Brandon Sanderson Community discussion

hey, it seems that mistborn and stormlight saga are almost everyones favorite , so i want to know your opinion about which book or saga is the best of Brandon Sanderson besides this two(i have only read mistborn trilogy)

I loved the Rithmatist, and the Calamity series is great, too.

Yes i loved The Rithmatist outside of mistborn and stormlight. i loved the first reckoners (actually the first book book of Sanderson read) but the other two are good but not so much, the second one is a little slow and the last one is too harsh in the ending... actually when i finished the mistborn trilogy i read right after it the alloy of law (new mistborn trilogy) and that's great too, you'll love the reference to the old ones. And of course when you can you HAVE TO read stormlight, i know that they're huge but totally worth it.

I loved Warbreaker

I really enjoyed Elantris- it's both shorter in the sense that it's a standalone, but it still had very distinctive and memorable world and characters.

Elantris and Steelheart

Thanks!

I enjoyed reading Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians with my school aged children.

The Emperor's Soul is great!

The Reckoners series is great!
It's super heroes, done differently. Way different. I'm in love with the world, the characters.

I enjoyed Warbreaker the most after SA. Then it’s probably a tie between Rithmatist and Elantris. Oh, but legion was so good too!

I love the Wax and Wayne stories.

Gosh, that's a tough question. All of his works have something cool and different to offer. I really like all of his works for different reasons.

Warbreaker for the reversals, magic, world.

Wax and Wayne for the evolution of the magic, culture, and technology of the Mistborn world. Wayne is also very funny.

Emperor's Soul is just such a great and tightly written shorter story from Brandon.

Non-cosmere-wise I'd probably go with the Reckoners. It does some cool stuff with superheroes.

Oathbringer

I really liked Warbreaker, but Alcatraz is my favourite.

I really enjoy all of Sanderson’s works, but other than Mistborn and Stormlight I would say it would either be Rithmatist, Legion, or Emperors’ Soul.

I really loved Legion even though some people didn't like it. I still need to read more of Sanderson's other stand-alone books.

Legion was one of those few books that made me cry at the end. :b

I also loved rithmatist
soo goood

The Rithmatist -- my very first Sanderson.

I absolutely love Steelheart!

I’d say steelheart. It’s the first ever book of sanderson i’ve read 6 years ago. Now I’m addicted

I think Warbreaker would contend.

Pippa wrote: "I absolutely love Steelheart!"

Me too. It's perfect.

I really enjoyed Legion. It was so different from all the Cosmere books.

Audrey wrote: "Pippa wrote: "I absolutely love Steelheart!"

Me too. It's perfect."

I know!!!! I can't stop rereading it!

I would say Skyward, definitely. That was my first Sanderson book, and it holds a special place in my heart. I read this with someone else and we loved it! So many laughs.

Savy wrote: "I would say Skyward, definitely. That was my first Sanderson book, and it holds a special place in my heart. I read this with someone else and we loved it! So many laughs.\ Yeah Shyward is amazing!!!

*Skyward*

My favorite often ends up being the one I'm currently reading.

The Skyward Series!!! And the Reckoners series! I loved them both! I still re-read them to this day.

One lone vote for "The Rithmatist," which I thought was wildly inventive and thoroughly enjoyable.

Dorothy wrote: "One lone vote for "The Rithmatist," which I thought was wildly inventive and thoroughly enjoyable."

My favorite for sure.

Audrey wrote: "Pippa wrote: "This is my first time hearing of the Rithmatist! I can't wait to read it!"

The only drawback is there isn't a sequel yet. It works pretty well as a standalone, yet there are a couple..."

Waiting for a sequel is such a pain! ToT

Pippa wrote: "This is my first time hearing of the Rithmatist! I can't wait to read it!"

The only drawback is there isn't a sequel yet. It works pretty well as a standalone, yet there are a couple big questions left. But it's awesome.

The Skyward series had me gripped. It's perhaps his best non-cosmere work.

Haley wrote: "I really loved Legion even though some people didn't like it. I still need to read more of Sanderson's other stand-alone books.

Legion was one of those few books that made me cry at the end. :b
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It really got me too, it was a very poetic ending.

Legion is probably my favourite outside those too. Had fun reading Alcatraz with my kids but the quality is mixed with that series.

Legion is so great, very under-appreciated.

This year it has to be Tress and the Emerald Sea. I absolutely fell in love with the narration.

Definitely Warbreaker. Even though I loved the secret projects for their narrative styles, Warbreaker is just. so. good.

Clara wrote: "Definitely Warbreaker. Even though I loved the secret projects for their narrative styles, Warbreaker is just. so. good."

Agreed! Can't wait for the (hopefully) sequel.

I feel like the Warbreaker sequel might never be written but also whatever I'm still going to be excited. I'll just live in denial it's fine.

Warbreaker🥹💖

I really loved Tress of the Emerald Sea and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter!

Sunlit Man

Warbreaker comes close. But Tress was almost perfect.

Skyward

Warbreaker: it took my breath away.

HA HA HA, I'll see myself out.

I would have to say Tress as it pretty much became my new favorite book of all time when I read it.

Audrey wrote: "Warbreaker: it took my breath away.

HA HA HA, I'll see myself out."

No, it's funny! We love these kind of jokes here.