Brandon Sanderson's Books

[KnightRadiant she/her]

Hey Sharders!

 

How many of Brandon Sanderson's books have you read, which ones did you read first, and which ones are your favorite?

 

For me I have read (in this order) The Rithmatist, The Mistborn Trilogy, Mistborn Era II, The Stormlight Archive 1 and 2, Warbreaker, and now I'm in the middle of Elantris. My favorite is pretty hard to pick, but it would have to be Words of Radiance or The Hero of Ages.

[mcmagpie he/him]

I like the idea of listing them in order you read them! I actually haven't though about that before, so I'm going to attempt to do the same:

In order...Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Mistborn, Well of Ascension, Hero of Ages, Alloy of Law, Elantris, Shadows of Self, The Rithmatist, Bands of Mourning, Mistborn: Secret History, Warbreaker, Steelheart, Firefight. I don't think I missed any?

 

I'm just about finished with Firefight and plan to read Calamity next. I haven't read any of the short stories (other than Secret History), so those are definitely on my TBR list as well.

 

As far as favorites go? I'd say Words of Radiance and Mistborn: Final Empire. Bands of Mourning is up there too. It's so hard to choose!

[Radiant Returned he/him]

I started with the Stormlight Archive 1-2 at the end of 2014, loved it so to start 2015 bought and then read Mistborn (1-4), Elantris, Warbreaker, and the novellas. Ever since SOS I've been up to date and buying-as-released. As far as ranking, according to my Goodreads "Ranked fantasy books" I have them as the following with overall ranking in ( ).

1. Words of Radiance (2)
2. The Hero of Ages (4)
3. The Final Empire (6)
4. The Way of Kings (7)
5. The Well of Ascension (11)
6. Shadows of Self (15)
7. Bands of Mourning (17)
8. Elantris (19)
9. Warbreaker (20)
10. The Alloy of Law (29)

I read The Reckoners as well, but I ranked them in a different category "Ranked teen fantasy books", and all three were in the Top 5, with Steelheart being my #1. I read those after I finished Warbreaker, but before SOS came out, with the exception of Calamity.

Edited May 21, 2016 by Radiant Returned

[CaptainRyan he/him]

I started with the Stormlight Archive 1-2 at the end of 2014, loved it so to start 2015 bought and then read Mistborn (1-4), Elantris, Warbreaker, and the novellas. Ever since SOS I've been up to date and buying-as-released. As far as ranking, according to my Goodreads "Ranked fantasy books" I have them as the following with overall ranking in ( ).

1. Words of Radiance (2)

2. The Hero of Ages (4)

3. The Final Empire (6)

4. The Way of Kings (7)

5. The Well of Ascension (11)

6. Shadows of Self (15)

7. Bands of Mourning (17)

8. Elantris (19)

9. Warbreaker (20)

10. The Alloy of Law (29)

I read The Reckoners as well, but I ranked them in a different category "Ranked teen fantasy books", and all three were in the Top 5, with Steelheart being my #1. I read those after I finished Warbreaker, but before SOS came out, with the exception of Calamity.

 

Out of curiosity, is "the Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss your overall fantasy #1?

 

As for me, I read, as best I can remember, the books in the following order:

 

1. Mistborn era 1

2. Warbreaker

3. Elantris

4. the Way of Kings

 

everything else was "as released". My favorite single book by Sanderson is either the Way of Kings or Mistborn: the Final Empire.

[Sunbird she/her]

I made a list of what order I read them in like last week, but I forgot where I put it, so here I go sorting through my GoodReads again...

 

Alcatraz 1-4

Mistborn original trilogy

Alloy of Law

The Way of Kings

Words of Radiance

Warbreaker

Legion

The Rithmatist

Steelheart

Mitosis

Elantris

Firefight

The Emperor's Soul

Legion: Skin Deep

Perfect State

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

Shadows of Self

Calamity

Bands of Mourning

Mistborn: Secret History

Sixth of the Dusk

 

Because I read Warbreaker after Words of Radiance, the significance of the epilogue was completely lost on me until I saw someone at a signing wearing a T-shirt of 8-bit Szeth with a sword and the caption "Would you like to destroy some evil today?"

 

As for my favorite, I'd probably have to say Words of Radiance. Someone recently asked my opinion on "the best book of all time" and that was the one I chose.