Rank your fav Cosmere novels as of 2023

[Stitof]

I'm sure this has been asked before, but we've had some new Cosmere novels published recently such as The Lost Metal and Tress of the Emerald Sea, so I wanted to see how people would order the Cosmere novels as of 2023. You don't have to have read them all to post. Just rank the ones you've read.

I haven't finished Tress or Lost Metal yet, so my list would be:

Words of Radiance

Rhythm of War

Oathbringer

Way of Kings

Warbreaker

Bands of Mourning

Mistborn Final Empire

Shadows of Self

Hero of Ages

Well of Ascension

Elantris

Alloy of Law

[StormingTexan]

Only doing full novels even though most of the Novellas would rank really high especially The Emperors Soul. Tress probably deserves to be moved up if I am being completely honest but I think part of my thoughts on that is it is just my favorite of the most recent Cosmere books so leaving it lower until I re-read it. 

1) Warbreaker

2) Hero of Ages (Mainly because it is the best ending he has done so far)

3) The Final Empire

4) Well of Ascension

5) Words of Radiance

6)  Oathbringer 

7) The Way of Kings

8) Rhythm of War

9) Bands or Morning

10) Shadows of Self

11) Alloy of Law

12) Tress 

13) The Lost Metal

14) Elantris (Although I really need to re-read this it has been years I think I would move it up after a re-read). 

 

 

 

 

[Sky Breaker]

1. Lost metal

2. alloy of law

3. Words of Radiance

4. tress Of the emerald sea 

5. mistborn

6. mistborn 3

7 bands of mourning 

8. Way of kings

9. mistborn 2

10. Oathbringer

[Frustration]

1. Words of Radiance
2. The Way of Kings
3. Rhythm of War
4. Oathbringer
5. The Bands of Mourning
6. Dawnshard
7. Edgedanncer
8. Secret Histories
9. The Emperor's Soul
10. Hero of Ages
11. Well of Ascension
12. The Lost Metal
13. The Final Empire
14. Elantris
15. Shadows for Silence
16. Sixth of the Dusk
17. Shadows of Self
18. The Alloy of Law
19. Warbreaker

Edited February 21, 2023 by Frustration

[alder24]

I can't do that. I don't like ranking stuff that I like and assigning numbers to them, as this is changing depending on my mood, immersion, life, memory etc. I can say that my favorite Cosmere books are The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, The Final Empire, Hero of Ages and Warbreaker. But the books that I return and reread the most are Words of Radiance and Warbreaker.

[The Sovereign]

Ooh this should be fun.

1.) Warbreaker
2.) Oathbringer
3.) The Final Empire
4.) Words of Radiance
5.) Shadows Of Self
6.) The Hero Of Ages
7.) The Way Of Kings
8.) The Emperor's Soul
9.) Rhythm Of War
10.) Bands Of Mourning
11.) Secret History
12.) Sixth Of The Dusk
13.) Tress Of The Emerald Sea
14.) Shadows For Silence In The Forests Of Hell
15.) Elantris
16.) The Lost Metal
17.) The Alloy Of Law
18.) Edgedancer
19.) The Well Of Ascension

@Frustration having Warbreaker at 19 is criminal mate .

[Frustration]

Just now, The Sovereign said:

@Frustration having Warbreaker at 19 is criminal mate .

I could say the same thing of Well of Ascension and Edgedanncer.

[Nyazira]

 1. The Word of Radiance.     

2. The Final Empire.

3. Oathbringer.

4. Warbreaker   

5.Edgedancer   

6. Shadow of Self 

7.  The Hero of Ages 

8.  The Emperor's Soul. 

9. Secret History. 

10. Rhythm of War.     

11. The Way of King. 

12. The Band of Mourning.   

13. The Well of Ascension 

14. Elantris.    

 15. Alloy of Law                                                                     

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by Nyazira
typography problem

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood]

let's see...

When I finish Warbreaker, I'll edit this. A lot of this changes day to day, so sorry if some of you are scratching your heads like "Huh, this doesn't match what we've seen before from Thaid..." Well of Ascension, Tress and Rhythm of War, for me, were difficult to place.

1. Oathbringer.
2. The Final Empire.
3. Shadows of Self.
4. The Way of Kings.
5. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter.
6. Words of Radiance.
7. The Hero of Ages.
8. Rhythm of War
9. Tress of the Emerald Sea.
10. Sixth of the Dusk
11. Edgedancer.
12. Elantris.
13. Well of Ascension.
14. The Bands of Mourning.
15. The Emperor's Soul. (Idk, I didn't like it as much as I thought I would, nor as much as most people do.)
16. Alloy of Law.
17. Allomancer Jak.
18. The Lost Metal.
19. Silence for Shadows in the Forests of Hell.
20. Dawnshard.
21. The Eleventh Metal.

There we have it, full ranking for every Cosmere project... For TLM, the more I think about it and reread it, the more I dislike it. Era 2 was completed in Bands of Mourning for me.

[Argenti]

39 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

let's see...

When I finish Warbreaker, I'll edit this. A lot of this changes day to day, so sorry if some of you are scratching your heads like "Huh, this doesn't match what we've seen before from Thaid..." Well of Ascension, Tress and Rhythm of War, for me, were difficult to place.

1. Oathbringer.
2. The Final Empire.
3. Shadows of Self.
4. The Way of Kings.
5. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter.
6. Words of Radiance.
7. The Hero of Ages.
8. Rhythm of War
9. Tress of the Emerald Sea.
10. Sixth of the Dusk
11. Edgedancer.
12. Elantris.
13. Well of Ascension.
14. The Bands of Mourning.
15. The Emperor's Soul. (Idk, I didn't like it as much as I thought I would, nor as much as most people do.)
16. Alloy of Law.
17. Allomancer Jak.
18. The Lost Metal.
19. Silence for Shadows in the Forests of Hell.
20. Dawnshard.
21. The Eleventh Metal.

There we have it, full ranking for every Cosmere project... For TLM, the more I think about it and reread it, the more I dislike it. Era 2 was completed in Bands of Mourning for me.

Placing Silence for Shadows in the Forests of Hell and The Emperor's Soul so low must be a crime.

[Ravenclawjedi42]

1. The Hero of Ages
2. The Final Empire
3. The Way of Kings
4. Warbreaker
5. Emperor’s Soul
6. Words of Radiance
7. Tress of the Emerald Sea
8. The Well of Ascension
9. Oathbringer
10. Mistborn: Secret History
11. Edgedancer
12. Arcanum Unbounded (as a whole)
13. Dawnshard
14. Rhythm of War
15. The Lost Metal
16. Sixth of the Dusk
17. The Bands of Mourning
18. Silence for Shadows
19. White Sand
20. Shadows of Self
21. The Alloy of Law
22. Elantris

Disclaimer: I liked pretty much all of these except Elantris

My list is as such. I’m pretty sure that’s all of the Cosmere I’ve read, which is everything except Yumi

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood]

39 minutes ago, Argenti said:

Placing Silence for Shadows in the Forests of Hell and The Emperor's Soul so low must be a crime.

It's merely how much I liked them. Perhaps I should've switched Shadows for silence and Allomancer Jan or Alloy, but it's about what I think. 

Though, I would like to note that I like all of the books, these are just what I thought of them when reading them. It feels criminal, though, to put TLM that low. Just when I reread the whole Mistborn series, TLM was the one I considered as the most out of place and... not Mistborn.

[Immortal Platypus]

favorites... I don't do favorites. I can only sometimes even do least favorites.

[Sir Squeekins]

1. Words of Radiance

2. Final Empire

3. Way of Kings

4. Warbreaker

5. Well of Ascension

6. Oathbringer

7. Hero of Ages

8. Tress of the Emerald sea

9. Rhythm of War

10. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

11. Edgedancer

 

It's missing era 2 which I'll get around to reading soon.

[Newly Awakened]

1.Way of Kings

2.Elantris 

3.The Final Empire

4.The Emperor's Soul

5.Rythum of War

6.Warbreaker 

7.Hero of Ages

8.Alloy of Law

9.The Lost Metal

10.Silence for Shadows

11.Mistborn: Secret History 

12.Dawnshard

13.The Bands of Mourning 

14.Sixth of the Dusk

15.Oathbreaker

16.Tress of the Emerald Sea

17.White Sand

18.Edgedancer

19.Words of Radiance

20.Shadows of Self

[The Paradoxical Phenomenon]

On 9/25/2023 at 5:17 PM, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

let's see...

When I finish Warbreaker, I'll edit this. A lot of this changes day to day, so sorry if some of you are scratching your heads like "Huh, this doesn't match what we've seen before from Thaid..." Well of Ascension, Tress and Rhythm of War, for me, were difficult to place.

1. Oathbringer.
2. The Final Empire.
3. Shadows of Self.
4. The Way of Kings.
5. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter.
6. Words of Radiance.
7. The Hero of Ages.
8. Rhythm of War
9. Tress of the Emerald Sea.
10. Sixth of the Dusk
11. Edgedancer.
12. Elantris.
13. Well of Ascension.
14. The Bands of Mourning.
15. The Emperor's Soul. (Idk, I didn't like it as much as I thought I would, nor as much as most people do.)
16. Alloy of Law.
17. Allomancer Jak.
18. The Lost Metal.
19. Silence for Shadows in the Forests of Hell.
20. Dawnshard.
21. The Eleventh Metal.

There we have it, full ranking for every Cosmere project... For TLM, the more I think about it and reread it, the more I dislike it. Era 2 was completed in Bands of Mourning for me.

Oxford comma. Now. Or die. 

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood]

20 minutes ago, Labyrinth said:

Oxford comma. Now. Or die. 

Whut?