Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is an American author of fantasy and sci-fi novels. The native Nebraskan is best known for his Mistborn series in addition to finishing The Wheel of Time series following the passing of the original author, Robert Jordan. He also writes the Alcatraz series and The Stormlight Archive (planned for 10 books). Sanderson once edited the Leading Edge magazine while he was studying for his Master’s degree at Brigham Young University. He now teaches creative writing at the same school. Brandon now resides in Utah with his wife and children.

Brandon Sanderson became a published author in April 2005 with the novel Elantris. He followed this up the following year with The Final Empire, launching his Mistborn series. Below is a list of Brandon Sanderson’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of The Cosmere Books

Tress of the Emerald Sea (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Sunlit Man (2024)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Elantris Books

Elantris (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Emperor's Soul (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Mistborn Books

Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Well of Ascension (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Hero of Ages (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Alloy of Law (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Shadows of Self (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Bands of Mourning (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Secret History (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Lost Metal (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Alcatraz Books

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Dark Talent (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (With: Janci Patterson) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of The Wheel of Time Books

(with Robert Jordan)

The Eye of the World (By: Robert Jordan) (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Great Hunt (By: Robert Jordan) (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Dragon Reborn (By: Robert Jordan) (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Shadow Rising (By: Robert Jordan) (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Fires of Heaven (By: Robert Jordan) (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Lord of Chaos (By: Robert Jordan) (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Crown of Swords (By: Robert Jordan) (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Path of Daggers (By: Robert Jordan) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Winter's Heart (By: Robert Jordan) (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Crossroads of Twilight (By: Robert Jordan) (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
New Spring (By: Robert Jordan) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Knife of Dreams (By: Robert Jordan) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Gathering Storm (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Towers of Midnight (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Memory of Light (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Wheel of Time (Complete Series) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
New Spring is a prequel to the Wheel of Time series.

Publication Order of Wheel Of Time Short Stories/Novellas

What the Storm Means (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Distinctions (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
By Grace and Banners Fallen (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of The Stormlight Archive Books

The Way of Kings (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Words of Radiance (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Edgedancer (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Oathbringer (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dawnshard (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Rhythm of War (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Reckoners Books

Steelheart (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Mitosis (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Firefight (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Calamity (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Infinity Blade Books

Awakening (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Redemption (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Legion Books

Legion (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Skin Deep (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Lies of the Beholder (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Legion Collections

The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of White Sand Graphic Novels

White Sand Volume 1 (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
White Sand Volume 2 (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Cosmere Short Stories/Novellas

Sixth of the Dusk (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Cosmere Collections

Arcanum Unbounded (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Skyward Books

Skyward (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Starsight (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cytonic (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Defiant (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Skyward Short Stories/Novellas

Sunreach (With: Janci Patterson) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
ReDawn (With: Janci Patterson) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Defending Elysium (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Evershore (With: Janci Patterson) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of's Dark One Graphic Novels

Dark One Volume 1 (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Oathbringer Serialization Books

Oathbringer Part One (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Oathbringer Part Two (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Warbreaker (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Rithmatist (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Snapshot (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Firstborn (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Perfect State (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Firstborn & Defending Elysium (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell; Perfect State (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Skyward Flight Books

(with Janci Patterson)

Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach / ReDawn / Evershore (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

Asimov's Science Fiction October/November 2008(2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dangerous Women(2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Games Creatures Play(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Shadows Beneath(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015 Edition(2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy(2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy(2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Note: The Wheel of Time books are co-authored by Robert Jordan. The White Sand graphic novels are written by Rik Hoskin, based on the work of Brandon Sanderson. Shadows Beneath also has stories by Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler and Dan Wells.

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Brandon Sanderson Synopsis: Elantris was the beautiful capital of Arelon, populated by benevolent beings who used magic to benefit one and all. Each one of these beings was once a regular person who was then touched by the transforming power called the Shaod. Then, a decade ago, the power failed and the Elantrians became powerless creatures and the city went dark and began to crumble. Arelon’s new capital is Kae, which lies in the shadow of Elantris. Princess Saene arrives to marry Crown Prince Raoden, hoping to find love. Instead she finds the Prince dead and she is considered his widow. Now, she must use her newfound status in order to push back Hrathen, who wants to convert Arelon and claim it for his emperor and god.

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4 Responses to “Order of Brandon Sanderson Books”

  1. elizabethroxannepalacios: 5 years ago

    i agree! This was so difficult, I had given up! I’m grateful now to see the order, but which would a reader who is very specific on reading these books in order prefer to read them? As, it is a gift, do I go by the publication date order? or the chronological order is preferable to a reader? Please, offer a suggestion anyone. Thank you!

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  2. Michael Palmer: 6 years ago

    This is driving me nuts. I’ve gone through like 10 pages worth of google search results just trying to find a simple list of Brandon Sanderson books in the order they were published. How can it be this complicated?

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  3. David Grewe: 7 years ago

    The Perfect State is not listed.

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    • Brandon: 7 years ago

      It is now. Thanks!

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