[ Brandon Sanderson — Cosmere ]
edited 2026-05-21A complete reading order for Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere — the interconnected shared universe spanning Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, and the 2023 Secret Projects. Covers all published novels, novellas, and the White Sand graphic novels, with both publication order and Sanderson's own recommended reading path.
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01NOVEL
2005The first published Cosmere novel, released in April 2005 by Tor Books. Set on the world of Sel, Elantris follows Prince Raoden — who is tra…
492 pp›02NOVEL
2006The first Mistborn novel, published in July 2006 by Tor Books. The immortal Lord Ruler has crushed all rebellion for a thousand years, with…
541 pp›03NOVEL
2007The second Mistborn novel, published in August 2007. With the Lord Ruler dead, Elend Venture struggles to establish a new democratic governm…
590 pp›04NOVEL
2008The concluding volume of Mistborn Era 1, published in October 2008. Vin and Elend must use the powers of the Well of Ascension to fight Ruin…
572 pp›05NOVEL
2009A standalone Cosmere novel set on the world of Nalthis, published in June 2009 by Tor Books. When the king of Idris cannot pay his war-debt…
592 pp›06NOVEL
2010The first volume of The Stormlight Archive, published in August 2010 by Tor Books. On the storm-swept world of Roshar, three narratives conv…
1007 pp›07NOVEL
2011The first Mistborn Era 2 novel, published in November 2011, set three hundred years after the events of Era 1 on an industrialised Scadrial.…
336 pp›08NOVEL
2014The second Stormlight Archive volume, published in March 2014. Kaladin's Bridge Four has been elevated from slaves to soldiers in Dalinar's…
1087 pp›09NOVEL
2015The second Wax and Wayne novel, published in October 2015. A shape-shifting creature is assassinating city leaders and destabilising Elendel…
383 pp›10NOVEL
2016The third Wax and Wayne novel, published in January 2016. Wax, Wayne, and Marasi follow the trail of the Bands of Mourning — the mythical me…
448 pp›11NOVELLA
2016A Stormlight Archive novella following Lift, a young woman with the unusual ability to convert Stormlight into a frictionless substance. Whi…
272 pp›12NOVELLA
2016A Mistborn novella published in January 2016 by Dragonsteel Entertainment. Following Kelsier's death at the hands of the Lord Ruler, the ser…
151 pp›13NOVEL
2017The third Stormlight Archive volume, published in November 2017. The Everstorm has resurrected the Voidbringers and the Knights Radiant must…
1248 pp›14NOVEL
2020The fourth Stormlight Archive volume, published in November 2020. A Fused-led invasion occupies Urithiru and Navani discovers how to combine…
1232 pp›15NOVELLA
2020A Stormlight Archive novella following Rysn, a merchant with a parasite spren called a Larkin, and Lopen of Bridge Four. A mission to the is…
290 pp›16NOVEL
2022The fourth and final Wax and Wayne novel, published in November 2022 by Tor Books. A new threat linked to Autonomy — a Shard from another wo…
528 pp›17NOVEL
2023The fourth of Sanderson's 2023 Kickstarter Secret Projects, published by Tor Books in October 2023. A fugitive named Nomad — later revealed…
400 pp›18NOVEL
2023The first of Sanderson's 2023 Kickstarter Secret Projects, published by Tor Books in April 2023. Set on the world of Lumar — a planet covere…
384 pp›19NOVEL
2023The third of Sanderson's 2023 Kickstarter Secret Projects, published by Tor Books in October 2023. Set on planet Komashi, where two people f…
479 pp›20NOVEL
2024The fifth and final volume of the first half of The Stormlight Archive, published in December 2024 by Tor Books. Kaladin and Szeth journey t…
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