.5
Book 1 in The Patternist Series
Wild Seed
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The Patternist Series reading order
Full reading order- 1 Wild Seed You are here
- 2 Mind of My Mind
- 3 Clay's Ark
- 4 Patternmaster
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About Wild Seed
- Who wrote Wild Seed?
- Wild Seed was written by Octavia E. Butler.
- Is Wild Seed part of a series?
- Yes. Wild Seed is book 1 in the The Patternist Series series, and it is the best place to start reading the series.
- How many pages is Wild Seed?
- Wild Seed is 320 pages long.
- What books are similar to Wild Seed?
- If you enjoyed Wild Seed, readers also recommend The Maze Runner, Gideon the Ninth, Children of Time and They Both Die at the End.
About Octavia E. Butler
Grand Dame of Science Fiction. First sci-fi writer to win a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. Hugo, Nebula, PEN Lifetime Achievement winner. Afrofuturism pioneer exploring race, power, and hybridity. Dyslexic visionary who changed the genre forever.
Books, series and tropes by Octavia E. Butler