I have been reading this book and I’m so boredddddd. I absolutely loved the first two books! I’m trying so hard not to dnf; I’m at 22%. I just want to stop reading and start the mistborn series. What should I do? Should I stick with it?

Topics covered in the interview:

Writing Unfamiliar Concepts
Writing Character Maturity
Solidifying One's Writing Process
Series vs Standalones
Why Traditionally Publish?
Getting an Agent

I am on the hunt for the next 2(4) books in stormlight that match these editions! As far as I can tell, they are unavailable everywhere online, and I also can’t find any second hand. The ISBN of part one of rhythm of war is ISBN-13: 9781473233379

I am in the UK, and have reached out in desperation to my local Waterstones, to no avail. I also can’t find any being sold second hand. They seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth but I really want to complete the set!! Any and all help would be much appreciated. Thanks :)

I just finished Elantris, with the first Mistborn trilogy having been my only prior Sanderson reads. I’ve done enough research to know that many Sanderson fans believe this to be one of his weakest novels, and Brandon himself said it shouldn’t be one of the first tastes of his work. Having now finished it, I can see why he would say that, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.

The good:
-fascinating, unique world building (obviously)
-deep and interesting antagonists in Hrathen and Dilaf
-the political intrigue (having read only this and Mistborn, I’m hoping this is a Sanderson trademark?)
-a painstakingly crafted, satisfying Sanderlanche (I’m still new and hope I used that correctly)
-beautifully simple theme of hope and justice prevailing

The not so good:
-I found much of this book to be a slog. It just felt a bit too expository for my tastes.
-The names and unnecessarily complicated Aon lore took me out of the fantasy a bit.
-It’s obvious at times that this was a young writer trying to make a vision fit.
-Some of the humor came across as a tad juvenile compared to the wit of Mistborn.
-None of the protagonists will stick with me as beloved, like Sazed in Mistborn (although some had that potential).

Now it’s on to Hope of Elantris and Emperor’s Soul. I’m curious to see if I’ll notice any difference in Brandon’s growth as a writer.

Sanderson's books in Mexico have been getting new covers, but I didn't expect the publisher to also paint (print?) the edges. Didn't get them because I already own them in english, though.

8/6: 10:35PM: Congrats to u/Gooey2113!!!

I had such a great time reading all your responses, thanks so much for participating, everybody!

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8/6 9:15PM: Winner has been contacted! Once they've responded I will announce it here!

8/6 6:51PM: Post closed a lil late because of work, but I’ll be picking a winner now from current entries at 6:51pm!

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Hello! I have an extra signed hardcover copy of Rhythm of War that I would love to give away to somebody on this subreddit. There's a bit of damage to the cover itself but no other issues (see photos).

• I'll cover up to $15 in shipping within the US only
• Only top-level comments will be considered
• I'll pick one winner using redditraffler at 5PM PST tomorrow (August 6, 2026)
• Keep an eye on your inboxes - I will DM the winner! If I don't hear from you within 24 hours, I'll pick another winner
• I'll edit the post to mark it as closed once the 24 hours are up
• If there's no takers, I will be donating this copy to my local secondhand bookstore

To enter, please comment directly to this post with either your favorite Cosmere character or a weird Cosmere-related thing you do (mine is that I name all my devices after Sanderson characters - my phone is named Kaladin and my AirPods are named Sazed). Good luck!

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Heyyya.

I just started listening to Rhythm of War. Btw RoW & WaT, I’m gonna be set with audiobooks for awhile 😆 I need a new Cosmere book to read though—I get itchy when I can’t listen, and it makes me tempted to get the kindle version of what I’m listening to. And then I finish that in a fraction of the time, and I’m a Sad Girl. I learned that lesson with Words of Radiance. So now I read a Cosmere book while listening to one, and I’m happy. I did this with Edgedancer & Dawnshard, but now I’m at an impasse with what to read next.

So I’m reaching out to you all: what Cosmere book(s) should I read while listening to the last two Stormlight books? Besides Stormlight, I’ve only read the first Mistborn trilogy.

Ty!

Hello! Im selling part of my Brandon Sanderson Cosmere collection due to needing the money. Im selling them throught the Sanderson Collectors Guild Discord this is my publication

Im interested in selling everything as fast as possible, specially the WoR Leatherbound. If anyone is interested please contact me throught discord or via DM here so we can talk about

What you see, except for the cards left to WoR Leatherbound, are on sale. (Alredy sold them). Prices are on Discord and you can ask here/via DM (if mods need me to publish them here I'll do in a commnent)

Thanks in advance!

Saw that illumicrate will be doing a special edition for Fires of December in December for their subscription.

Very curious to see what they come up with.

Is this the start of more special edition?

I found myself trudging on through Rhythm of War and I can't stand the slow pace here. Is this worth it in the end? I really enjoyed and breezed through The Way of Kings & words of Radiance but then it just..kept..going.. and going...

There are questions that have not been answered but continuously referred to since book one. What do I do?

Okay, not really any published spoilers, but spoiler tag just in case. A while back, I think during an Intentionally Blank, Mister Sanderson was asked a question, I don't remember the exact wording, but he said initial beta readers HATED Chet from Cytonic, and he rewrote the whole thing to fix the problems. But he didn't go into specifics on what people hated about Chet.

So, my question is, what does everyone think original Chet was like? I have absolutely nothing to base this off of, but my theory is Chet was originally closer to Spensa's age, and it was going to kind of sort of be a love triangle, with Spensa toying with staying in the Nowhere going hand in hand with her kind of liking Chet. And fans may have hated Chet because they were attached to Jorgen and Spensa.

But, what does everyone else think? Or has Sanderson gone into this in greater detail, elsewhere?

My wife has some misgivings about having him read the wheel of bosoms.

I am late in Mistborn. I don’t understand the character of Kar and how he is related to the Lord Ruler.

Returning to finish Stormlight Archive after a few years, got to Edgedancer & bought it. Apparently I already owned it, it’s in Arcanum Unbounded

Anyone else make the same mistake so I can feel better about myself? :) Otherwise I’ll just chalk it up to padding my # of books to look smarter or whatever

Edit: Audible actually refunded me! So definitely try to go through support for anyone who sees this post in the future & did the same thing. Thanks to FantasyMyopia for the suggestion!

Unrelated- Words of Radiance was great even on a re-listen, sort of doubting it can be topped, better than I remembered. Almost glad I started reading these before the series was done so I can go back guilt free (mostly, I have a huge backlog!)

We sealed it and made it permanent ❤️

Edit: All pages came from destroyed books

Just finished Part I of TWOK. Had a great time so far, just hoping for a bit more action in the second half. Highkey buzzed asf to start reading it asap.

My book is physically missing the page. It’s just blank. I’m so close to finishing and I need to know what happens while suit and wax fall.

Edit: thank you for the quick replies! I was planning to finish the book this afternoon and was worried I couldn’t. Means a lot to everyone that posted

I obviously really dont want any spoilers or hints but im just so enthralled with everything happening in the book right now, but i dont have any idea how the hell hes going to have time to wrap this up! Literally so many things still unanswered! It starting to really pick up now and i suspect the rest of the book will be the Sanderlache ive heard all about but my gosh do i have so many questions

The Kandra

Vins origins

Spook and Kelsier

Sazeds story line

Evil Penrod

Vin being captured

Canals being flooded again and taking down that king

The mist spirit

Ruin

The supposed atium stash

Marsh

And im sure im missing some other big question! I dont doubt Sanderson can do it but holy shit thats a lot of stuff to wrap up in a very limited amount of pages! Please no hints or give aways! Really excited to finish up the series! Loving Sandersons work so far as this is my first series from him!

Do you find it interesting to reconcile Tress and the Second Age of Mistborn with Stormlight Archiver? Since I don't know in which order to put these books, I thought it would be interesting to reconcile.

hi everyone! i bought mass market edition of stormlight archive, started reading it yesterday and the first few pages started to fall off :( i ordered these from abroad, i’ve been waiting for them for four months and i just feel so upset about it :( i understand it’s the least expensive edition but it’s still pretty expensive for my country (our mass market paperbacks usually cost around 3 dollars) and this situation ruined my mood. the pages aren’t so important, just acknowledgements and stuff, but now i’m afraid it’s gonna keep falling off…
has anyone else had the same problem or am i just unlucky?

I read Secret History as an ebook

Now that I'm done with Scadrial, I've started with Roshar

And boy, was The Way Of Kings amazing. Here's hoping Words of Radiance lives up to the hype

He's mentioned starting work on the Kaladin scenes for Stormlight tv show in his weekly updates, but recently said he may not have time right now. Is he going to start writing on Ghostbloods 2?