9:46 “The quote by that character is just the kind of thing that makes you cheer, and you... if you’re reading in public, you gotta kinda... keep calm, ‘cause it’s so cool, and you’re *trying* not to flip out...” *”I am a stick.”*

Reviewers: -Lift is just a child, there's not much sad backstory you can give a child Brandon, somewhere: -Hold my beverage.. (cracks knuckles)

Those Polish hardcovers... oh my goodness. THEY LOOK AMAZING WTF I WISH THERE WERE ENGLISH VERSIONS

Elantris never gets the love it deserves. It needs a sequel

I’m reading warbreaker at the moment and is my first sanderson book So far I’m loving it My favourite character is susebron because he’s so innocent and just too cute 🤣

Kelsier is my fav character I don't know why people hate him

I am currently reading The Final Empire and I am loving it. I adore all the characters. I am excited that it isn’t that high on your list because hopefully it will only get better from here!

I love your Sanderson videos! I just finished Elantris for your Cosmere readathon. I read it in 3 days and ohhhhh myyyyy I LOVED it!!! Raoden and Sarene!!!! It may be one of my most favourite books ever so I’m super excited for the rest of the readathon and his works!

I do love all mistborn books, but I would say that my favorite is "well of ascencion", for the journey the characters take to find out what's really happening just blew my mind. Nice video, you and other fantasy books youtubers actually made me buy a kindle to start reading stormlight archive! (there is no printed version where I live in and importing them to my country is actually more expensive then buying a kindle)

New to Branderson and the Cosmere (thanks to you and Daniel Greene), just finished Mistborn Era 1, Elantris and Warbreaker (stormlight next). I read Secret History this morning and it looks like I enjoyed it more than most.

I really need to get into these books.... I WILL get into these books!

Well I’m at book one of mistborn and I already cannot, just cannot put it down. I’m really excited

one of my goals this year is to read adult fantasy and i'm starting off with brandon sanderson's books! can't wait to get into them :)

Just finished Elantris & I loved it! I have Warbreaker coming tomorrow & it’s going to be so hard to wait until next month to read it. Thank you for introducing me to the Cosmere!

My updated rankings 1. Rhythm of war 2. Well of ascension 3. Words of Radiance 4. Final Empire 5. Way of kings 6. Warbreaker 7. Hero of ages (sorry) 8. Alloy of law 9. Oathbringer 10. Shadows of self 11. Bands of mourning 12. Emperor's Soul 13. Elantris 14. Mistborn secret history 15. Edgedancer 16. Dawnshard

I sometimes revisit your Cosmere videos just to relive how excited I was at the very beginning. P.s. try the GraphicAudio audiobooks, they're fire P.s.s. I still am as excited as I was in the beginning

I practically squealed with joy when this video popped into my feed. Here's my ranking: 1. Words of Radiance 2. Way of Kings 3. Hero of Ages 4. Final Empire 5. Oathbringer 6. Well of Ascension 7. Bands of Mourning 8. Shadow of Self 9. Warbreaker 10. Alloy of Law 11. Elantris

Here's my ranking as of now: 01. Oathbringer (not finished, subject to change). I love this book. A lot of what I see surrounding it is general dislike of Shallan and her sleuthing plot, but honestly, I love it and I love how her psychosis is completely messing with her sense of identity. Also, the Dalinar flashbacks...dear god, that scene in The Rift was heartbreaking. 02. Well of Ascension. This book gets a lot of crap for being slow. I don't even remotely care. The character building (especially between Vin and Tensoon) and the deconstruction of Elend's idealism was absolutely brilliant. That last battle sequence is challenged only by the ending of Way of Kings imo. 03. Way of Kings. This book is absolutely friggin brilliant. Kaladin is one of the best characters I've ever read. The ending battle when Dalinar gets betrayed was amazing. The chemistry in Bridge Four is amazing. Ugh it's all so good. 04. Words of Radiance. And just when you thought the flashbacks couldn't get any more tragic than Kaladin's in comes Shallan to fucking ruin your day. I loved everything about this book. It's so damn good. 05. The Hero of Ages. I really disliked most of this book because it meandered so much in the first half, but once we got to that ending, all of that was erased completely. Those last few scenes were soooooo beautiful, and the resolution to all of the characters' plots were brilliant. As for the rest of them, I've already written an essay on the top 5 so here's the remaining ranking: 06. Warbreaker 07. Edgedancer 08. The Final Empire 09. Shadows of Self 10. Alloy of Law 11. Bands of Mourning 12. Elantris Haven't read White Sand of any of the short stories yet aside from Edgedancer, so I can't place them, and I'm about 200 pages from the end of Oathbringer so its ranking might change.

Can you please let me know what the isbn numbers are for the three Stormlight Archive books you have, I really need these editions 😍

Can someone please ping the ISBN Numbers of the floppy paperback books shown in the video for the Stormlight archive series? I ordered twice from amazon here in Germany and got the super small low price edition...

My list 1. Rhythm of war 2. Words of radiance 3. Oathbringer 4. The way of Kings 5. Warbreaker 6. The hero of ages 7. Bands of mourning 8. Shadows of self 9. Well of Ascension 10. Final Empire 11. Alloy of Law 12. Elantris

At which point does The way of kings and Words of Radiance fit in? are you supposed to read them after the final empire (those 3 books)? or are those 2 standalones or are those 2 connected?

Mistborn was my entry point to brandon sanderson too, but it was a total page turner for me. I ranted to my mom at how upset I was that it wasnt longer. I completely agree that here of ages is such a great ending.

thanks for sharing, it was helpful. could you read 'way of kings & words of radiance' as a duology? or does oathbringer wrap it up?

Great list! I love Oathbringer, but you hit the nail on the head with the character resolution for Adolin and Shallan...yeah it was stupid. It was so bad I had completely blocked it from memory until you brought it up again.

Was the quote from kaladin/syl during the scene in the hallway?

“Honor is dead, but I’ll see what I can do.” I listen to the audiobooks and I literally started screaming in my car in that scene lol.

Can you read arcanum unbounded even if you have his othere books?

Warbreaker is so weird for me. I loved it for 95% of the book. But then the climax was just a lot of things being explained to us (with a couple of really freaking cool moments of course) and then it just ended. There was no denouement. The antagonist explained their plan and then lost. And then it ended. I was just shocked. Especially for a book that was written to be a standalone. The lack of resolution was so frustrating. That said, I did really love everything about Denth, and Vivenna's growth as a character was fantastic and resulted in her being my favorite.

I need spoilery discussions of these books from you once I'm done with then

I actually really liked Edgedancer and Mistborn: Secret History for the reason that I'm writing my own stuff, and I like to see characters explored outside of the main cast

If you'll re-read Mistborn era 2 you can try Graphic Audio version - Wayne's voice actor is amazing with his accent.

Still have the Mistborn era 1 & 2 in my TBR list of the 2 remaining Stormlight Archive books. The Way of Kings is by far by number 1 all time favorite book I’ve read. The character depth and emotions that Kaladin goes through feels as if Sanderson was writing about myself and tragedy and difficulties I faced in life. The relatability of the characters makes it one of the best I’ve ever read! My all time favorite author by far!

Hi great video!! I’m also fan Brandon Sanderson!! But I can’t choose which is my favourite series, he is just the best writer!!! Happy reading to u!! 📖🎉

1 warbreaker 2 Oathbringer 3 mistborn final empire 4 words of radiance 5 way of kings 6 misborn hero of ages 7 well of ascension. Honorable mention Skyward. Though honestly they are all good.

Hey, thanks for this list. I only recently got into Sanderson but am loving what I've been reading so far. I decided to read Mistborn era 1 first and am going to move on to Stormlight after. I'm currently about 3/4 of the way through Well of Ascension and can say, without a doubt, I enjoyed The Final Empire more. That being said I'm still seriously enjoying Well of Ascension. I can't wait to dive into Hero of Ages though, as you're not the first person I've heard say it's the best book in the trilogy. I was surprised to see you put Stormlight under Hero of Ages though. Pretty much all the reviews I've read, as well as watched, have called Stormlight Sanderson's best work. However, Hero of Ages is the climax and ending to a story where as the first three books of Stormlight are just the beginning. Kinda hard to compare the beginning of one story to the end of another. I'm sure when we finally get the ending to Stormlight it's going to be something very special.

Great video! I would have really loved to hear some of the characters names and quotes that you are referencing. Which I think you can do without spoilers!

Can you please share what editions of mistborn that you’re holding in this video? They’re stunning! Where did you get them?😍📚

Do I have to read Edgedancer before Oathbringer? I'm almost done with Words of Radiance and I don't want to read Edgedancer if I don't have to. Thanks!

Firstly, I just want to let you know that I absolutely LOVE your content. Very, very well done. Secondly, I was wondering if you will be selling signed copies of Peace and Turmoil? If not, will you be doing a book signing tour?

I'm gonna be starting Way of kings soon. It will be my first Sanderson book (outside of wheel of time). Should I read any of the other cosmere books before it. I hear some people say to read Warbreaker first.

Thoroughly enjoyed this video as I also have conflicting feelings towards ranking Sanderson's books from my least favorite to favorite. Nonetheless, The Hero of Ages and the first era Mistborn trilogy are, for sure, my favorite books of all time haha. Probably biased though as they were the first Sanderson books I read, but one thing is certain though. The Mistborn trilogy solidified my love for all things modern fantasy and fantasy in general.

Oathbringer is my favourite storm light book. When I read way of kings it became my favourite book, then I read words of radiance and that became my favourite book, then oathbringer became my new favourite book. I’m yet to read rhythm of war but so excited.

My favorites are Well of Ascension, Oathbringer and Words of Radiance followed closely by Way of Kings and Final Empire and then Hero of Ages, have not gotten to the rest yet. it's funny how the things that bugged you in OB I actually kind of loved and thought they made complete sense, and the back story in OB was just... amazing. Also best quote in all literature is without a doubt “No mating. NO MATING.”

I'm the worst at ranking anything at all hahah, I'm very indecisive :P this was so enjoyable to watch! x

So far I've read everything stormlight, war breaker, white sand and all the short stories aside from secret history as I'm currently reading mistborn (well of ascension). Sanderson just continues to amaze me... the Polish editions of mistborn look so cool! I hope that I someday get to see all of his works translated to Danish (my native language). Only WoK have been translated. It's so weird to read the translated terms. Even though it's the literal translated word, it just sorta gives a new vibe to it. xD

I’d love to know what story line in hero of ages you disliked. There are a couple that I have to power through to get back to the good stuff.

I just finished Elantris and loved it! I’m about to read the final empire and I can’t wait!

Respect you for being able to rank Sanderson's books xD

Really enjoy your reviews. You strike me as a lovely person. I hope I get at least one daughter in law just like you!

Elliot! I love your videos and you have made me really intrigued with Sanderson, but I have NO IDEA what order they come in, how many series there are, or where to even start... Can anyone help me in suggesting where to begin?! :)

I love Wayne! Hahaha.

I feel the same way about Elantris. I read it the same way you did, Stormlight first. It’s like you could see his building blocks of how he constructs and executes a story which he makes more fluid in his later works! And yeah, Oathbringer (despite me loving it) was my least favourite Stormlight book. It was very politics oriented, like moving characters around a chess board. So I’m hoping the next instalment will have a tonne more action!

Ahhh my top 3 are the same!! Love them so, so much! 😭😄

How you putting HoA above WoA?!?

Just finished Oathbringer and I think it’s my favorite so far. Most of the others (I’ve read mistborn era 1 and the available stormlight books) can work as their own novel. I feel like Oathbringer opened up the world to a point that I NEED to read more. I agree that the ending wasn’t quite an ending, but I’m okay with it because at book 3, you’re expected to be in for the long haul at this point. We are in the midst of an all time great series.

I'm part way through Warbreaker, which is my fifth Cosmere book, and then I'm finally going to tackle the Stormlight Archive (can't wait for this!). My ranking so far is: #1 Final Empire #2 Hero of Ages #3 Well of Ascension #4 Elantris. I'm really enjoying Warbreaker so far, and I think it may well fit in at #2 once I've finished it.

@Elliot Brooks - where did you get the Misbron Era 1 hardbacks?

I love those white cover editions (international?) Where did you find all of those?

Elantris was the first book he sold to a publisher. I think that's part of the reason why it's not as polished. I liked it -- I thought the story was very creative, but I agree with you that it's not the same level as his later books. I actually haven't read many of these books. My 2 favs of his are both short stories: Perfect State (science fiction), and The Emporer's Soul (fantasy). Good vid!

Honestly, I barely remember anything that happened in Oathbringer. I totally need to re read it before the 4th books comes out. My fav of all is The Way Of Kings. I love that book so so much.

I read the Cosmere books in the order Mistborn (1st era), Warbreaker, Elantris, Stormlight Archive, but I think the ranking wouldn't differ if I'd read them in another order. 1. The Final Empire (I loved the way how the ending has been already made quite clear in the prologue. Plus, I adore the characters and the way the magic system was introduced.) 2. The Hero of Ages (best ending of a trilogy ever, nothing else to say. The pacing is a little weaker than in the 1st book imo) 3. Elantris (I'm perfectly able to ignore the weaker writing in this book, because I love Raoden and Sarene so much. Raoden's storyline resembles Kaladin's a lot but he isn't in constant self-pity which makes it slightly better for me) 4. Warbreaker (really enjoyed the story although it isn't the most surprising one. But Vivenna definitely is the best!) 4. Words of Radiance (Yes, number 4 again. I have big issues how the character arcs in the Stormlight Archive series mesh with each other and the overall threat the world of Roshar has to face. I think in this one Sanderson manages all storylines the best and there is a constant flow in the narration, most likely because the protagonists start interacting with each other and develope their dynamic, which kinda stagnates in Oathbringer) 6. The Way of Kings (the first half is slower than it could've been. Plus, we don't get to see enough of Adolin's character and the way he is likely to influence the upcoming plot.) 7. The Well of Ascension (the pacing was a little off sometimes and I didn't like the subplot with a certain other mistborn we get introduced to. It felt like a lot of wasted potential to me.) 8.Oathbringer (the relationships in this one are so weird... Also, the whole Shadesmar thing dragged on and on with no real purpose. And that thing with Adolin that was mentioned one time in the last chapters and was resolved in like one second, while Kaladin still constantly blames himself for his brother's death, although it actually has been resolved in his Spider-Man-2-esque struggle in Words of Radiance, so yeah, the balancing between the characters was a bit off. That also showed when Moash had like 4 chapters, then none for about 350 pages until we were to feel something during that action-packed midpoint of the book, which I didn't because he was emotionally just too far away for me.) I excluded Edgedancer because it's a nice addition but not comparable to the full-length novels. I also still have to read the 2nd Mistborn era. Sanderson definitely is one of my favorite authors, but I think even he struggles with writing overly long books. Apart from that, I'm highly intrigued by the whole Cosmere. It just makes so much sense and I love nothing more than learning the rules of a magic system and a fantasy world to anticipate (and also be suprised by) the outcome.

So. When I first got into Sanderson it was because he was the author announced to take over WoT (my number one favorite series). I went out and bought Elantris to see if I was going to be able to enjoy his writing style, and honestly, I was HOOKED. Sure, looking back I can see that Elantris is not as polished as his later stuff (SA OMG) but it is such a great book on its own!

I wish you had included The Emperor’s Soul. That might be my favorite of all of the Cosmere stories!

I’m reading way of kings right now my first Sanderson book and it’s so good

Yup the battle in the well of ascension might be the best written battle I've ever read. Beautiful writing

Haven't read all of them, but for the ones I've read here's my ranking. 1. The way of kings 2. Words of radiance 3. Elantris 4. Oathbringer 5. Warbreaker. 6. Mistborn the final empire. 7. The well of accention Reasoning. I love elantris the premise, the magic system, the story and characters, i was never board when reading it. SA is just a masterpiece, there's nothing to say here, only that the 3rd one was a little bit below the level of the first 2. Warbreaker is obviously an amazing book, but I liked elantris a lot more, and of course it doesn't compare with the SA. MISTBORN I liked the first book a lot, but the second book is a little boring at times, especially some of the lesser fight scenes are just redundant its all "she pushed on the coin and so on". This is my own opinion I understand most of you feel differently.

I haven't started way of kings but I read era 1 and 2 as well as warbreaker. And honestly I'd say that hero of ages is my top, then shadow of self, then warbreaker. I want to note that I didn't like era 2 much. But the the second book was astoundingly good. I absolutely LOVED it. Could've done without the other 2 though.

Liked Elantris but I thought it wasn't as well done as his more recent releases.

Interesting. The first Mistborn book was my favorite and thought it would have served as a perfect stand alone. When reading the second it felt like he had never planned it being a trilogy as disjointed it was from the first. Maybe I am just used to trilogies being one book broken into 3 ie LOTR.

I haven't finished Mistborn Secret History yet, and I haven't yet read edgedancer. So here is my personal favorite order of everything I have read 5. Mistborn era two. 4. Elantris. 3. Warbreaker. 2. Mistborn era one. 1.The Stormlight Archive.

What editions of Mistborn era 1 are these?

You deserve more subs and likes. Great content

currently reading era 2 mistborn, about halfway through alloy of law, & i havent read elantris so i wont have them in my list, but give me a break, i only got introduced to sanderson june of 2018, and ive read the rest, but my list has to be : 9.The WoA - i felt really dragged through it, and wasnt as passionate about flipping the pages 8.Warbreaker - same situation, kinda felt dragged along, but then ending made it soo worth 7.Edgedancer - i lovee child characters, which is mainly why & she is no exception 6.Secret History - was glad to see more out of the character in this book and i love said character 5.Final Empire - greatt book i just like SA more 4.WoR - Shallan isnt my favorite character, which has to lot to do with its placement 3.Hero of Ages - you pretty much said all i have to say about this book 2.Oathbringer - like you said, kinda slow, but i loveeeee Dalinar 1.WoK - BRIDGE FOUR FOR LIFE !!! but i loved the world building and i love Mr.Stormblessed

My top 5 - 1. Oathbringer 2. Word of Raddiance 3. Hero of Ages 4. The Way of Kings 5. The Well of Ascension Special mentions - The Final Empire & Warbreaker, leaving them out is so hard to do.... Loved Elantris but it's just a little bit lacking compared to recent Sanderson masterpieces.

Where would you recommended beginning Sanderson?

I'm making my way through the cosmere and all i have left is Mistborn era 2 & Elantris (which i'm currently reading). But heres my list so far. 1.Hero of Ages 2. Words of Radiance 3. The Final Empire 4. Warbreaker 5. Way of Kings 6.Oathbringer 7.Then the short stories.

I normally don’t like short stories except when it’s in the Witcher and idk if that even counts really

I absolutely LOVED Secret History. The main character is one my favorites, and seeing him in this book was something I have wanted for a long time. Oddly, I think I disagree with most of your choices. Stormlight definitely deserves to be in the top 5 though. Great video!

So glad to find someone else who thought Oathbringer was a let down compared to the other two.

Ive just started reading Brandon Sanderson. Ive read Warbreaker which was awesome. Then Elantris which was also good but a bit dry & slow in sections. Just finished book 1 of Mistborn, another great read. Taking a little break with other genres then will jump back on the BS train.

So the first thing you mentioned that I really disagreed with was Oathbringer, particularly when you mentioned that Sanderson's signature climactic checkov's armory going off was underwhelming compared to the others. Because for me this was the one that had me jumping up and down screaming 'oh shit oh shit... but it can't get worse... IT GOT WORSE OH SHIT' for the entire setup to the climax. And that made the characters turning things around, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat through transcendent character development, probably the most satisfying finale I ever read. And the way the character's growth and development tied into the climax without it being at all forced was incredibly clever. I was also surprised to see the Mistborn Second Era books so low, for me they're on par with Warbreaker. Though Warbreaker does indeed edge them out. Wayne is indeed a bit much at times, for everyone. But I think part of the reason I like them so much is that the stakes are lower and the world is smaller. They're, like, the same scale as Indiana Jones rather than catastrophic threats to the entire Cosmere. It's a nice change of pace. I liked the first Mirstborn book best, in a lot of ways for similar reasons. It is 'only' about a group of magical thieves scheming to overthrow an invincible god king. I like the sequels, and the epic story that unfolds is fascinating, but it's not quite the same. It's like how episodic shows can be a change of pace from miniseries. All that said, I do agree that Secret History is solidly the worst. There are interesting tidbits in it, lorewise, but the story itself? Nah.

I definitely prefer long books/series over short stories, as well. I like learning as much as I can about characters and worlds and being immersed long enough to be invested and attached.

Liked and subscribed. What I like - no spoilers and no fanboism.

There's that one guy that really felt mistborn: secret history was necessary for thr development of the cosmere and a terribly enjoyable book. And about 283 that thought this channel is amazing and that we love all sanderson's books because they rock.

You should really read The realm of the elderlings series by Hobb... Talk about character struggles, and the heart break! I'm still recovering from what I've read last year and I'm not even done with the series yet!

I haven’t read anything in Arcanum Unbounded yet. Now maybe I’d skip Mistborn: Secret History because it’s hard to unread things haha And it’s hard to have a ranking on the spot (I think I’d need at least a few days to come up with one :P) There’s one thing I definitely felt differently from you tho, I’m on board with Mistborn the Final Empire right away. I think I finished it in 2 days. But book 2 actually took me a while to get into

I'm in a reading slump. I guess I'll reread The Stormlight Archive.

Algorithm brought this up, so i havent gotten to all of cosmere books yet, but I will say i rank top so far: 1. Hero of Ages 2. Words of Radiance 3. Way of Kings 4. Well of Ascension 5. Elantris 6. Oathbringer 7. The final empire Haven’t read 4-6 of Mistborn, Warbreaker, White Sand, or anything from Arcanum Unbounded so i have some work to do. What’s funny to me is that I started reading more fantasy with Kingkiller Chronicles and after I finished Wise Mans Fear i was able to read all of storm light archive, elantris and half of mistborn. I could probably finish the rest of the cosmere easily before Rothfuss gets Doors of Stone out.

Is oathbringer bad ?

I know I’m late to the game but I just finished Well of Ascension today and started Hero of Ages.It’s good to know the trilogy wraps up well.I was worried it might be a lot of filler.

I think I'd rank Oathbringer the same as on your list simply because I didn't care much for the relationship between a certain three characters. At first the abrupt conclusion of their relationships at the end really made me wonder what was going on, but I guess looking back I can understand that between some of them there wasn't anything more than fascination and kinship with eachother. I would rate Oathbringer above WoR due to the fact that Sanderson went into the backstory of my favourite character which really made me like him even more considering everything that he went through, and said character finally had his massive breakout moment near the end of the book which made me grin like an idiot, whoop out in joy and earn a few weird looks from the other people on the train 😄

I've been listening to Hero of Ages forever, everyone keeps talking about the ending! I'm trying to finish it this month, so I'll finally get to find out what happens, but the first half definitely has slow moments.

I have read only mistborn and stormlight archive. 1. The Way Of Kings 2. The Final Empire 3. Words Of Radiance 4. Oathbringer 5. Hero Of Ages 6. The Well Of Ascension Currently reading Rhythm Of War and it could easily be no. 2 by the time I finish.

I’m reading hero of ages now and I’m so excited but scared haha

Great commentary but the quest to create no spoilers makes it a bit hard to follow. I've read all those books, some several times, and I spent half the video trying to figure out WHAT you were talking about rather than the content of it. Don't agree with all you said, I think Elantris is a stronger book than you make it seem. Very much a first novel but with the most realistic and interesting love story from Sanderson so far. Fantasy does online dating! lol

I just finished Archives 4 and swear to god every time it switched to flashbacks i moaned. TBH i never hated flashbacks before, but there is so little interesting things here. I was buffled by my own reaction.

I read somewhere that Stormlight Archive is gonna be a 10 book series. Is it true ? If it is then HOLY CRAP !!! I have to wait 10 years for the story to finish.

I loved hearing your ranking of these, especially since I'm just starting out with Brandon Sanderson. I'm about 200 pages into The Final Empire and so far I definitely agree with you that it's a slow start. I'm enjoying it but there's definitely a lot of set-up going on. Still great to read though and the magic system is fascinating!

my ranking - 1. hero of ages 2. oathbringer 3. words of radiance 4. way of kings 5. well of ascension 6. dawnshard 7. the final empire 8. rhythm of war