The Cosmere Series

21 primary works • 31 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

The Eleventh Metal
3.71
· 34889 Ratings · 2319 Reviews · published 2012 · 6 editions
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Book 2

Mistborn: The Final Empire
4.49
· 930500 Ratings · 76968 Reviews · published 2006 · 175 editions
What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wa…
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Book 3

The Well of Ascension
4.38
· 627217 Ratings · 44329 Reviews · published 2007 · 152 editions
"Description contains spoilers for previous book i…
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Book 4

The Hero of Ages
4.56
· 566399 Ratings · 46239 Reviews · published 2008 · 130 editions
"Description contains spoilers for previous book i…
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Book 5

Secret History
4.32
· 92880 Ratings · 7374 Reviews · published 2016 · 12 editions
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Book 6

The Way of Kings
4.66
· 645049 Ratings · 51349 Reviews · published 2010 · 109 editions
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Book 7

Warbreaker
4.30
· 269042 Ratings · 23398 Reviews · published 2009 · 98 editions
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Book 8

Words of Radiance
4.76
· 468637 Ratings · 32325 Reviews · published 2014 · 7 editions
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Book 9

Edgedancer
4.14
· 156994 Ratings · 11433 Reviews · published 2016 · 4 editions

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Book 10

Elantris
4.17
· 337916 Ratings · 25055 Reviews · published 2005 · 126 editions
Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beau…
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Book 11

The Hope of Elantris
3.60
· 32826 Ratings · 2278 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
The following is a short story I wrote in the Elan…
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Book 12

Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
4.44
· 62666 Ratings · 3929 Reviews · published 2016 · 39 editions
Brandon Sanderson creates worlds, and those worlds…
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Book 13

Oathbringer
4.61
· 340478 Ratings · 23236 Reviews · published 2017 · 9 editions
In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York T…
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Book 14

Dawnshard
4.35
· 124793 Ratings · 8521 Reviews · published 2020 · 7 editions
From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York T…
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Book 15

Rhythm of War
4.59
· 225903 Ratings · 17820 Reviews · published 2020 · 44 editions
The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Time…
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Book 16

The Alloy of Law
4.20
· 278047 Ratings · 18383 Reviews · published 2011 · 32 editions
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistbo…
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Book 17

Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania
3.40
· 15698 Ratings · 1116 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
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Book 18

Shadows of Self
4.26
· 198342 Ratings · 12359 Reviews · published 2015 · 6 editions
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Book 19

The Bands of Mourning
4.41
· 180789 Ratings · 11037 Reviews · published 2016 · 3 editions
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistbo…
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Book 20

The Lost Metal
4.48
· 110316 Ratings · 9373 Reviews · published 2022 · 44 editions
Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon San…
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Book 21

White Sand, Volume 1
3.59
· 23835 Ratings · 2179 Reviews · published 2016 · 17 editions
A brand new saga of magic and adventure by #1 New …
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Book 22

White Sand, Volume 2
3.53
· 13963 Ratings · 992 Reviews · published 2018 · 10 editions
Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a …
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Book 23

White Sand, Volume 3
3.64
· 11469 Ratings · 854 Reviews · published 2019 · 11 editions
Underpowered and overwhelmed, Kenton tries to hold…
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Book 24

Tress of the Emerald Sea
4.33
· 264452 Ratings · 39326 Reviews · published 2023 · 4 editions
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sande…
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Book 25

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
4.44
· 104543 Ratings · 14846 Reviews · published 2023 · 5 editions
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sande…
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Book 26

Wind and Truth
4.38
· 115781 Ratings · 15467 Reviews · published 2024 · 22 editions
The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc…
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Book 27

The Sunlit Man
4.28
· 75681 Ratings · 7561 Reviews · published 2023 · 38 editions
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Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
4.15
· 33126 Ratings · 2317 Reviews · published 2013 · 8 editions
Originally appearing in the Dangerous Women anthol…
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Sixth of the Dusk
4.19
· 30312 Ratings · 1860 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
A fascinating new novella in Brandon Sanderson's C…
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The Emperor's Soul
4.37
· 125877 Ratings · 10256 Reviews · published 2012 · 35 editions
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Isles of the Emberdark
4.55
· 16524 Ratings · 2001 Reviews · published 2025 · 7 editions
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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