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1. BEST BRANDON SANDERSON BOOKS TO START WITH ARCHIVE
2. BEST BRANDON SANDERSON BOOKS TO START WITH SERIES

Starting with The Way of Kings is also a great option, though it might be better for audiences who are more used to hardcore fantasy. If you want to try the Cosmere without committing to a whole series, Elantris is a stand-alone novel, and Mistborn: The Final Empire is also relatively self-contained even though it’s part of a series.

BEST BRANDON SANDERSON BOOKS TO START WITH SERIES

But where do you start? Any of the first books in the various series would serve as a fine starting point. The Cosmere is a big universe with many, many story threads, but each individual narrative is so compelling that it’s not nearly as daunting once you get started. Some of these smaller stories expand on the settings and events of the novels and some take place in different worlds entirely. The Cosmere also encompasses many short stories and novellas, most of which are conveniently compiled in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection. There are currently four books in The Stormlight Archive, but ten are planned. From there, the story follows the progress of the war from the perspectives of an enslaved soldier who begins to develop magical powers and the murdered king’s brother, who is having visions that might be divine and might be madness.

His death prompts his son to start an endless war with the King’s killers, a race of humanoid stone creatures called the Parshendi. The first book, The Way of Kings, begins with the assassination of the king of Alethkar. The most ambitious series in the Cosmere is The Stormlight Archive, which takes place on the planet Roshar.

BEST BRANDON SANDERSON BOOKS TO START WITH ARCHIVE

Every book and series set in the Cosmere is a hell of a ride, with adventure and intrigue around every corner. The Mistborn Series is set on the planet Scadrial, where people called Allomancers can ingest and “burn” different metals to access heightened senses and command over supernatural forces.Ĭover of Words of Radiance, book 2 of the Stormlight Archive series Of course, a shared universe is no good unless the individual stories are compelling, and Brandon Sanderson has that covered. Either way, the leap is deeply rewarding. After readers have gotten hooked on their first couple of Sanderson books, they can leap into the larger world of hardcore epic fantasy, or they might stick around and fully explore the Cosmere. Despite the initially intimidating scope of the project, the books in the Cosmere are actually a great way for new readers of serious epic fantasy to sink their teeth into more complex works than the mainstream has to offer. In that way, the Cosmere is comparable to other beloved shared fictional universes, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.īut interconnectedness is only one of the things that makes these books great.

It’s incredible to consider the shared cosmology of the stories, piece together the small connections and references that pepper the books, and speculate on the direction of the story as a whole. The Cosmere is an absolutely sweeping endeavor.