Brandon Sanderson · shared universe
The Cosmere
A shared universe linking many of Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy worlds.
As released
Books in reading order
Novels are listed in sequence, alongside any novellas or companion books the supplied reading order includes.
- 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