33 books in series

The Cosmere

The Cosmere is a 31-book series first released in 2005 with contributions by Brandon Sanderson and Rik Hoskin.

From Brandon Sanderson: All of my Cosmere books share a single creation myth, a single cosmology. The connection of them—the greater world, the greater universe—they call the Cosmere. There is a character who has shown up in each of my epic fantasies, and it is the same person, not just a repeated name. Warbreaker, Elantris, the Mistborn books and The Stormlight Archive do all share a common cosmology. The Wheel of Time books that I worked on and my children’s books are not part of the Cosmere. There is an underlying theorem of magic for all of these worlds. People keep trying to look for a unifying theory of physics. You know, the great, unifying theory that ties all things together. I have a little science background and I wanted there to be a unifying theory of magic, which there is, in these books at least. It’s not simple, it’s not like one sentence, but you can map out how the magic all fits together in this kind of super theorem. You can count on me to make an overly complex theory of everything that has little basis in reality. I’m good at that.

Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania
PopularFirst

2014 • 217 Readers • 40 pages 3.2

Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

2016 • 462 Readers • 672 pages 4.3

Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Omnibus

2021 • 49 Readers • 495 pages 3.4

Dawnshard

2020 • 719 Readers • 171 pages 4.2

Edgedancer

2016 • 787 Readers • 272 pages 4

Elantris

2005 • 1,314 Readers • 656 pages 4

Mistborn: Secret History

2016 • 503 Readers • 160 pages 4.2

Mistborn: The Final Empire

2006 • 3,065 Readers • 541 pages 4.4

Oathbringer

2017 • 1,358 Readers • 1,243 pages 4.6

Rhythm of War

2016 • 1,153 Readers • 1,232 pages 4.6

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

2013 • 268 Readers • 89 pages 3.9

Shadows of Self

2015 • 969 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

Sixth of the Dusk

2014 • 245 Readers • 90 pages 4

The Alloy of Law

2011 • 1,140 Readers • 332 pages 4.1

The Bands of Mourning

2013 • 917 Readers • 448 pages 4.3

The Eleventh Metal

2012 • 328 Readers • 21 pages 3.5

The Emperor's Soul

2012 • 736 Readers • 175 pages 4.4

The Hero of Ages

2008 • 1,679 Readers • 690 pages 4.6

The Hope of Elantris

2006 • 288 Readers • 25 pages 3.4

The Lost Metal

2022 • 798 Readers • 464 pages 4.4

The Sunlit Man

2023 • 619 Readers • 447 pages 4.3

The Way of Kings

2010 • 2,567 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

The Well of Ascension

2007 • 1,826 Readers • 815 pages 4.3

Tress of the Emerald Sea

2023 • 1,523 Readers • 480 pages 4.5

Warbreaker

2009 • 1,218 Readers • 688 pages 4.2

White Sand, Volume 1

2016 • 244 Readers • 157 pages 3.5

White Sand, Volume 2

2018 • 160 Readers • 160 pages 3.4

Wind and Truth

2024 • 328 Readers • 1,329 pages 4.6

Words of Radiance

2005 • 1,564 Readers • 1,328 pages 4.7

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

2023 • 794 Readers • 480 pages 4.5