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My name is Daniean and I live in Jamaica.  

I've read on the forum for years but I've never posted, I think it about time I stepped out of the shadows. 

Like many, I got introduced to Brandon Sanderson about ten years ago when I heard he was finishing The Wheel of Time. I took up Mistborn and read it and it was immediately my favorite book since The Great Hunt. I absolutely loved it. After that, I tried to get my hands on anything Sanderson wrote.

When I heard he was planning an opus long series I was the happiest person on Jamrock. So far it has felt like Brandon interviewed me then wrote Stormlight to be the perfect book series for my taste. No interview does not cut it. the man must have read my mind because the stormlight Archive scratches itches that I didn't even know i have. 

Any way you can get a sent a sense of my taste by the books I've read.  

1 The Lord of the Rings The Hobbit
2 by J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring
3   The Two Towers
4   The Return of the King
5 Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
6 by J.K. Rowling and the Chamber of Secrets
7   and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8   and the Goblet of Fire
9   and the Order of the Phoenix
10   and the Half-Blood Prince
11   and the Deathly Hollows
12 The Wheel of Time New Spring
13 by Robert Jordan  The Eye of the World
14   The Great Hunt
15   The Dragon Reborn
16   The Shadow Rising
17   The Fires of Heaven
18   The Lord of Chaos
19   A Crown of Swords
20   The Path of Daggers
21   Winters Heart
22   Crossroads of Twilight
23   Knife of Dreams
24 and Brandon Sanderson The Gathering Storm
25   Towers of Midnight
26   A Memory of Light
27 Mistborn The Final Empire
28 by Brandon Sanderson The Well of Ascension
29   The Hero of Ages 
30   The Allow of Law
31 The Stormlight Archive  The Way of Kings
32   Words of Radiance 
33   Oathbringer
34 by Brandon Sanderson Elantris
35 by Brandon Sanderson Warbreaker
36 by Brandon Sanderson The Rithmatist
37 Dune  Dune
38 by Frank Herbert Dune Messiah
39   Children of Dune
40   God Emperor of Dune
41 A Song of Fire and Ice A Game of Thrones
42 by George R.R. Martin A Clash of Kings
43   A Storm of Swords
44   A Feast of Crows
45   A Dance with Dragons
46 The Belgariad Pawn of Prophecy
47 by David Eddings Queen of Sorcery
48   Magicians Gambit
49   Castle of Wizardry
50   Enchanter's End Game
51 by David Eddings Belgarath the Sorcerer
52 by David Eddings Polgara the Sorceress
53 The Malloreon Guardians of the West
54 by David Eddings King of the Murgos
55   Demon Lord of Koranda
56   Sorceress of Darshiva
57   The Seeress of Kell
58 The Sword of Truth Wizards First Rule
59 by Terry Goodkind Stone of Tears
60   Blood of the Fold
61   Temple of the Winds
62   Soul of the Fire
63   Faith of the Fallen
64   the Pillars of Creation
65   Naked Empire
66   Chainfire
67   Phantom
68   Confessor
69 by Ursula le Guin A Wizard of Earthsea
70 by George Orwell Animal Farm
71 His Dark Materials Northern Lights
72 by Philip Pullman The Subtle Knife
73   The Amber Spyglass
74 The Inheritance Cycle Eragon
75 by Christopher Paolini Eldest
76   Brisingr
77   Inheritance
78 by Neil Gaiman American Gods
79 The Twilight Saga  Twilight
80 by Stephanie Meyer New Moon
81   Eclipse
82   Breaking Dawn
83 Artemis Fowl Artemis Fowl
84 by Eoin Colfer The Arctic Incident
85   The Eternity Code
86   The Opel Deception
87   The Lost Colony
88   The Time Paradox
89   The Atlantis Complex
90 The Kingkiller Chronicle The Name of The Wind
91 by Patrick Rothfuss Wise Mans Fear
92 Incarnations of Immortality On a Pale Horse 
93 by Piers Anthony Bearing an Hourglass
94   With a Tangled Skein
95   Wielding a Red Sword
96   Being a Green Mother
97   For the love of Evil
98   and Eternity
99 Ender Saga Enders Game
100 by Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead
101   Xenocide
102 Ender's Shadow Saga Enders Shadow
103 by Orson Scott Card Shadow of the Hegemon
104 The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone The Briar King
105 by Greg Keyes The Charnel Prince
106   The Blood Knight
107   The Borne Queen
108 by Michael Crichton Jurassic Park
109 by Michael Crichton Congo
110 by Stephen King The Dead Zone
111 Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief
112 by Rick Riordan The Sea of Monsters
113 The Dresden Files Storm Front
114 by Jim Butcher Fool Moon
115   Grave Peril 
116   Summer Knight
117   Death Masks
118   Blood Rites
119   Dead Beat
120   Proven Guilty
121   White Night
122   Small Favor
123   Turn Coat
124   Changes
125   Ghost Story
126 Codex Alera Furies fo Calderon
127 by Jim Butcher Academ's Fury
128   Curser's Fury
129   Captain's Fury
130   Princep's Fury
131   First Lord's Fury
132 The Demon Cycle The Warded Man
133 by Peter v. Brett The Desert Spear
134   The Daylight War
135 The Night Angel Trilogy The Way of Shadows
136 by Brent Weeks Shadow's Edge
137   Beyond the Shadows
138 The Lightbringer Series The Black Prism
139 by Brent Weeks The Blinding Knife
140   The Broken Eye
141 The Gentleman Bastard The Lies of Locke Lamora
142 by Scott Lynch Red Seas under Red Skies
143   The Republic of Thieves
144 The Riyria Revelations Series Theft of Swords
145 by Michael J. Sullivan Rise of Empire
146   Heir of Novron
147 The Legends of the First Empire Series Age of Myth
148 by Michael J. Sullivan Age of Swords
149   Age of War
150   Age of Legend
151 The Witcher Series The Last Wish
152 Andrzej Sapkowski Blood of Elves
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Welcome! It’s cool you keep a list of what you’ve read. I’ve always wanted to but at this point I can’t remember what I’ve read :blink:
 

Did you like Kingkiller? 

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1 hour ago, Hentient said:

Welcome! It’s cool you keep a list of what you’ve read. I’ve always wanted to but at this point I can’t remember what I’ve read :blink:
 

Did you like Kingkiller? 

I liked it, I didn't love it. I can see its worth and ill be reading the rest. but it's not exactly to my taste

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32 minutes ago, Mist said:

That's an impressive list. Welcome! What's your favorite magic system, Sanderson or not?

My taste leans toward rock hard magic systems. Off the top of my head

Winner 

Channelling from the Wheel of Time

Honourable mention

Chromaturgy from Lightbringer

Allomancy, Feruchemy, Hemalurgy from Mistborn

Wards from The Demon Cycle 

 

Brandon Sanderson is now the king of magic systems. In Stormlight, I think he's almost showing off. I would consider each order of Radiants a different magic system. all of them are very distinct and very good.   

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43 minutes ago, The_Truthwatcher said:

Is there any way to save a post? I am going to keep this list until I have read all books from it. Should keep me occupied while the cosmere is being finished.

Are these is any particular order?

I would not recommend every book in that list, I pushed through The Sword of Truth Series by Goodkind, It was not worth it, Not recommended 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Daniean said:

I would not recommend every book in that list, I pushed through The Sword of Truth Series by Goodkind, It was not worth it, Not recommended 

 

 

I do know that there are a few bad books in there (*shudder* Lightbringer) but most of the others I have heard praise of.

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1 hour ago, The_Truthwatcher said:

I do know that there are a few bad books in there (*shudder* Lightbringer) but most of the others I have heard praise of.

I'm conflicted about Lightbringer, There is a lot to love in those books. and I loved the magic system.  but I just did not enjoy reading then that much.

A more recent example is the Poppy War and The Dragon Republic (which I did not finish). These books were just too dark for me.

 

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1 hour ago, Rosharan A.C. said:

I was about to post the same thing until I saw yours! :P

Welcome @Daniean! What book would you say is your absolute favorite, and why?

That would be The Way of Kings

Sanderson managed to combine all my favorite fantasy elements and gave me the book I didn't know I needed. 

  • A detailed well-imagined world with no resemblance to my own. (I love the escapism) 
  • Intelligent and likable heroes, Villians with depth and menace
  • Most of the Magic is Rock Hard. So I'm there with the hero, I know his tools and we can figure stuff out together. Where there is soft magic it is peripheral to the story and just adds wonder. 
  • I have a thing for swords and armor and I like the troupe of "the special blade".
  • I have a thing for properly longer epic stories. You just can't tell a proper tale in 500 pages
  • I love strong female characters and female warriors
  • I love the fairy companion troupe. it's cute and endearing.

 

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14 hours ago, AonEne said:

Welcome! Have you read Brandon's non-cosmere stuff too?

The list is not complete, just what I could remember. 

I read the reckoners but I really don't remember much of those books

I have been reading the skyward series and I like it.

at one point I tried to read all of Brandon's works. I sought them out. I think I found and read all of them.

except for the evil Librarian series.

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  • 4 weeks later...

I'll go through this list, too, because it seems like we have fairly similar tastes in books.

Also, admittedly, I'm a little glad I'm not entirely alone. When I did my introduction, I posted a massive list of songs--either things that almost made it onto my Spotify Stormlight playlist, or things that I resonated with.

Welcome and I hope you have fun here. :)

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