Cosmere Reading Order: How to read Brandon Sanderson&039s Book Series? – How To Read Me

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what is the cosmere universe about?

written by brandon sanderson, the cosmere universe is a fantasy series that takes us back a long time, when there was a god/entity called adonalsium. something happened, and the adonalsio was killed and shattered into sixteen fragments, pieces of the power of creation itself.

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The sixteen people who smashed the adonalsio collected these fragments and became the first containers. fragments are named after a specific action or ideal, called an intent. when a person holds a shard, that person is imbued with her power, but also becomes the shard, being warped by her intent. With a conscience to direct them, many of the shards began to invest their magic and influence on certain planets or peoples.

the reading order of the cosmere:

where do i start with the cosmere universe? the reading order by series

as brandon sanderson continues to publish books in the cosmere universe, there is no specific reading order to follow. Therefore, we are offering different book orders, and we start with Sanderson’s advice to read the books in sequential order, adding that it doesn’t matter which Cosmere series you start with. which means that each of the following books is a possible entry point in the series:

• Mistborn: The Final Empire
• The Emperor’s Soul
• The Way of Kings
• Elantris
• war breaker

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let’s take those series one after another:

me. elantris

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1. elantris – elantris relied on magic and thrived. but then the magic began to fade and the elantris began to rot. And now its shattered citizens face the domination of a mighty empire motivated by stubborn religious views. Can a young princess unite the people of Elantris, rediscover lost magic, and lead a rebellion against Imperial zealots?
2. The Hope of Elantris – Tale available in Unlimited Arcana: the cosmere collection. After Elantris’s restoration, Raoden listens to Ashe’s testament to her whereabouts during the last hours before Elantris’s restoration.
3. The Emperor’s Soul-novel available in Unlimited Arcana: The Cosmere Collection. After being sentenced to death for trying to steal the emperor’s scepter, Shai gets one last chance. he will be allowed to live if he can create a new soul for the emperor, who hovers on the brink of death.

ii. mistborn era 1 (original mistorn trilogy)

1. the final empire: a half-skaa thief named kelsier discovers that he was born from the mist and escapes from the pits of hathsin, a brutal prison camp of the ruling lord. He returns to Luthadel, the capital city of the final empire, where he gathers his old team of thieves for a new job: overthrow the final empire by stealing its treasure and crashing its economy.
2. The Eleventh Metal – tale available in unlimited arcanum: the cosmere collection. The story of how Gemmel taught Kelsier the art of Allomancy. They travel to Mantiz and attack Keep Shezler.
3. The Well of Ascension: The impossible has happened. the ruling lord is dead. But the mists have become unpredictable ever since, and a strange vaporous entity stalks Vin, a once street kid, now the most powerful Mistborn in the land. As the siege of Luthadel intensifies, the ancient legend of the Well of Ascension offers the only ray of hope. but no one knows where he is or what he can do.
4. The Hero of Ages: Having escaped death only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture He hopes to find the clues left behind by the ruling lord that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystical force known as bane from the well. Ruin wants to end the world, and her near omniscience and his ability to distort reality make stopping him seem impossible.

iii. mistborn was 2 (wax and wayne)

1. the alloy of the law: waxillium ladrian is a descendant of breeze and former lawman who returns from nowhere to assume leadership of his house after the death of his uncle . Wayne is the formidable partner and old friend of his. they are both twins, with an allomantic power and a feruchemical power.
2. allomantic jak and the wells of eltania – tale available in unlimited arcanum: the cosmere collection. the adventure of the allomantic jak, captured by the koloss who want to make him their leader and a koloss.
3. shadows of himself: scadrial faces his first test with terrorism and murder. offenses intended to spark labor strife and religious conflict. Wax, his eccentric sidekick Wayne, and the bright and beautiful young Marasi, now officially part of the police force, must unravel the conspiracy before civil war can stop Scadrial’s progress in its tracks.
4. mourningbands – mourningbands are the mythical metal minds owned by the ruling lord, said to grant anyone who uses them the powers that the ruling lord had at their disposal. Hardly anyone thinks they really exist. a kandra researcher has returned to elendel with images that seem to represent the gangs. waxillium ladrian is recruited to travel south to the city of new seran to investigate.
5. the missing metal – coming soon.
6. mistborn: Secret Story – Novel available in Unlimited Arcane: The Cosmere Collection. a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy.

iv. warbreaker

1. warbreaker: This is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses. Theirs is a world where those who die in glory return as gods to live confined in a pantheon in the capital city of Hallandren. a world transformed by a power based on an essence known as breath. using magic is hard as only one unit can be harvested at a time.

v. stormlight file

1. the way of kings: In a world razed to the rock by terrifying hurricanes, a young spearman is forced to join the army of a shardbearer, led to war against an enemy he does not know. doesn’t understand and doesn’t really want to fight.
2. Radiant Words – Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a world tilting toward war as aristocratic families move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient artifacts from a bygone civilization that can win wars.
3. edgedancer – novel available in unlimited arcanum: the cosmere collection. Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to keep him from aging, a wish she believed had been granted. Though granted safe haven by the young Azish Emperor from an executioner she knows only as darkness, court life is stifling the free-spirited elevator, who can’t help but head to Yeddaw when she hears the relentless darkness is out there hunting people like her. with buds. powers.
4. sworn: the Alethi armies of dalinar kholin won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: the enemy parshendi summoned the violent eternal storm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its wake awakens the once peaceful and servile parshmen to the horror of their millennia-old enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn her family of the threat, Stormblessed Kaladin must face the fact that the Parshmen’s newly-ignited wrath may be entirely justified.
5. Dawnshard-novel. When a ghost ship is discovered, whose crew is presumed dead after trying to reach Akinah Island, engulfed in a storm, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn’t fallen into enemy hands.

1. Rhythm of War: Dalinar kholin and his radiant knights have spent a year fighting a long and brutal war. neither side has gained an advantage. now, new technological discoveries are beginning to change the face of war. the arms race that follows will challenge the very core of radiant ideals and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their force.

vi. white sand (graphic novel)

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1. white sand vol. 1 – On the planet Taldain, legendary sandbenders use arcane powers to manipulate sand in spectacular ways. But when they are slaughtered in a sinister conspiracy, the weakest of them, Kenton, believes he is the only survivor. With enemies closing in on all sides, Kenton forges an unlikely partnership with Khriss, a mysterious darksider who hides her own secrets.
2. White Sand Vol. 2 – kenton has become the mastrell lord of the few remaining sandmasters, wizards who can manipulate the sand to do their bidding. With the ruling council against him, the hot-headed Kenton must become a diplomat to have any hope of preventing the eradication of the town from him forever.
3. White Sand Vol. 3 – Powerless and overwhelmed, Kenton tries to hold the arena masters together as political and personal forces conspire against them. Now, in one final push, Kenton must tap into the most dangerous depths of his own abilities to combat enemies within his own guild and uncover the truth behind the ambush that nearly destroyed the sandmasters forever.

vii. others

1. Shadows for Silence in the Woods of Hell – Novel available in Unlimited Arcana: The Cosmere Collection. In the middle of a forest where the shadows of the dead linger everywhere, every farmer knows how to follow the simple rules: “don’t light flames, don’t spill another’s blood, don’t run at night. these things draw shadows.” montane silence has broken all three rules on more than one occasion. And to protect her family from a murderous gang with high bounties on their heads, Silence will once again break all the rules, at the risk of becoming a shadow herself.
2. The Sixth of Dusk – Novel available in Unlimited Arcana: The Cosmere Collection. On the deadly island of Patji, where birds grant people magical talents and predators can sense the thoughts of their prey, a lone trapper discovers that the island isn’t the only thing that wants to kill him. when he starts seeing his own corpse at every step, does this mean danger to his whole culture?

posting order

the cosmere universe in publication order.

1. elantris
2. the hope of elantris – tale
3. the final empire
4. the well of ascension
5. the hero of the ages
6. warbreaker
7. the way of kings
8. the alloy of law
9. the eleventh metal – tale.
10. the soul of the emperor – novel.
11. shadows for silence in the woods of hell – novel
12. words of radiance
13. sixth nightfall – novel
14. allomantic jak and the wells of eltania – short story.
15. shadows of oneself
16. the bands of mourning
17. born from the mist: secret history – novel.
18. white sand vol. 1
19. edgedancer – novella
20. arcanum unbounded – collects all short stories and short novels.
21. sworn
22. white sand vol. 2
23. white sand vol. 3
24. dawnshard – novel
25. rhythm of war
26. the lost metal

obviously incomplete on this date, this is the chronological order for those who want to (re)discover the universe following the timeline:

1. white sand vol. 1
2. white sand vol. 2
3. white sand vol. 3
4. elantris
5. the hope of elantris – tale.
6. the soul of the emperor

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7. the eleventh metal – story.
8. the final empire
9. the well of the ascension
10. the hero of the ages
11. warbreaker
12. shadows for the silence in the woods of hell – novel.
13. the way of kings
14. words of radiance
15. edgedancer – novel .
16. jury
17. dawn – short story
18. rhythm of war
19. allomancer jak and the pits of eltania – story.
20. the alloy of the law
21. shadows of the self
22. the mourning bands
23. secret history – novel.*
24. lost metal
25. sixth of dusk – novel

*where to read the secret story? there is some discord around the best location for the novel. you can choose to read it after mourning bands or between mistborn age 1 and 2, after hero of the ages; there are mourning band spoilers, but some consider it minor. It’s all about personal taste, at the moment.

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