Adzos Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Hey guys, I’m really interested in reading more of the cosmere books and I’m a little bit new to Sandersons work. Does anyone have a favoured reading order for getting the best out of them? Is there even an order or should I just jump into whatever series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthlessofShinovar Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 To make it simple, there's two series and two standalones. Mistborn and Stormlight Archive are the series, Elantris and Warbreaker are the standalones. As long as you read the books in a series in sequence, feel free to jump wherever you want! I would say read some blurbs and see which one strikes your fancy, as they're all great but different 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scion of the Mists Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 As @TruthlessofShinovar says, as long as you start at the beginning of a series, you can't really go wrong. Just pick whichever book sounds most interesting to you. Brandon does have a nifty page on his website providing a little bit of guidance: https://brandonsanderson.com/books/where-do-i-start/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Personally, I would recommend the Following: Elantris The Emperor's Soul White Sand Mistborn Era 1 *Shadows For Silence in the Forests of Hell Warbreaker Stormlight Archive (Insert Edgedancer before Oathbringer) Mistborn Era 2 Mistborn: Secret History Sixth of The Dusk *The only one that is up in the air is Shadows for Silence in the Forest of Hell, I would recommend reading it before Mistborn Era 2 just because of a small thing in one of the broadsheets of Bands of Mourning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSuperLee Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Because there is a collection of novellas, I count them all in the same book. The order I recommend is very similar to published order (with exceptions): Elantris Warbreaker Mistborn (Final Empire, Well of Ascension, Hero of Ages, Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, Bands of Mourning) Way of Kings Words of Radiance Ars Arcanum Oathbringer I basically followed this order, except for me Elantris and Warbreaker came after the first Mistborn trilogy, but a friend has been following this order and says he appreciated it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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