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also... what's the best Brandon Sanderson book to start with? I'm trying to get into skyward because someone i know suggested it, but can't find a copy. hopefully I find one at a library!

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2 minutes ago, kale lebbb said:

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New here! As in 1 hr ago new here.

 

also... what's the best Brandon Sanderson book to start with? I'm trying to get into skyward because someone i know suggested it, but can't find a copy. hopefully I find one at a library!

Hello! Welcome to the 17th Shard!

I started with Skyward as well, but I think that there can be many viable starting points. What genre of book do you usually read?

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53 minutes ago, kale lebbb said:

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2 hours ago, kale lebbb said:

what's the best Brandon Sanderson book to start with?

I know this is an annoying answer, but it depends! I personally started with Final Empire (the first Mistborn book) and was immediately hooked, but that is quite a meaty commitment for your first one, so depends if you mind getting stuck into a big book first.

Sanderson actually recently said that he currently recommends one of three books to new people:

• Final Empire. One of his earlier books, the start of the Mistborn trilogy; he's described it as Ocean's Eleven meets My Fair Lady, but with a really cool magic system
• Tress and the Emerald Sea. A smaller, more recent standalone book, with easter eggs to other works (but no actual spoilers!); it's a fun, mostly light-hearted adventure book on a planet where the oceans are made of sand
• Emperor's Soul. Another small, recent standalone book; it's a lot of people's favourite single book he's written, a very well contained, tense, psychological thriller with some super interesting and insightful character work

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39 minutes ago, PanLin said:

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I know this is an annoying answer, but it depends! I personally started with Final Empire (the first Mistborn book) and was immediately hooked, but that is quite a meaty commitment for your first one, so depends if you mind getting stuck into a big book first.

Sanderson actually recently said that he currently recommends one of three books to new people:

• Final Empire. One of his earlier books, the start of the Mistborn trilogy; he's described it as Ocean's Eleven meets My Fair Lady, but with a really cool magic system
• Tress and the Emerald Sea. A smaller, more recent standalone book, with easter eggs to other works (but no actual spoilers!); it's a fun, mostly light-hearted adventure book on a planet where the oceans are made of sand
• Emperor's Soul. Another small, recent standalone book; it's a lot of people's favourite single book he's written, a very well contained, tense, psychological thriller with some super interesting and insightful character work

Those last two sound interesting! Thanks! I'll definitely check those out

3 hours ago, Katalri_105 said:

Hello! Welcome to the 17th Shard!

I started with Skyward as well, but I think that there can be many viable starting points. What genre of book do you usually read?

Hello! Thank you!

I usually read fantasy and ones that focus on relationships, but honestly I'm pretty open minded.

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8 hours ago, kale lebbb said:

hiiii( ＾ω＾ )

 

New here! As in 1 hr ago new here.

 

also... what's the best Brandon Sanderson book to start with? I'm trying to get into skyward because someone i know suggested it, but can't find a copy. hopefully I find one at a library!

Welcome to the shard! It's really fun here!

And I like the Cosmere better than the Skyward saga, so I would suggest something like Mistborn or Elantris.

And where is your PFP from? It looks really cool!

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4 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Welcome to the shard! It's really fun here!

And I like the Cosmere better than the Skyward saga, so I would suggest something like Mistborn or Elantris.

And where is your PFP from? It looks really cool!

I know of the Cosmere so maybe I'll look into reading that.

Also he's Alexis Ness from Blue Lock!

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12 minutes ago, kale lebbb said:

I know of the Cosmere so maybe I'll look into reading that.

Also he's Alexis Ness from Blue Lock!

Ah yeah, I've heard of it, I do have to get around to reading it someday.

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On 6/26/2026 at 10:36 PM, kale lebbb said:

Hello! Thank you!

I usually read fantasy and ones that focus on relationships, but honestly I'm pretty open minded.

Hmm… then probably something like Mistborn would be a good starting point. I myself haven’t read the most yet, so I probably can’t give the best advice, but there are plenty of people on here who can  

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On 6/26/2026 at 4:23 AM, kale lebbb said:

hiiii( ＾ω＾ )

 

New here! As in 1 hr ago new here.

 

also... what's the best Brandon Sanderson book to start with? I'm trying to get into skyward because someone i know suggested it, but can't find a copy. hopefully I find one at a library!

Welcome to the Shard! I'm a huge Skyward fan, it has some good relationship stuff (Especially in the novellas that Janci Patterson wrote in the series)

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On 6/26/2026 at 5:23 AM, kale lebbb said:

hiiii( ＾ω＾ )

 

New here! As in 1 hr ago new here.

 

also... what's the best Brandon Sanderson book to start with? I'm trying to get into skyward because someone i know suggested it, but can't find a copy. hopefully I find one at a library!

I'd start with Mistborn. It's where most people start, and I quite liked it.

If you like big books, then go for the Stormlight Archive.

Skyward do be good too.