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
· 34901 Ratings · 2320 Reviews · published 2012 · 6 editions
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Book 2

Mistborn: The Final Empire
4.49
· 930738 Ratings · 76990 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
· 627377 Ratings · 44348 Reviews · published 2007 · 152 editions
"Description contains spoilers for previous book i…
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Book 4

The Hero of Ages
4.56
· 566547 Ratings · 46256 Reviews · published 2008 · 130 editions
"Description contains spoilers for previous book i…
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Book 5

Secret History
4.32
· 92912 Ratings · 7378 Reviews · published 2016 · 12 editions
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Book 6

The Way of Kings
4.66
· 645193 Ratings · 51359 Reviews · published 2010 · 6 editions
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Book 7

Warbreaker
4.30
· 269100 Ratings · 23408 Reviews · published 2009 · 2 editions
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Book 8

Words of Radiance
4.76
· 468759 Ratings · 32336 Reviews · published 2014 · 82 editions
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Book 9

Edgedancer
4.14
· 157050 Ratings · 11441 Reviews · published 2016 · 34 editions

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Book 10

Elantris
4.17
· 337975 Ratings · 25070 Reviews · published 2005 · 39 editions
Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beau…
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Book 11

The Hope of Elantris
3.60
· 32840 Ratings · 2281 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
· 62682 Ratings · 3933 Reviews · published 2016 · 39 editions
Brandon Sanderson creates worlds, and those worlds…
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Book 13

Oathbringer
4.61
· 340571 Ratings · 23241 Reviews · published 2017 · 9 editions
In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York T…
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Book 14

Dawnshard
4.35
· 124846 Ratings · 8524 Reviews · published 2020 · 1 edition
From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York T…
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Book 15

Rhythm of War
4.59
· 225991 Ratings · 17828 Reviews · published 2020 · 45 editions
The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Time…
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Book 16

The Alloy of Law
4.20
· 278104 Ratings · 18388 Reviews · published 2011 · 94 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
· 15708 Ratings · 1117 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
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Book 18

Shadows of Self
4.26
· 198388 Ratings · 12364 Reviews · published 2015 · 69 editions
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Book 19

The Bands of Mourning
4.41
· 180824 Ratings · 11038 Reviews · published 2016 · 72 editions
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistbo…
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Book 20

The Lost Metal
4.48
· 110360 Ratings · 9375 Reviews · published 2022 · 15 editions
Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon San…
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Book 21

White Sand, Volume 1
3.59
· 23839 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
· 13966 Ratings · 993 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
· 11471 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
· 264574 Ratings · 39341 Reviews · published 2023 · 49 editions
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sande…
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Book 25

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
4.44
· 104588 Ratings · 14849 Reviews · published 2023 · 42 editions
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sande…
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Book 26

Wind and Truth
4.38
· 115864 Ratings · 15472 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
· 75723 Ratings · 7565 Reviews · published 2023 · 38 editions
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Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
4.15
· 33134 Ratings · 2319 Reviews · published 2013 · 8 editions
Originally appearing in the Dangerous Women anthol…
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Sixth of the Dusk
4.19
· 30320 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
· 125901 Ratings · 10260 Reviews · published 2012 · 35 editions
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Isles of the Emberdark
4.56
· 16573 Ratings · 2005 Reviews · published 2025 · 1 edition
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon …
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