r/brandonsanderson

I know Brandon wanted to prioritize the Ghostbloods books and the Elantris sequel, but I'm curious if there's been any update I missed :) I like to read in chronological order so I've been delaying Wind and Truth until this comes out

Does anyone know if your backer “position” or how soon you backed have any effect on when your order will actually ship? Ive not actually heard if they start at backer #1 and move on from there or not.

I know the title might seem a little vague, but what I mean is: if I start one of the Cosmere series, is it a good idea to stick with that series until I’ve finished all of its books, instead of switching back and forth between the different series in the same universe?

For example, if I start with Mistborn, should I only move on to another series after finishing Era 1, Era 2, Secret History, etc.? Then, after that, start The Stormlight Archive, including the novellas, and only after that move on to Elantris, including its novellas and short stories? Or would reading them this way take away from the impact of certain reveals or things like that?

My memory isn’t the best, and I feel like sticking with one series continuously, while everything is still fresh in my mind, might be a good option.

Even the argument of “there are still more books from this universe yet to be released” makes sense, but there’s not really much I can do about that.

I've been reading the Leatherbound version of Words of Radiance, and I found the illustrations often spoilery. They are just way ahead of the texts.

For example, the picture between page 394 and 395 describes the scene on 403.

I wonder, is this intentional? Shouldn't the illustrations come after the text?

Hi friends!

I started my Brandon Sanderson journey with Wheel of Time (his finishing of the series).
I've attached my google sheet for the order I read them in lol. These are my 2026 reads.

https://preview.redd.it/45aqled4ewsh1.png?width=384&format=png&auto=webp&s=f298a6874fe388243d5c976cbb0f9336308eee49

What do you all suggest I do next? I am currently reading/listening to The Lost Metal and I'm like 3/4 of the way through!

Thanks for any suggestions! <3

A new reader and mistborn is my first read ever. I enjoyed book 1 and found it fun. A solid 7/10 and would recommend as a standalone

But good god book 2…. I’m not exaggerating when I say it broke my will to complete the trilogy. I pushed so hard but could only read 400 pages after which I felt dead inside, and completed the rest in a youtube mega summary by Daniel Green (don’t put me in jail please).

And I realized my main gripe with mistborn is that it felt like a YA. And here comes my question, does era 2 have the same feeling and characterization as era 1 ? or is it more mature ?

So after a long month of devouring this books, I have to give this 12/10!!!!

TWoK, has my heart but this book had me in edge from the first few chapters and much more iconic moments (for me of course)

Will be back after I finish Oathbringer!!!

(It takes me a month, because of work but hey without work, no book collection 🥹)

I was looking around for any audio versions of Firstborn. I saw some sites and posts mention an MP3/podcast, but they all link to the same webpage which just shows a 404 error. So, does anyone know where it can be found, or does anyone have the file itself downloaded and can share it? Much appreciated, thanks!

Edited to add: the SFFAudio post here does not work for me. When I press play, it says "Network Issue Couldn't load the audio files from the server. Maybe you don't have connectivity to the internet or the host is not available." which doesn't make sense. And the download button pops open a bar with another download button, which does nothing.