This page lists Brandon's works by year of publication. It includes only new releases and significant re-releases (such as those with revised text and/or the substantial addition of new interior art). NOT included are more minor re-releases (such as a print run in a new format, like mass market paperback, or solo ebook releases for works previously published in anthologies); for these, please check in the individual work's article. Future works are added when there is a reasonable estimate of a release date, though they are subject to change. The word count represents Brandon's new content for each release (e.g. 10th Anniversary edition of Elantris adds 10,000 words of additional content).

Also see Unpublished works for a list of Brandon's other work (written and unwritten, forthcoming and trunked).

Cosmere works are highlighted in green, works in the Reckoners multiverse are highlighted in blue, others in tan. Unreleased works have their titles highlighted in red.

Year Book Series Length Word Count Release Date Notes Refs
2005 Elantris Elantris #1 Novel 201,372
2006 The Hope of Elantris Elantris #1.5 Short Story 6,161
Mistborn: The Final Empire Mistborn (Era 1) #1 Novel 213,348
2007 The Well of Ascension Mistborn (Era 1) #2 Novel 245,172
Alcatraz Versus
the Evil Librarians
Alcatraz Versus
the Evil Librarians
#1
Novel 60,400
2008 The Hero of Ages Mistborn (Era 1) #3 Novel 234,908
Alcatraz Versus
the Scrivener's Bones
[fn 1]
Alcatraz Versus
the Evil Librarians
#2
Novel 59,681
Defending Elysium Novelette 14,864 Released in the Oct/Nov issue of Asimov's Science Fiction
Firstborn Novelette 14,108 Released on Tor.com
2009 Warbreaker Novel 236,301 Published by Tor but also available in its entirety on Brandon's website
Alcatraz Versus
the Knights of Crystallia
[fn 1]
Alcatraz Versus
the Evil Librarians
#3
Novel 58,033
The Gathering Storm The Wheel of Time #12 Novel 294,492 Co-written with Robert Jordan
2010 The Way of Kings The Stormlight Archive #1 Novel 386,470
Towers of Midnight The Wheel of Time #13 Novel 325,636 Co-written with Robert Jordan
Alcatraz Versus
the Shattered Lens
[fn 1]
Alcatraz Versus
the Evil Librarians
#4
Novel 53,788
2011 I Hate Dragons Excerpt 2,015 Released on Brandon's site, also published in Dragon Writers: An Anthology
Infinity Blade: Awakening Infinity Blade #1.5 Novella 131,000
The Alloy of Law Mistborn (Era 2) #1 Novel 85,000
The Eleventh Metal Mistborn (Era 1) #0.5 Short Story Released in the core rule book of the Mistborn Adventure Game
2012 Heuristic Algorithm and Reasoning Response Engine Short Story Released in the Armored anthology, co-written with Ethan Skarstedt [1]
Legion Legion #1 Novella 181,000
The Emperor's Soul Novella 3,185
2013 A Memory of Light The Wheel of Time #14 Novel 352,686 Co-written with Robert Jordan
The Rithmatist Rithmatist #1 Novel 89,898 [2]
River of Souls The Wheel of Time #14.5 Excerpt Released in the Unfettered anthology, a sequence of deleted scenes from A Memory of Light, co-written with Robert Jordan [3]
Infinity Blade: Redemption Infinity Blade #2.5 Novella 13,000 [4]
Steelheart The Reckoners #1 Novel 107,599 [5]
Mitosis The Reckoners #1.5 Novelette 9,000 [6]
Shadows for Silence
in the Forests of Hell
Novella Released in the Dangerous Women anthology [6]
2014 Words of Radiance The Stormlight Archive #2 Novel 398,238
Dreamer Short Story Released in the Games Creatures Play anthology [7]
Sixth of the Dusk Novella Released in the Shadows Beneath anthology as well as a solo ebook [8]
Allomancer Jak
and the Pits of Eltania
Mistborn (Era 2) Short Story Released in the Alloy of Law supplement of the Mistborn Adventure Game [9]
The Way of Kings Prime Excerpt Released in the Altered Perceptions anthology [10]
Legion: Skin Deep Legion #2 Novella 35,000 [11]
2015 Firefight The Reckoners #2 Novel 107,000 [12]
Perfect State Novella 17,750 [13]
Shadows of Self Mistborn (Era 2) #2 Novel 112,000 [14] [15] [16]
Elantris
10th Anniversary Edition
Novel 10,000 Re-release with revised and additional text, new maps, an Ars Arcanum, and a new "after credits" scene [17] [18]
2016 The Bands of Mourning Mistborn (Era 2) #3 Novel 127,000 [14] [19] [16]
Mistborn: Secret History Mistborn Novella 44,981
Calamity The Reckoners #3 Novel 105,000 [17] [16]
White Sand Volume 1 White Sand #1 Graphic Novel Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin [20] [21] [22] [23]
The Dark Talent Alcatraz Versus
the Evil Librarians
#5
Novel [17] [16] [24]
Arcanum Unbounded The Cosmere Collection #1 Anthology Includes all previously published Cosmere short fiction, a new novella, Edgedancer, excerpts from White Sand Volume 1 and the original prose draft, and essays written by Khriss about each of the featured shardworlds. [25]
Edgedancer The Stormlight Archive #2.5 Novella 51,324 Published as part of Arcanum Unbounded. [25]
2017 Snapshot Novella [26]
Oathbringer The Stormlight Archive #3 Novel 454,440 [17] [16] [27]
2018 White Sand Volume 2 White Sand #2 Graphic Novel Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin [28]
Legion: Lies of the Beholder Legion #3 Novella Published as part of Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds. [29][30]
Legion: The Many Lives
of Stephen Leeds
Legion Anthology Includes all three Legion novellas. [30]
Skyward Skyward #1 Novel 137,293 [31][32]
Children of the Nameless Novella 51,854 Set in the extended universe of the card game Magic: The Gathering [33]
2019 White Sand Volume 3 White Sand #3 Graphic Novel Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin [28]
Starsight Skyward #2 Novel 133,000 [34]
2020 Dark One Book 1 Dark One #1 Graphic Novel [35]
The Original Audio Novella Co-written with Mary Robinette Kowal [35]
Rhythm of War The Stormlight Archive #4 Novel 459,629 [36]
~2021 untitled Skyward #3 Novel [35]
The Lost Metal Mistborn (Era 2) #4 Novel [17] [27] [37] [35]
The Worldspire Alcatraz #6 Novel [35]
~2022 untitled Skyward #4 Novel [35]
~2023 untitled The Stormlight Archive #5 Novel [35]

NotesEdit

  1. "New military SF story with Ethan Skarstedt in ARMORED" blog post
    Brandon's website - Apr 3rd, 2012#
  2. The Rithmatist release announcement
    Brandon's website - May 14th, 2013#
  3. Unfettered release announcement
    Brandon's website - Jun 25, 2013#
  4. Infinity Blade: Redemption press release
    Brandon's website - Aug 20th, 2013#
  5. Steelheart release announcement
    Brandon's website - Sep 24th, 2013#
  6. a b "Two shorts released!" blog post
    Brandon's website - Dec 3rd, 2013#
  7. Dreamer release announcement
    Brandon's website - Apr 3rd, 2014#
  8. Shadows Beneath release announcement
    Brandon's website - Jun 30th, 2014#
  9. Allomancer Jak release announcement
    Brandon's website - Oct 21, 2014#
  10. Altered Perceptions release announcement
    Brandon's website - Dec 4th, 2014#
  11. "Introducing Legion: Skin Deep" blog post
    Brandon's website - Nov 25th, 2014#
  12. "Firefight is Out!" blog post
    Brandon's website - Jan 6th, 2015#
  13. "New Novella: Perfect State" blog post
    Brandon's website - Mar 31st, 2015#
  14. a b Tor Shadows of Self and Bands of Mourning announcement
    Tor.com - Dec 18th, 2014#
  15. Shadows of Self cover reveal
    Tor.com - Feb 23rd, 2015#
  16. a b c d e "Calamity is Done" blog post
    Brandon's website - May 29th, 2015#
  17. a b c d e State of the Sanderson 2014
    Brandon's website - 2014-12-18#
  18. "Three Stories in New Formats" blog post
    Brandon's website - Mar 6th, 2015#
  19. Bands of Mourning cover reveal
    Tor.com - Apr 9th, 2015#
  20. White Sand press release
    — Dynamite Entertainment - May 29th, 2014#
  21. Is the first White Sand graphic novel still planned for this year? And I'm assuming it's not actually written by you?
    — Twitter - May 3rd, 2015#
  22. Peter re-estimates the release date of White Sand.
    — Twitter - Sep 3rd, 2015#
  23. White Sand Release blog post
    Brandon's website - Jun 28th, 2016#
  24. The Dark Talent Release blog post
    Brandon's website - Sep 6th, 2016#
  25. a b Arcanum Unbound Cover and Contents Reveal
    — Tor/Forge Blog - Jun 21st, 2016#
  26. Snapshot announcement
    — VaultBooks.pub - Jun 18th, 2016#
  27. a b State of the Sanderson 2015
    Brandon's website - 2015-12-18#
  28. a b Brandon estimates the release dates for Volumes 2 and 3 of White Sand.
    — Twitter - Jun 28th, 2016#
  29. Oathbringer's Final Step
    Brandon's website - 2017-08-31#
  30. a b Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds cover reveal
    Tor.com - Mar 20th, 2018#
  31. Oathbringer Newcastle signing
    Arcanum - 2017-12-01#
  32. Skyward Pre-Release AMA
    Arcanum - 2018-10-04#
  33. Brandon's Blog 2018
    Arcanum - 2018-12-12#
  34. State of the Sanderson 2017
    Arcanum - 2017-12-19#
  35. a b c d e f g State of the Sanderson 2019
    Brandon's website - 2019-12-19#
  36. State of the Sanderson 2016
    Brandon's website - 2016-12-18#
  37. Peter comments on upcoming books.
    — Reddit - Dec 1st, 2016#
Footnotes
  1. a b c These are the titles of these works from their initial releases. When they were re-released by Tor the naming scheme was changed, removing "Alcatraz Versus" from the individual titles. This change has been reflected elsewhere on the wiki, but the original convention has been preserved here.
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