The Cognitive Realm
A recommended reading order for Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere:
| Book | Type | World | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elantris | novel | Sel | Elantris |
| Hope of Elantris | short story | Sel | Elantris |
| The Emperor's Soul | novella | Sel | Elantris |
| The Eleventh Metal | short story | Scadrial | Mistborn |
| Mistborn: The Final Empire | novel | Scadrial | Mistborn |
| The Well of Ascension | novel | Scadrial | Mistborn |
| The Hero of Ages | novel | Scadrial | Mistborn |
| Warbreaker | novel | Nalthis | Warbreaker |
| Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell | short story | Threnody | Standalone |
| Sixth of the Dusk | short story | First of the Sun | Standalone |
| The Alloy of Law | novel | Scadrial | Wax & Wayne |
| Shadows of Self | novel | Scadrial | Wax & Wayne |
| The Bands of Mourning | novel | Scadrial | Wax & Wayne |
| Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania | short story | Scadrial | Wax & Wayne |
| Mistborn: Secret History | novella | Scadrial | Mistborn |
| White Sand #1 | graphic novel | Taldain | White Sand |
| White Sand #2 | graphic novel | Taldain | White Sand |
| White Sand #3 | graphic novel | Taldain | White Sand |
| The Way of Kings | epic novel | Roshar | The Stormlight Archive |
| Words of Radiance | epic novel | Roshar | The Stormlight Archive |
| Edgedancer | novella | Roshar | The Stormlight Archive |
| Oathbringer | epic novel | Roshar | The Stormlight Archive |
| Dawnshard | novella | Roshar | The Stormlight Archive |
| Rhythm of War | epic novel | Roshar | The Stormlight Archive |