I need advice on what to read next....

[Rocks Reviews]

I'm a YouTuber who reviews books. I love Brandon Sanderson and want to review one of his books (I already reviewed Tress of the Emerald Sea, and I've read Skyward and The Rithmatist)

What book should I review or read next??

[Treamayne]

18 minutes ago, Rocks Reviews said:

I'm a YouTuber who reviews books. I love Brandon Sanderson and want to review one of his books (I already reviewed Tress of the Emerald Sea, and I've read Skyward and The Rithmatist)

What book should I review or read next??

Age? Preferences? Based on that list, I would probably recommend Reckoners as a next step (Book 1 - Steelheart). If you want to continue on to other Cosmere books, then I would probably recommend Warbreaker as a good entry into the Cosmere in-line with the titles already read.

If you are a fan of 4th-wall/satire/surreal humour, you may also consider The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England and/or the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series.

Hope that helps

Edited December 22, 2024 by Treamayne
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[Mattel]

Probably one of his other stand-alone books would be good. I think a good one would be Elantris, it is the first book Brandon started working on, even if it wasn't released first. It is a good way to ease into the Cosmere, I think. And because it is a single (excluding the novella) it would be an easy book to make a video off of.

Though you could also choose one of his book series, and then create a small YouTube series thingy off of that. Mistborn would be the one I recommend. It is a good book series that is less... technical and in-depth as, say, The Storm light Archive.

[Treamayne]

On 12/26/2024 at 2:05 PM, Mattel said:

Elantris, it is the first book Brandon started working on, even if it wasn't released first.

Do you realize this is backward? It was released first, but it was the sixth book he wrote. WoB:

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Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn was my fourteenth book, Elantris my sixth.  One, named Dragonsteel, was my seventh and a number of the people on my forums knew me when I started writing it.  It was, in a way, the book that 'made me famous' among my group of friends.  So, many of them are excited to hear that I'm reworking the setting and planning to do the book for the big leagues. Dragonsteel Prime, the original, just isn't publishable as is.  There were some great ideas, but I didn't have the skill at the time to make them work.  So, I'm stealing some of the best ideas--and characters--and planning a new series around them.  Hence Ookla calling me a cannibal, since I'm 'Cannibalizing' my old ideas to make new books. 

The following is a complete Brandon Sanderson Bibliography, published and unpublished.  Prime indicates an early attempt at a book which was later redone.  (Note that when I redo a book like this, it isn't a 'rewrite.'  Generally, it's me taking some elements from the setting and writing a whole new book in that setting, using old ideas and mixing them with fresh ones.)  Published books are in bold.

1) White Sand Prime (My first book, took two + years to write.  1998)

2) Star's End (Science fiction.  1998)

3) Lord Mastrell (Sequel to White Sand Prime.  1999)

4) Knight Life (Fantasy comedy.  1999)

5) The Sixth Incarnation of Pandora (Science fiction.  1999)

6) Elantris (2000.  Published by Tor: 2005)

7) Dragonsteel (2000)

8 ) White Sand (2001)

9) Mythwalker (Never finished. 2001)

10) Mistborn Prime (Stole the magic system and title for a later book.  2002)

11) Final Empire Prime (Stole a character, some setting elements, and title for a later book.  2002)

12) The Aether of Night (2002)

13) The Way of Kings (350,000 words.  Took a long time.  2003)

14) Mistborn: The Final Empire (2004, Published by Tor 2006)

15) Mistborn: The Well of Ascension (2005.  Contracted to Tor for 2006)

16) Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians (2005.  Contracted to Scholastic for 2006)

17) Mistborn: The Hero of Ages (2006.  Contracted to Tor for 2007)

18) Warbreaker (2006.  Tentatively to be released by Tor for 2007)

 

I'm not sure if I got all of those dates right, but the order is correct.  I'm finished with all the books up to Dragonsteel, though Mistborn 3, Warbreaker, and Alcatraz 2 are all only in the third draft stage.

TWG Posts (Feb. 12, 2007)  

 

Hope that helps

Edited December 30, 2024 by Treamayne
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