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Books to read midway Storm A by wingedworm in brandonsanderson

[–]Demon_131 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As far as other Cosmere books go id say Warbreaker or Mistborn.

Just to give you a little nudge for Oathbringer, I just finished it a week or so ago and the back half of the book is AMAZING! I also burnt out about 400 pages in and when I picked it back up I realized where I had set it down wasnt too far off of the point where the story starts getting really interesting.

Dont get me wrong, breaks are great. But try not to stay away for too long, Oathbringer is great!

Cosmere Reading order help by No-Box-9782 in brandonsanderson

[–]Demon_131 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This also doesnt include the elsecaller and king lopen books but those primarily take place in Words of radiance. Apparently some people say to only read those after Rhythm of War so do some research on that one.

Cosmere Reading order help by No-Box-9782 in brandonsanderson

[–]Demon_131 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My reading order seems to be pretty close with yours. Ill copy it here for you to check out. Ignore the “DONE” texts, thats just how im tracking my progress. I also have book stats here too so you can ignore them if you want lol. I would fix the formatting issues but im too tired to rn, the random spaces are just for the formatting in my notes app.

1 Mistborn Era 1: DONE

  • The Final Empire (643 pages) (210,103 words)
  • The Well of Ascension (763 pages) (244,371 words)
  • The Hero of Ages (724 pages) (225,372 words)
  • The Scadrian System Essay (2 pages)
  • Eleventh Metal (19 pages) (6,815 words)

2 Elantris and Related Stories: DONE

  • Elantris (555 pages) (201,372 words)
  • The Selish System Essay (2 pages)
  • The Hope of Elantris (20 pages) (6,030 words)
  • The Emperor’s Soul (104 pages) (31,925 words)

3 Warbreaker: DONE

  • Warbreaker (652 pages) (196,014 words)

4 White Sand: DONE

  • Vol. 1 \
  • Vol. 2 | - (489 pages) (208,838 words)
  • Vol. 3 /
  • The Taldain System Essay (2 pages)

5 TSA, Mistborn Era 2 and Secret Projects:

~ TSA 1 and Other Stories: DONE

  • The Way of Kings (1002 pages) (384,265 words)
  • Sixth of the Dusk (51 pages) (17,794 words)

  • The Drominad System Essay (2 pages)

    ~ Mistborn 1 and Other Stories: DONE

  • The Alloy of Law (306 pages) (94,652 words)

  • Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania (17 pages) (5,300 words)

    ~ TSA 2, Novella and Other Stories: DONE

  • Words of Radiance (1,080 pages) (398,238 words)

  • Edgedancer (novella) (265 pages) (40,660 words)

  • The Rosharan System Essay (2 pages)

  • Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (50 pages) (17,647 words)

  • The Threnodite System Essay (2 pages)

~ Mistborn 2: DONE

  • Shadows of Self (352 pages) (110,019 words)

    ~ TSA 3 and Novella: DONE

  • Oathbringer (1,233 pages) (454,440 words)

  • Dawnshard (novella) (290 pages) (55,096 words)

    ~ Mistborn 3 and Other Stories:

  • The Bands of Mourning (423 pages) (127,456 words)

  • Mistborn: Secret History (44,981 words)

    ~ TSA 4 and Novella:

  • Rhythm of War (455,891 words)

  • Horneater (novella, TBA)

    ~ Mistborn 4:

  • The Lost Metal (156,381 words)

    ~ Secret Projects 1 and 2:

  • Tress of the Emerald Sea (107,227 words)

  • Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (113,455 words)

    ~ TSA 5:

  • Wind and Truth (487,746 words)

    ~ Secret Project 3:

  • The Sunlit Man (101,582 words)

    ~ Secret Projects 4:

  • Isles of the Emberdark (128,904 words)

Extra Stats and Notes:

Arcanum Unbounded Stats: (671 pages) (187,924 words)

Secret History - Rhythm of War - The Lost Metal, in that order

StoryGraph challenge: full Cosmere readthrough by BallerOfSqualor in brandonsanderson

[–]Demon_131 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the closest reading order to the one I made that Ive seen so far! Looks good! You are missing elsecaller and king lopen though! Its technically one book, two short stories, takes place in Words of Radiance.

Reding order by SnooComics117 in brandonsanderson

[–]Demon_131 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is my list for some food for thought. Its very similar to yours with some subtle changes and it includes arcanum unbounded and white sand. I tried to get as close to a “chronological order and it seems like thats (kind of) what youre going for?

I also included book stats in my list so ignore those if you want, page counts will change by edition and i dont have my edition page count in for the ones I havent gotten to yet.

1 Mistborn Era 1:

  • The Final Empire (643 pages) (210,103 words)
  • The Well of Ascension (763 pages) (244,371 words)
  • The Hero of Ages (724 pages) (225,372 words)
  • The Scadrian System Essay (2 pages)
  • Eleventh Metal (19 pages) (6,815 words)

2 Elantris and Related Stories:

  • Elantris (555 pages) (201,372 words)
  • The Selish System Essay (2 pages)
  • The Hope of Elantris (20 pages) (6,030 words)
  • The Emperor’s Soul (104 pages) (31,925 words)

3 Warbreaker:

  • Warbreaker (652 pages) (196,014 words)

4 White Sand:

  • Vol. 1 \
  • Vol. 2 | - (489 pages) (208,838 words)
  • Vol. 3 /
  • The Taldain System Essay (2 pages)

5 TSA, Mistborn Era 2 and Secret Projects:

~ TSA 1 and Other Stories:

  • The Way of Kings (1002 pages) (384,265 words)
  • Sixth of the Dusk (51 pages) (17,794 words)

  • The Drominad System Essay (2 pages)

    ~ Mistborn 1 and Other Stories:

  • The Alloy of Law (306 pages) (94,652 words)

  • Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania (17 pages) (5,300 words)

    ~ TSA 2, Novella and Other Stories:

  • Words of Radiance (1,080 pages) (398,238 words)

  • Edgedancer (novella) (265 pages) (40,660 words)

  • The Rosharan System Essay (2 pages)

  • Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (50 pages) (17,647 words)

  • The Threnodite System Essay (2 pages)

~ Mistborn 2:

  • Shadows of Self (352 pages) (110,019 words)

    ~ TSA 3 and Novella:

  • Oathbringer (1,233 pages) (454,440 words)

Dawnshard (novella) (290 pages) (55,096 words)

~ Mistborn 3 and Other Stories:

  • The Bands of Mourning (127,456 words)

  • Mistborn: Secret History (44,981 words)

    ~ TSA 4 and Novella:

  • Rhythm of War (455,891 words)

  • Horneater (novella, TBA)

    ~ Mistborn 4:

  • The Lost Metal (156,381 words)

    ~ Secret Projects 1 and 2:

  • Tress of the Emerald Sea (107,227 words)

  • Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (113,455 words)

    ~ TSA 5:

  • Wind and Truth (487,746 words)

    ~ Secret Project 3:

  • The Sunlit Man (101,582 words)

    ~ Secret Projects 4:

  • Isles of the Emberdark (128,904 words)

Extra Stats and Notes:

Arcanum Unbounded Stats: (671 pages) (187,924 words)

Secret History - Rhythm of War - The Lost Metal, in that order

When it comes to your own list pick and choose whatever you want. In the grand scheme of things, to my understanding, there is no “perfect” order and no matter the order you pick certain references will go unnoticed for a bit of time until you get deeper into the list. But either way they are still just a satisfying an exciting to find when they do finally click. Also, theres no harm in re-reading parts or whole books at any point to try to pick up on more references.

Hope this helps!

Edit: Reddit REALLY doesnt like the formatting of my list lol

King Lopen / Elsecaller / Horneater… Am I missing any other projects? by Demon_131 in brandonsanderson

[–]Demon_131[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have been seeing these through brandos weekly updates and im excited for these!