Recs if you like The Alloy of Law...

I've noticed most fantasy lists are saturated with YA and romantasy books, but some of us crave adult high-stakes adventures. If you enjoy epic stakes, deep characters, and majestic world-building (without the distraction of romance) this list is for you. For series, I've only added the first book. 📖

There are a lot of suggested Cosmere Reading orders, but I really wanted to read in the order that Sanderson himself suggested. He has a video he released on YouTube with a suggested reading order for his books, so I put together a list that reflects what he posted in that video. The short stories that aren't tied to any particular series are sprinkled in between some of the larger reads like the Stormlight Books. If you have suggestions on how to order said short stories, i'm open to move them around, but please be kind and understand that this entire thing is going to be subjective. Even Sanderson's video was loose in its suggestions, like he didn't want to dictate what his readers pick up. That said, here's the list!

This list includes books featuring neurodivergent “coded” characters that were either written before neurodivergence was understood or take place in fantasy worlds where it might not be described in the same way. Historical fiction also welcome!

This list is open for recommendations! Please focus on stories whose characters are not explicitly neurodivergent for one of the above reasons. Most of these books were recommended by readers on Pagebound, and thus I have not read them all.

30 of the best epic high fantasy books with the highest stakes, featuring richly detailed worlds, intricate magic systems, and immersive storytelling.

Cosmere Reading List by Publication Order

Short stories and novellas may overlap with Arcanum Unbounded.

If you’re planning to read White Sands go for the Omnibus version instead of the single volumes.

A blend of traditional frontier tales with horror, fantasy, and/or science fiction elements

Brandon Sanderson universe ~ Cosmere 🌑

For people who are history buffs and fantasy nerds here is a list of fantasy books through the ages

Collection of Cosmere works. Note: Arcanum Unbounded collects many of the novellas and short stories into a single collection.

My Cosmere reading order!! There’s so many reading orders out there but this is mine for my first read through ☺️ and trust me i’m planning to reread them many more times in different orders hehe

there’s no right or wrong order for entering the Cosmere!!

a lot of the short stories/ novellas are found in arcanum unbounded!!

Just trying to make my way through Brandon's work!

Books where you definitely missed something the first time or two around.

(Completo)

This list is for anyone who wants to start reading the 'Mistborn' saga (which is part of the Cosmere Universe) in order, and doesn't know where to begin 😁

NOTE: You have to go all the way down the list, and that's the begging). Also, ‘Arcanum Unbounded’ has some short stories that happen throughout the whole saga (that’s why there are some stories than are only a few pages long), the ones that aren’t mentioned in the list…can be read whenever you want.

For those who are jumping in this year into the Brandon Sanderson Mistborn trilogy and wax and wayne quartet.