The Cosmere Universe Series

22 primary works • 32 total works
The Cosmere is the greater universe in which The Stormlight Archive and all other Brandon Sanderson's adult fiction books take place. That is, each book he writes is set on a unique world, and each of these worlds is set in the same Cosmere. All of the books share a single creation myth, a single cosmology and are connected by an overarching story.…

Book 1

Elantris
4.16
· 377572 Ratings · 28821 Reviews · published 2005 · 129 editions
Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beau…
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Book 1.5

The Hope of Elantris
3.58
· 39496 Ratings · 2758 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
The following is a short story I wrote in the Elan…
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Book 2

Mistborn: The Final Empire
4.48
· 1099657 Ratings · 93347 Reviews · published 2006 · 25 editions
Once, a hero arose to save the world. He failed.

Ev…
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Book 3

The Well of Ascension
4.37
· 739563 Ratings · 54478 Reviews · published 2007 · 159 editions
Note: Description contains spoilers for previous b…
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Book 4

The Hero of Ages
4.56
· 666724 Ratings · 57069 Reviews · published 2008 · 141 editions
"Description contains spoilers for previous book i…
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Book 5

Warbreaker
4.29
· 309524 Ratings · 27437 Reviews · published 2009 · 5 editions
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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Book 6

The Way of Kings
4.66
· 736251 Ratings · 59877 Reviews · published 2010 · 100 editions
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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Book 7

The Alloy of Law
4.19
· 317963 Ratings · 21522 Reviews · published 2011 · 9 editions
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistbo…
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Book 7.3

The Eleventh Metal
3.68
· 43524 Ratings · 2927 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
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Book 7.5

The Emperor's Soul
4.37
· 143745 Ratings · 11984 Reviews · published 2012 · 38 editions
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Book 7.7

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
4.14
· 38540 Ratings · 2728 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition
Originally appearing in the Dangerous Women anthol…
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Book 8

Words of Radiance
4.76
· 539857 Ratings · 38212 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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Book 8.4

Sixth of the Dusk
4.18
· 34763 Ratings · 2150 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
A fascinating new novella in Brandon Sanderson's C…
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Book 8.5

Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania
3.38
· 19541 Ratings · 1395 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
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Book 9

Shadows of Self
4.25
· 231207 Ratings · 14734 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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Book 9.5

Secret History
4.30
· 113990 Ratings · 9326 Reviews · published 2016 · 18 editions
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Book 10

The Bands of Mourning
4.40
· 211553 Ratings · 13192 Reviews · published 2016 · 76 editions
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistbo…
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Book 11

White Sand, Volume 1
3.58
· 26061 Ratings · 2285 Reviews · published 2016 · 5 editions
A brand new saga of magic and adventure by #1 New …
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Book 11.5

Edgedancer
4.10
· 188311 Ratings · 13901 Reviews · published 2016 · 33 editions
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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Book 12

Oathbringer
4.59
· 399366 Ratings · 27786 Reviews · published 2017 · 9 editions
In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York T…
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Book 13

White Sand, Volume 2
3.53
· 15678 Ratings · 1064 Reviews · published 2018 · 12 editions
Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a …
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Book 14

White Sand, Volume 3
3.63
· 13058 Ratings · 941 Reviews · published 2019 · 5 editions
Underpowered and overwhelmed, Kenton tries to hold…
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Book 14.5

Dawnshard
4.31
· 153177 Ratings · 10462 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York T…
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Book 15

Rhythm of War
4.56
· 272536 Ratings · 21288 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition
The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Time…
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Book 16

The Lost Metal
4.48
· 139729 Ratings · 11835 Reviews · published 2022 · 1 edition
Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon San…
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Book 17

Tress of the Emerald Sea
4.30
· 340591 Ratings · 49383 Reviews · published 2023 · 16 editions
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sande…
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Book 18

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
4.41
· 138287 Ratings · 19510 Reviews · published 2023 · 1 edition
#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sande…
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Book 19

The Sunlit Man
4.25
· 96759 Ratings · 9355 Reviews · published 2023 · 1 edition
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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Book 20

Wind and Truth
4.35
· 167398 Ratings · 20355 Reviews · published 2024 · 29 editions
The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc…
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Book 21

Isles of the Emberdark
4.46
· 46821 Ratings · 5382 Reviews · published 2025 · 18 editions
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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Book 22

The Fires of December
4.22
· 7502 Ratings · 1031 Reviews · published 2026 · 11 editions
In the next Cosmere standalone novel, Hoid has an …
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Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
4.41
· 71825 Ratings · 4425 Reviews · published 2016 · 2 editions
Brandon Sanderson creates worlds, and those worlds…
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