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This page lists all of Brandon Sanderson's works, written or unwritten, that have not been published. Some of these are written novels that have been "trunked", some of which have been re-written or cannibalized from. Some are ideas Brandon has talked about briefly but it is unknown if they will ever actually be written. The remainder are forthcoming works that, while unwritten, will come out eventually.

A list of those works that have been published can be found in the Bibliography article.

Forthcoming Works

Cosmere Works

Kickstarter Secret Projects
As part of the record-breaking 2022 Kickstarter campaign, Secret Project One, Secret Project Three, and Secret Project Four were announced as cosmere novels. They are scheduled for publication in 2023. In the interest of spoiler avoidance, these are not categorized here; please visit the individual article pages for more information.
The Stormlight Archive
Book 5
Book 5 will end the first arc and feature flashbacks from Szeth.[1] It was tentatively titled Stones Unhallowed, but will almost certainly be changed, likely to make the initialisms for the first five books symmetrical, rather like a ketek.[2]
Books 6-10
Book 6 will feature flashbacks from Lift, Book 7 from Renarin, Book 8 from Ash, Book 9 from Taln, and Book 10 from Jasnah.[3] They will not be written until after the Mistborn Era 3 trilogy.[4]
Horneater
The tentative title of a novella about Lunamor, the Unkalaki also known as Rock.[5] It is set post-Oathbringer, involving him returning to his homeland.[6] It is currently planned to be written between Rhythm of War and Stormlight 5.[7]
Untitled Lopen novella
A novella about Lopen, the Herdazian from Bridge Four, set between The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance.[6]
Mistborn
Mistborn Era 3 trilogy
Takes place in an urban setting with a 1980s technology level and is like a Cold War era spy thriller. To be written between Stormlight 5 and Stormlight 6.[8][9]
Mistborn Era 4 trilogy
A space opera, with interplanetary travel. Sanderson has confirmed Hoid to be a main character in this Era.[10] The 1980s trilogy and the space trilogy are "cornerstones" of the Mistborn story and will have wide-ranging consequences in the cosmere.[11][12] He anticipates the novels in Era 4 to go Stormlight length.[13]
Boatload of Mummies
Isaac Stewart is working on a story featuring Nicki Savage; he previously wrote her stories in the Elendel broadsheets. He describes it as "an adventurous woman with erratic magical powers travels with an expedition to an island to find a legendary book with the power to raise an undead army."[14] Brandon helped with the outline, but it would be the first full-length cosmere work primarily written by another author.[15] It is intended to be a novella,[16] as of early 2022 it is still being written and turning out longer than expected.[14][17]
Elantris trilogy 2-3
Takes place ten years later with an all new cast.[18][19] Need to be written before the third, 1980s-esque, Mistborn trilogy. and likely to be written between Stormlight 5 and 6.[20][21][22]
Elantris sequel
Follows Kaise, Daorn, and Adien as ambassadors to Fjorden.[18][19]
Elantris finale
Nightblood
Sequel to Warbreaker.[23] Although Brandon does not necessarily like to write prequels,[24] he has mentioned that the backstory of several Nalthian characters could be explored in the book;[25][26] he considers this an exception due to the circumstances around the writing and release of Warbreaker,[27] and may also introduce new characters.[28][29] Will be written sometime after Stormlight 5, possibly after Stormlight 6; Mistborn Era 3 and Elantris sequels are likely to come first.[30][31][23]
Dragonsteel
A series of books that will only be written after the Stormlight Archive is completed.[32] The number of installments has changed over time but it was most recently stated to be three books.[33]
The Liar of Partinel/The Lightweaver of Rens
Hoid's origin story.[34] They are likely to be folded into the Dragonsteel sequence, as the series needs to be almost entirely reworked.[35][34]
Aether of Night
A rewrite of Brandon's tenth novel, as various elements of the original were cannibalized for other works (such as Decay becoming Ruin). No longer is trunked.[36] Brandon has said this will be drastically different from the unpublished novel and will only retain the location in the cosmere and the magic system.[37] Brandon is still unsure when he will fit this story into the overall cosmere timeline, but it is planned to be three novels.[38]
The Night Brigade
A novel set on Threnody has been part of Brandon's plan for the cosmere since before he was published. Originally planned to be the story of the people who fled to the Forests of Hell after the Evil destroyed their Homeland. He has recently considered changing the story to that of an expedition being sent back to the Homeland.[39] A tentative title was thought to be The Dust Brigade, but in reality it was The Dusk Brigade. Brandon later changed the title to The Night Brigade because a character named Dusk already exists in the cosmere.[40] It would be darker than other cosmere works[41] and have some relation to Silverlight.[42] It is not considered a core cosmere book and could be cut if Brandon does not have time to write it.[43][25] It will feature a cosmere group that Brandon wants mentioned before the cosmere sequence ends.[44]
Untitled Silverlight story
A novella set in Silverlight.[39] Would need to follow the Threnody novel, if it is written.[42]
Untitled Sixth of the Dusk sequel
A novella[45] with a planned setting in the Cognitive Realm.[46] Brandon read an excerpt for the Rhythm of War virtual release party.[47]
The Silence Divine
A novella set on Ashyn in the Rosharan system, where diseases grant magical abilities.[48] At one point, it was likely to be renamed, as Brandon had recently written another novella with "Silence" in the title, though it has been several years since then.[49] Unlikely to be written anytime soon, as Brandon needs to research more about immunology and has limited time.[50]
White Sand omnibus
An omnibus collection of the first three White Sand graphic novels is in the works.[51] It will include a new 30+ page prologue written by Isaac Stewart[52] with art by Nabetse Zitro.[51] There will be other revisions to better align the story with overall cosmere continuity.[53]
Unannounced novel
An unannounced cosmere Novel projected at 200k-300k words, set in the future of the cosmere. It is distinct from the 2023 Kickstarter secret projects, and is "perhaps more beastly and epic" than his other side projects.[54][55]

Non-cosmere Works

Secret Project Two
One of the four novels from the 2022 Kickstarter campaign is a non-cosmere work scheduled for publication in April 2023.
Cytoverse works
Defiant
The fourth novel in the Skyward series and the finale of Spensa's arc,[56] Brandon began writing the first draft on November 1, 2021[57] and intends to publish it in 2023.[51]
Super Awesome Danger
A middle grade story written in secret with the help of his sons, Brandon envisions it as a graphic novel.[58]
The Reckoners sequels
Lux (prose)
The audio original was released in 2021, and a print version is coming at some point in the future.[59]
The Original (prose)
A prose version of the audio original is expected after the exclusivity period with the audio publisher ends.[51]
Legion audio dramas
Brandon always envisioned Legion as a TV series; because that has not happened yet, he is instead developing a series of audio dramas. The showrunner is his partner in Mainframe, Max Epstein.[51] The first of these audio dramas is titled Stephen Leeds: Death & Faxes.[60]
Dark One sequels
Two sequel graphic novels are planned, as well as a possible TV show and two audio originals.[61][62][51] The audio originals are titled Dark One: Forgotten and Dark One: Prophetic Histories.[60] The graphic novels may also be released in prose form.[51]
The Apocalypse Guard
A follow-up of The Reckoners for Random House. It was originally set in the Reckoners universe[63] and even had the potential to cross over into the Cytoverse,[64] but the current setting is unknown. Features a team that goes to alternate universes to prevent world-ending events.[65] Planned as a trilogy, initial attempts at writing the first installment "did not work".[37] Brandon attempted a somewhat unusual collaboration with author Dan Wells to try and fix the project.[66][67] The collaboration progressed with additional revisions and "[got] weirder".[68] After the revisions, neither Brandon nor Dan was totally satisfied and the project was shelved.[69] It has not been abandoned, and Brandon plans to work on it after Skyward 4.[51]
Songs of the Dead, formerly Death By Pizza
A novel originally featuring a necromancer pizza deliveryman.[70] Was on hiatus for years.[37] Progress is now being made, but the main character's job has been changed to heavy metal singer.[71] Brandon decided to collaborate with Peter Orullian due to his knowledge of heavy metal culture.[68] A draft was completed in 2018.[68] It was further revised in 2019 and 2020; it is not quite completed, but is expected to be published in the next few years.[38][51]
The Rithmatist sequels
Two sequels are planned, tentatively titled The Aztlanian[70][9] and The Nebraskian.[72] Writing a sequel to The Rithmatist has proved to be difficult.[20] Brandon still intends to wrap the series up, but has various other projects that will be worked on first.[68][51]
Adamant
Formerly titled The Lurker.[9] Planned as a sequence of six novellas, two of which will be written by other authors. Brandon wants to wait until all four of his novellas are written before finding co-authors. Only one episode has been written, but he has had a breakthrough in some visuals and worldbuilding. The second novella could be written at any time.[39] There was some consideration of a shared universe with Skyward, but this is not likely.[73] It remains in limbo due to other projects taking precedence.[38]

Potential Works

These are projects that Brandon has mentioned as possibilities but there are no firm plans in place.

Cosmere Works

Cosmere world guide
A potential illustrated companion for the cosmere novels. It would not happen before Stormlight 5. It has not progressed past the idea stage because Brandon has concerns about the amount of effort that would be needed in order to meet fan expectations for the artwork.[74]
Mistborn
1940's Mistborn
Potentially more short adventures set before Era 3.[9] Could be a novella.[75]
Near-future Cyberpunk Mistborn
Potentially more adventures set between Era 3 and 4.[76] It is not a cornerstone of the overall Mistborn story, and could be done as a novella or not at all.[75][11]
Mistborn: Secret History 2
Brandon has mentioned a potential sequel to Secret History on several occasions, potentially including flashbacks and additional backstory related to both Era 1 and Era 2.[77][78] However, he has explicitly stated that it is a low priority compared to other cosmere works and may never be written,[79][80] especially since the first Secret History took nearly a decade to write and Brandon considers this type of side project "self-indulgent". Kelsier is planned to be involved in Mistborn Era 3, which increases the likelihood of another Secret History when Brandon gets to that point.[81]
Parallel Mistborn novel from Hoid's perspective
Like Back to the Future Part II.[82] Last mentioned as of 2018.[83]
White Sand
Prose rewrite
There may be a rewrite of the original prose version of White Sand that would better match the events of the first three graphic novels.[51]
Second Set of White Sand graphic novels
These would be set on the Darkside of Taldain, and would also be a trilogy. They would not, however, be prose.[84]
Kingmaker
a young adult novel set on First of the Sun. It would not feature Dusk.[51] Brandon read from the first draft at the Cytonic release event in November, 2021.
Untitled The Emperor's Soul sequel
a story set in the Rose Empire on Sel.[51] Initial plans were for a story not centered around Wan ShaiLu[85] except perhaps a cameo role.[86] However, Brandon later came up with a story idea for Shai that is more of a direct sequel.[87]
YA book set in a minor cosmere planet
It would follow one of Hoid's apprentices, set in the future of the cosmere (between era 3 and 4) stranded on a minor cosmere planet and trying to figure out their kite-based magic system.[88][89][51]
Additional Cosmere stories by Isaac Stewart
Brandon was originally resistant to collaborating on cosmere stories,[90] but has since noted that Isaac is the only person he would trust to work in the shared universe and do it justice.[91][15] Isaac now has a "blank slate" to develop cosmere works.[92] The first of these potential projects is Boatload of Mummies, but other ideas have been mentioned, including a story titled Son of Bones and set on Scadrial[93] (possibly on the southern continent),[90] The Arcanist featuring Khriss,[52] and a story set on Threnody.[15]
Cosmere picture books
Based on cosmere folk tales such as "The Dog and the Dragon" and "The Girl who Looked Up".[51]

Non-Cosmere Works

Additional Cytoverse works
Untitled sequels
Brandon is working with Janci Patterson and Darci Cole to develop new stories in the Cytoverse following the Skyward series.[56]
The Eyes
A short story set in the Cytoverse; it is a space opera inspired by Fermi's paradox.[39] A draft was made available in an early Patreon campaign.[94] Brandon quickly decided that the lore was not working well and shelved it. He repurposed an idea from the story about "living" power sources into the taynix.[95] A tweaked version of the story could still take place in Cytoverse continuity and Brandon has not ruled out rewriting it.[96]
Additional The Reckoners works
Brandon has some general ideas for a standalone Mizzy book, but nothing concrete.[39][20]
I Hate Dragons
After Brandon made a short story of the same name available for free on his website, as well as 4 chapters of a more fleshed-out version, he created an outline for a full book, which hasn't been further realised, yet.[55]
Zeek Harbinger, Destroyer of Worlds
Middle grade sci-fi humor, potentially a follow-up to the Alcatraz series.[97] About a young man who whenever he visits a planet, the planet blows up shortly after for various reasons (such as a nuclear catastrophe). Each book would be set on a different world and tell the story of how it blows up.[98]
Mulholland Homebrew's Sinister Shop of Secret Pets
Middle grade/YA humor, about a girl who accidentally apprentices herself to a guy who runs a fantasy pet shop.[98] First mentioned in 2012, Brandon is still interested in the story as of 2022, but it's more likely to be adapted in a different format, if at all.[99]
Non-cosmere picture books
Brandon is currently shopping a non-cosmere picture book. He would prefer to gain some experience in this area before publishing a cosmere picture book.[51]

"Trunked" Works

These are works that are unlikely to ever be published either because elements have been co-opted for use in other books (as with Mythwalker and Aether of Night) or because the book has been re-written from scratch (as with White Sand Prime and The Way of Kings Prime).

White Sand Prime
Brandon's first novel, later re-written as White Sand (prose).[97]
Star's End
Brandon's second novel, a short alien-relations/sci-fi story.[97]
Lord Mastrell
Brandon's third novel, a sequel to White Sand Prime.[97]
Knight Life
Brandon's fourth novel, a fantasy comedy.[97]
The Sixth Incarnation of Pandora
Brandon's fifth novel, a far future sci-fi involving immortal warriors[100]
Dragonsteel Prime
Brandon's seventh novel, served as his Master's thesis. Will be rewritten for the main cosmere sequence.
White Sand (prose)
Brandon's eighth novel, a complete rewrite of the first. This later served as the basis for his graphic novels.
Mythwalker
Brandon's ninth novel, a book that included the characters Vivenna and Siri [101]
Mistborn Prime
Brandon's eleventh novel, elements were later combined with Final Empire Prime for Mistborn: The Final Empire.
Final Empire Prime
Brandon's twelfth novel, elements were later combined with Mistborn Prime for Mistborn: The Final Empire.
The Way of Kings Prime
Brandon's thirteenth novel, later re-written as The Way of Kings. This is being published as part of the Way of Kings 10th edition Kickstarter in hardcover form and is available as an ebook for free on Brandon's website.
The King's Necromancer
An early draft was partially completed in 2010.[102] Elements of the magic system were later incorporated into the project that became Songs of the Dead. The text of the original draft has been completely discarded, and there has not been any indication that it is still in the works.[103]

Notes

  1. ↑ Skyward release party
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-06#
  2. ↑ General Reddit 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-11-15#
  3. ↑ Skyward Houston signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-19#
  4. ↑ The Great American Read: Other Worlds with Brandon Sanderson
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-25#
  5. ↑ State of the Sanderson 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-12-19#
  6. ↑ a b General Reddit 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-05-28#
  7. ↑ General Reddit 2020
    — Arcanum - 2020-03-21#
  8. ↑ Another Long and Rambling Post™ on Future Books
    — Brandon's website - Oct 12th, 2010#
  9. ↑ a b c d State of the Sanderson 2014
    — Brandon's website - 2014-12-18#
  10. ↑ Alloy of Law release party
    — Arcanum - 2011-11-07#
  11. ↑ a b Travis Gafford Interview
    — Arcanum - 2020-11-12#
  12. ↑ Calamity Seattle signing
    — Arcanum - 2016-02-17#
  13. ↑ General Reddit 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-12-10#
  14. ↑ a b General Reddit 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-12-01#
  15. ↑ a b c YouTube Livestream 39
    — Arcanum - 2022-02-01#
  16. ↑ Mini-Con 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-11-22#
  17. ↑ YouTube Livestream 39
    — Arcanum - 2022-02-01#
  18. ↑ a b Phoenix Comicon 2013
    — Arcanum - 2013-05-24#
  19. ↑ a b Berlin signing
    — Arcanum - 2019-05-14#
  20. ↑ a b c The Great American Read: Other Worlds with Brandon Sanderson
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-25#
  21. ↑ State of the Sanderson 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-12-18#
  22. ↑ Arched Doorway Interview
    — Arcanum - 2015-09-04#
  23. ↑ a b State of the Sanderson 2014
    — Arcanum - 2014-12-18#
  24. ↑ Goodreads Fantasy Book Discussion Warbreaker Q&A
    — Arcanum - 2010-01-18#
  25. ↑ a b Skyward Seattle signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-10#
  26. ↑ FanX Spring 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-04-19#
  27. ↑ Rhythm of War Preview Q&As
    — Arcanum - 2020-10-01#
  28. ↑ Oathbringer Portland signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-11-16#
  29. ↑ White Sand vol.1 release party
    — Arcanum - 2016-06-28#
  30. ↑ State of the Sanderson 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-12-19#
  31. ↑ Skyward Houston signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-19#
  32. ↑ Idaho Falls signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-12-29#
  33. ↑ FanX 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-09-06#
  34. ↑ a b Hal-Con 2012
    — Arcanum - 2012-10-30#
  35. ↑ General Reddit 2016
    — Arcanum - 2016-12-21#
  36. ↑ State of the Sanderson 2015
    — Brandon's website - 2015-12-18#
  37. ↑ a b c State of the Sanderson 2017
    — Brandon's website - 2017-12-18#
  38. ↑ a b c State of the Sanderson 2019
    — Brandon's website - 2019-12-19#
  39. ↑ a b c d e State of the Sanderson 2016
    — Brandon's website - 2016-12-18#
  40. ↑ Secret Project #4 Reveal and Livestream
    — Arcanum - 2022-03-29#
  41. ↑ Skyward Pre-Release AMA
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-12#
  42. ↑ a b General Reddit 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-05-28#
  43. ↑ YouTube Livestream 9
    — Arcanum - 2020-05-28#
  44. ↑ FanX Spring 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-04-19#
  45. ↑ Stormlight Book Four Update #4
    — Reddit - 2019-06-20#
  46. ↑ Miscellaneous 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-12-19#
  47. ↑ RoW Release Party
    — Arcanum - 2020-11-17#
  48. ↑ State of the Sanderson 2017
    — Arcanum - 2017-12-19#
  49. ↑ /r/books AMA 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-03-13#
  50. ↑ General Twitter 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-04-12#
  51. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p State of the Sanderson 2020
    — Brandon's website - 2020-12-18#
  52. ↑ a b Dark One Q&A
    — Arcanum - 2020-07-02#
  53. ↑ General Reddit 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-11-02#
  54. ↑ Secret Project #2 Reveal and Livestream
    — Arcanum - 2022-03-15#
  55. ↑ a b YouTube Livestream 22
    — Arcanum - 2020-11-12#
  56. ↑ a b State of the Sanderson 2021
    — Brandon's website - 2021-12-20#
  57. ↑ SandoWriMo + Weekly Update
    — Brandon's website - 2021-11-01#
  58. ↑ Secret Project Kickstarter Reveal and Livestream
    — Arcanum - 2022-03-01#
  59. ↑ Peter Ahlstrom on Twitter
    — Twitter - 2021-06-24#
  60. ↑ a b JABberwocky Catalog & Rights Guide
    — awfulagent.com - 2021-06-14#
  61. ↑ General Reddit 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-08-02#
  62. ↑ Comments on TV series and audio originals
    — Reddit - 2020-6-22#
  63. ↑ Brandon's Blog 2016
    — Arcanum - 2016-03-03#
  64. ↑ LTUE 2020
    — Arcanum - 2020-02-15#
  65. ↑ Brandon's The Apocalypse Guard announcement
    — Brandon's website - Mar 3rd, 2016#
  66. ↑ Orem signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-03-10#
  67. ↑ Skyward Pre-Release AMA
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-04#
  68. ↑ a b c d State of the Sanderson 2018
    — Brandon's website - 2018-12-18#
  69. ↑ General Reddit 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-10-28#
  70. ↑ a b State of the Sanderson 2013
    — Brandon's website - 2013-07-24#
  71. ↑ Skyward Denver signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-15#
  72. ↑ Holiday signing
    — Arcanum - 2015-12-12#
  73. ↑ Skyward Pre-Release AMA
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-04#
  74. ↑ YouTube Livestream 16
    — Arcanum - 2020-08-20#
  75. ↑ a b General Reddit 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-12-10#
  76. ↑ Salt Lake City Comic-Con 2014
    — Arcanum - 2014-09-04#
  77. ↑ FanX 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-09-07#
  78. ↑ JordanCon 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-07-16#
  79. ↑ Skyward Seattle signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-11-10#
  80. ↑ Tel Aviv Signing
    — Arcanum - 2019-10-18#
  81. ↑ JordanCon 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-04-21#
  82. ↑ 17th Shard Forum Q&A
    — Arcanum - 2012-09-26#
  83. ↑ Skyward Houston signing
    — wob.coppermind.net - Nov 19, 2018#
  84. ↑ DragonCon 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-08-31#
  85. ↑ Words of Radiance Philadelphia signing
    — Arcanum - 2014-03-21#
  86. ↑ Idaho Falls signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-12-29#
  87. ↑ ICon 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-10-15#
  88. ↑ General Reddit 2019
    — Arcanum - 2019-01-02#
  89. ↑ Sanderson is working on a "non-Stormlight Cosmere novella"
    — Reddit - 2019-04-27#
  90. ↑ a b Idaho Falls signing
    — Arcanum - 2018-12-29#
  91. ↑ YouTube Livestream 24
    — Arcanum - 2020-12-31#
  92. ↑ YouTube Livestream 36
    — Arcanum - 2021-10-07#
  93. ↑ YouTube Livestream 39
    — Arcanum - 2022-02-01#
  94. ↑ State of the Sanderson 2016
    — Arcanum - 2016-12-19#
  95. ↑ Dragonsteel Mini-Con 2021
    — Arcanum - 2021-11-22#
  96. ↑ General Reddit 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-12-21#
  97. ↑ a b c d e Hero of Ages Q&A - Time Waster's Guide
    — Arcanum - 2008-10-15#
  98. ↑ a b Galley Table Podcast interview
    — Arcanum - 2012-07-09#
  99. ↑ YouTube Spoiler Stream 4
    — Arcanum - 2022-06-16#
  100. ↑ Elantris Annotations
    — Arcanum - 2005-08-30#
  101. ↑ Warbreaker Annotations
    — Arcanum - 2010-07-15#
  102. ↑ Another Long and Rambling Post On Future Books
    — Arcanum - 2010-10-12#
  103. ↑ General Reddit 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-12-21#
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