Author guide
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is an American speculative fiction author whose works include the Mistborn saga, The Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, Elantris, and the Skyward series. He also completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, teaches creative writing, and cohosts the Writing Excuses podcast.
Read in order
Books by series
shared universe · ongoing
The Cosmere
A shared universe linking many of Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy worlds.
- 1
ElantrisAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2005
- 2
Mistborn: The Final EmpireAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2006
- 3
The Well of AscensionAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2007
- 4
The Hero of AgesAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2008
- 5
WarbreakerAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2009
- 6
The Way of KingsAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2010
- 7
The Alloy of LawAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2011
- 8 The Emperor's SoulAmazon ↗
Book 10 · novella · 2012
- 9 Shadows for Silence in the Forests of HellAmazon ↗
Book 11 · novella · 2013
- 10
Words of RadianceAmazon ↗Book 12 · novel · 2010
- 11 Sixth of the DuskAmazon ↗
Book 13 · novella · 2014
- 12
Shadows of SelfAmazon ↗Book 15 · novel · 2015
- 13
The Bands of MourningAmazon ↗Book 16 · novel · 2016
- 14 Mistborn: Secret HistoryAmazon ↗
Book 17 · novella · 2016
- 15 EdgedancerAmazon ↗
Book 19 · novella · 2016
- 16 White Sand, Vol. 1Amazon ↗
Book 20 · graphic_novel · 2016
- 17
OathbringerAmazon ↗Book 21 · novel · 2017
- 18 White Sand, Vol. 2Amazon ↗
Book 23 · graphic_novel · 2018
- 19 White Sand, Vol. 3Amazon ↗
Book 24 · graphic_novel · 2019
- 20
Rhythm of WarAmazon ↗Book 25 · novel · 2020
- 21 DawnshardAmazon ↗
Book 26 · novella · 2020
- 22
The Lost MetalAmazon ↗Book 27 · novel · 2022
- 23
Tress of the Emerald SeaAmazon ↗Book 29 · novel · 2023
- 24
Yumi and the Nightmare PainterAmazon ↗Book 31 · novel · 2023
- 25
The Sunlit ManAmazon ↗Book 32 · novel · 2023
- 26
Wind and TruthAmazon ↗Book 33 · novel · 2024
- 27
Isles of the EmberdarkAmazon ↗Book 34 · novel · 2025
novel series · ongoing
Mistborn Saga
- 1 Mistborn: The Final EmpireAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2006
- 2 The Well of AscensionAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novel · 2007
- 3 The Hero of AgesAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2008
- 4 Mistborn: Secret HistoryAmazon ↗
Book 3.5 · novella · 2016
- 5 The Alloy of LawAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 2011
- 6 Shadows of SelfAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2015
- 7 The Bands of MourningAmazon ↗
Book 6 · novel · 2016
- 8 The Lost MetalAmazon ↗
Book 7 · novel · 2022
subseries · complete
The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogy
The original Mistborn trilogy with its later companion novella.
subseries · complete
Mistborn: Wax & Wayne
novel series · ongoing
The Stormlight Archive
- 1
The Way of Kings PrimeAmazon ↗Book 0.1 · novel · 2020
- 2 The Way of KingsAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2010
- 3 Words of RadianceAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novel · 2010
- 4 Elsecaller / King Lopen The First of AlethkarAmazon ↗
Book 2.1 · novella · 2025
- 5 EdgedancerAmazon ↗
Book 2.5 · novella · 2016
- 6 OathbringerAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2017
- 7 DawnshardAmazon ↗
Book 3.5 · novella · 2020
- 8 Rhythm of WarAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 2020
- 9 Wind and TruthAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2024
- 10 The Stormlight Archive - A Pocket Companion to The Way of Kings and Words of RadianceAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2016
novel series · complete
Skyward
- 1
SkywardAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2018
- 2
StarsightAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2019
- 3 SunreachAmazon ↗
Book 2.1 · novella · 2021
- 4 ReDawnAmazon ↗
Book 2.2 · novella · 2021
- 5
CytonicAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2021
- 6 EvershoreAmazon ↗
Book 3.1 · novella · 2021
- 7
DefiantAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2023
shared universe · ongoing
Cytoverse
- 1 Defending ElysiumAmazon ↗
Book 0.5 · novella · 2008
- 2 SkywardAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2018
- 3 StarsightAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novel · 2019
- 4 SunreachAmazon ↗
Book 2.1 · novella · 2021
- 5 ReDawnAmazon ↗
Book 2.2 · novella · 2021
- 6 CytonicAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2021
- 7 EvershoreAmazon ↗
Book 3.1 · novella · 2021
- 8 DefiantAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 2023
subseries · complete
Skyward Flight
novel series · complete
The Reckoners
novel series · ongoing
Rithmatist
- 1
The RithmatistAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2013
novel series · complete
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
- 1
Alcatraz vs. the Evil LibrariansAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2007
- 2
The Scrivener's BonesAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2008
- 3
The Knights of CrystalliaAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2009
- 4
The Shattered LensAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2010
- 5
The Dark TalentAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2016
- 6
Bastille vs. the Evil LibrariansAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2022
novel series · complete
Legion (Brandon Sanderson)
novel series · complete
White Sand
novel series · complete
Infinity Blade
novel series · complete
The Wheel of Time
- 1 What the Storm Means: Prologue to The Gathering StormAmazon ↗
Book 11.9 · short_story · 2009
- 2
The Gathering StormAmazon ↗Book 12 · novel · 2009
- 3 Distinctions: Prologue to Towers of MidnightAmazon ↗
Book 12.9 · short_story · 2010
- 4
Towers of MidnightAmazon ↗Book 13 · novel · 2010
- 5 By Grace and Banners Fallen: Prologue to A Memory of LightAmazon ↗
Book 13.9 · short_story · 2012
- 6
A Memory of LightAmazon ↗Book 14 · novel · 2013
collection series · ongoing
Secret Projects
A collection of varied Cosmere and non-Cosmere releases published across a year.
- 1 Tress of the Emerald SeaAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2023
- 2
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval EnglandAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2023
- 3 Yumi and the Nightmare PainterAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2023
- 4 The Sunlit ManAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 2023
- 5 Isles of the EmberdarkAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2025
- 6
The Fires of DecemberAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2026
subseries · ongoing
Hoid's Travails
novel series · ongoing
The Strata Wars
- 1
Songs of the DeadAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2026
novel series · ongoing
Riftwake
- 1
BlightfallAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2026
novel series · ongoing
Dark One
- 1 Dark One, Vol. 1Amazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic_novel · 2020
collection series · unknown
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction
- 1 Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012Amazon ↗
anthology · 2013
collection series · unknown
Clash of Steel
- 1 Writing Fantasy HeroesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2008
other · ongoing
Cosmere Roleplaying Game
- 1 Stormlight Handbook, Cosmere RPG Core Rulebook by Brotherwise Games | 3-7 Players | Ages 14+ | Build Characters, Swear Ideals, and Tell Epic StoriesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2025
Outside the series
Standalone and other books
- SnapshotAmazon ↗
novella · 2017
- Perfect StateAmazon ↗
novella · 2015
- The OriginalAmazon ↗
novella · 2020
- FirstbornAmazon ↗
short_story · 2008
- Long Chills and Case DoughAmazon ↗
short_story · 2023
- The Most Boring Book EverAmazon ↗
unknown · 2024
- UnfetteredAmazon ↗
anthology · 2013
-
Dragonsteel PrimeAmazon ↗novel · 2024
- Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses AnthologyAmazon ↗
anthology · 2014
- DreamerAmazon ↗
short_story · 2014
- Firstborn / Defending ElysiumAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2013
- The Scarlet CircusAmazon ↗
collection · 2023
- Three Fantasies - Tales from the CosmereAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2014
- Mistborn Adventure Game: A House of AshesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2011
- Grimdark Magazine Issue #4Amazon ↗
anthology · 2015
- Stormlight Archive MM Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, OathbringerAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2020
- Snapshot / DreamerAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2017
- Writers of the Future, Vol 34Amazon ↗
anthology · 2018
- Skyward Boxed SetAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2022
- You Want Stories?Amazon ↗
anthology · 2019
- Mistborn Adventure Game: Alloy of LawAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2011
- Secret Projects 2-Book SetAmazon ↗
omnibus · 2023
- Star's EndAmazon ↗
unknown
- Dragon Writers: An AnthologyAmazon ↗
anthology · 2016
- The Stormlight Archive Boxed Set 2Amazon ↗
omnibus · 2024