Bibliography

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.
For related information, see:
* Unpublished works, a list of Brandon's other work (written and unwritten, forthcoming and trunked)
* /Audiobooks, a list of all audiobook editions of Brandon's published works, including information about duration and narrators
Cosmere works are highlighted in green, Cytoverse works are highlighted in purple, works in the Reckoners multiverse are highlighted in blue, others in tan. Unreleased works have their titles highlighted in red. Titles in white are works released in a draft state, referred to as "Sanderson Curiosities".
Year	Book 	Series 	Length 	Notes 	Refs
2005	Elantris 	Elantris #1 	Novel 	 	
2006	The Hope of Elantris 	Elantris #1.5 	Short Story 	 	
2006	Mistborn: The Final Empire 	Mistborn (Era 1) #1 	Novel 	 	
2007	The Well of Ascension 	Mistborn (Era 1) #2 	Novel 	 	
2007	Alcatraz Versusthe Evil Librarians 	Alcatraz Versusthe Evil Librarians #1 	Novel 	 	
2008	The Hero of Ages 	Mistborn (Era 1) #3 	Novel 	 	
2008	Alcatraz Versusthe Scrivener's Bones 	Alcatraz Versusthe Evil Librarians #2 	Novel 	 	
2008	Defending Elysium 	 	Novelette 	Released in the Oct/Nov issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. 	
2008	Firstborn 	 	Novelette 	Released on Tor.com. 	
2009	Warbreaker 	 	Novel 	Published by Tor but also available in its entirety on Brandon's website. 	
2009	Alcatraz Versusthe Knights of Crystallia 	Alcatraz Versusthe Evil Librarians #3 	Novel 	 	
2009	The Gathering Storm 	The Wheel of Time #12 	Novel 	Co-written with Robert Jordan. 	
2010	The Way of Kings 	The Stormlight Archive #1 	Novel 	 	
2010	Towers of Midnight 	The Wheel of Time #13 	Novel 	Co-written with Robert Jordan. 	
2010	Alcatraz Versusthe Shattered Lens 	Alcatraz Versusthe Evil Librarians #4 	Novel 	 	
2011	I Hate Dragons 	 	Excerpt 	Released on Brandon's site, also published in Dragon Writers: An Anthology. 	
2011	Infinity Blade: Awakening 	Infinity Blade #1.5 	Novella 	 	
2011	The Alloy of Law 	Mistborn (Era 2) #1 	Novel 	 	
2011	The Eleventh Metal 	Mistborn (Era 1) #0.5 	Short Story 	Released in the core rule book of the Mistborn Adventure Game. 	
2012	Heuristic Algorithm andReasoning Response Engine 	 	Short Story 	Released in the Armored anthology, co-written with Ethan Skarstedt. 	
2012	Legion 	Legion #1 	Novella 	 	
2012	The Emperor's Soul 	 	Novella 	 	
2013	A Memory of Light 	The Wheel of Time #14 	Novel 	Co-written with Robert Jordan. 	
2013	The Rithmatist 	Rithmatist #1 	Novel 	 	
2013	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. 	
2013	Infinity Blade: Redemption 	Infinity Blade #2.5 	Novella 	 	
2013	Steelheart 	The Reckoners #1 	Novel 	 	
2013	Mitosis 	The Reckoners #1.5 	Novelette 	 	
2013	Shadows for Silencein the Forests of Hell 	 	Novella 	Released in the Dangerous Women anthology. 	
2014	Words of Radiance 	The Stormlight Archive #2 	Novel 	 	
2014	Dreamer 	 	Short Story 	Released in the Games Creatures Play anthology. 	
2014	Sixth of the Dusk 	 	Novella 	Released in the Shadows Beneath anthology as well as a solo ebook. 	
2014	Allomancer Jakand the Pits of Eltania 	Mistborn (Era 2) 	Short Story 	Released in the Alloy of Law supplement of the Mistborn Adventure Game. 	
2014	The Way of Kings Prime 	Sanderson Curiosities 	Excerpt 	Released in the Altered Perceptions anthology. 	
2014	Legion: Skin Deep 	Legion #2 	Novella 	 	
2015	Firefight 	The Reckoners #2 	Novel 	 	
2015	Perfect State 	 	Novella 	 	
2015	Shadows of Self 	Mistborn (Era 2) #2 	Novel 	 	
2015	Elantris10th Anniversary Edition 	 	Novel 	Re-release with revised text, new maps, an Ars Arcanum, and a new "after credits" scene. 	
2016	The Bands of Mourning 	Mistborn (Era 2) #3 	Novel 	 	
2016	Mistborn: Secret History 	Mistborn 	Novella 	 	
2016	Calamity 	The Reckoners #3 	Novel 	 	
2016	White Sand Volume 1 	White Sand #1 	Graphic Novel	Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin. 	
2016	The Dark Talent 	Alcatraz Versusthe Evil Librarians #5 	Novel 	 	
2016	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 planets.	
2016	Edgedancer 	The Stormlight Archive #2.5 	Novella 	Published as part of Arcanum Unbounded. 	
2017	Snapshot 	 	Novella 	 	
2017	Oathbringer 	The Stormlight Archive #3 	Novel 	 	
2018	White Sand Volume 2 	White Sand #2 	Graphic Novel	Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin. 	
2018	Legion: Lies of the Beholder 	Legion #3 	Novella 	Published as part of Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds. 	
2018	Legion: The Many Livesof Stephen Leeds 	Legion 	Anthology 	Includes all three Legion novellas. 	
2018	Skyward 	Skyward #1 	Novel 	 	
2018	Children of the Nameless 	 	Novella 	Set in the extended universe of the card game Magic: The Gathering. 	
2019	A Fire Within the Ways 	The Wheel of Time #14.5 	Excerpt 	Released in the Unfettered III anthology, a sequence of deleted scenes from A Memory of Light, considered non-canonical. 	
2019	White Sand Volume 3 	White Sand #3 	Graphic Novel	Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin. 	
2019	Starsight 	Skyward #2 	Novel 	 	
2020	Dark One Book 1 	Dark One #1 	Graphic Novel	 	
2020	The Way of Kings Prime 	Sanderson Curiosities 	Novel 	Ebook released in 2020; hardcover is a reward from The Way of Kings leatherbound Kickstarter. 	
2020	The Original 	 	Audio Novella	Co-written with Mary Robinette Kowal. 	
2020	Dawnshard 	The Stormlight Archive #3.5 	Novella 	 	
2020	Rhythm of War 	The Stormlight Archive #4 	Novel 	 	
2021	Lux 	The Reckoners 	Audio Novel 	Co-written with Steven Michael Bohls; audio original released in 2021, with plans for eventual print and ebook editions. 	
2021	Sunreach 	Skyward #2.1 	Novella 	Co-written with Janci Patterson. 	
2021	ReDawn 	Skyward #2.2 	Novella 	Co-written with Janci Patterson. 	
2021	Cytonic 	Skyward #3 	Novel 	 	
2021	Evershore 	Skyward #3.1 	Novella 	Co-written with Janci Patterson. 	
2022	Skyward Flight 	Skyward 	Anthology 	Collects Sunreach, ReDawn, and Evershore. Co-written with Janci Patterson. 	
2022	Stephen Leeds: Death & Faxes 	Legion 	Audio Novel 	Audio original released in 2022 	
2022	Bastille Versus the Evil Librarians 	Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians #6	Novel 	Co-written with Janci Patterson. 	
2022	The Lost Metal 	Mistborn (Era 2) #4 	Novel 	 	
2022	White Sand Omnibus 	White Sand 	Graphic Novel	Adapted from Brandon's prose draft, includes a new prologue, art and text fixes and a new ars arcanum. 	
2023	Tress of the Emerald Sea 	 	Novel 	 	
2023	Dark One: Forgotten 	Dark One Prequel 	Audio Novella	Co-written with Dan Wells. 	
2023	The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England	 	Novel 	 	
2023	Yumi and the Nightmare Painter 	 	Novel 	 	
2023	The Sunlit Man 	 	Novel 	 	
2023	Defiant 	Skyward #4 	Novel 	 	
2023	Hyperthief 	Skyward #3.2 	Short Story 	Co-written with Janci Patterson. 	
2023	Long Chills & Case Dough 	Sanderson Curiosities 	Novelette 	Released in the final box of the Year of Sanderson campaign. 	
2024	Dragonsteel Prime 	Sanderson Curiosities 	Novel 	Ebook released in 2024 on the final day of the Words of Radiance Leatherbound Backerkit campaign. 	
2024	The Most Boring Book Ever 	 	Picture Book 	Illustrated by Kazu Kibuishi. 	
2024	Wind and Truth 	The Stormlight Archive #5 	Novel 	 	
2025	King Lopen the First of Alethkar 	The Stormlight Archive 	Short Story 	Co-written with Isaac Stewart. The story was released at Dragonsteel Nexus as part of the Stormlight Lost Tales StoryDeck. 	
2025	Elsecaller 	The Stormlight Archive 	Short Story 	Co-written with Dan Wells. The story was released at Dragonsteel Nexus as part of the Stormlight Lost Tales StoryDeck. 	
2025	The ChasmFriends Get A Pet! 	The Stormlight Archive 	Short Story 	Co-written with Dan Wells. The story was released at Dragonsteel Nexus as part of the Stormlight Lost Tales StoryDeck. Non-canon. 	
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