Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson was born in December 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a child Brandon enjoyed reading, but he lost interest in the types of titles often suggested for him, and by junior high he never cracked a book if he could help it. This all changed in eighth grade when an astute teacher, Mrs. Reader, gave Brandon Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly. Brandon thoroughly enjoyed this book, and went in search of anything similar. He discovered such authors as Robert Jordan, Melanie Rawn, David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey, and Orson Scott Card. Brandon continued to be an avid reader through junior high and high school. He liked epic fantasy so much that he even tried his hand at writing some. His first attempts, he says, were dreadful.
Speculative Fiction Novels (76)
Dragonsteel Book 3 (Dragonsteel #3 of 3) 2043 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Dragonsteel Book 2 (Dragonsteel #2 of 3) 2041 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Dragonsteel Book 1 (Dragonsteel #1 of 3) 2039 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
The Stormlight Archive Book 10 (The Stormlight Archive #10 of 10) 2036 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Mistborn Book 13 (The Mistborn Saga #13 of 13) 2035 | science fiction > space opera | Release date TBA |
Elantris Book 2 (Elantris #2 of 2) 2035 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
The Stormlight Archive Book 9 (The Stormlight Archive #9 of 10) 2034 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Mistborn Book 12 (The Mistborn Saga #12 of 13) 2033 | science fiction > space opera | Release date TBA |
The Stormlight Archive Book 8 (The Stormlight Archive #8 of 10) 2032 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Mistborn Book 11 (The Mistborn Saga #11 of 13) 2031 | science fiction > space opera | Release date TBA |
The Stormlight Archive Book 7 (The Stormlight Archive #7 of 10) 2030 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
The Aztlanian (The Rithmatist #2 of 2) 2030 | fantasy, young adult | Release date TBA |
The Stormlight Archive Book 6 (The Stormlight Archive #6 of 10) 2028 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Nightblood (Warbreaker #2 of 2) 2027 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date TBA |
Mistborn Book 10 (The Mistborn Saga #10 of 13) 2027 | science fiction, fantasy, thriller | Release date 2027 |
Mistborn Book 9 (The Mistborn Saga #9 of 13) 2026 | science fiction, fantasy, thriller | Release date 2026 |
Mistborn Book 8 (The Mistborn Saga #8 of 13) 2025 | science fiction, fantasy, thriller | Release date 2025 |
Knights of Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive #5 of 10) 2024 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date November 2024 |
The Sunlit Man (Secret Project #4 of 4) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date October 10, 2023 |
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (Secret Project #3 of 4) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date July 11, 2023 |
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Secret Project #2 of 4) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy | Release date April 11, 2023 |
Defiant (Skyward #4 of 4) 2023 | science fiction, young adult | Release date March 16, 2023 |
Texas Reckoners Book 2 (Texas Reckoners #2 of 2) 2023 | science fiction, young adult | Release date TBA |
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Secret Project #1 of 4) 2023 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Lost Metal (The Mistborn Saga #7 of 13) 2022 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz #6 of 6) 2022 | fantasy, young adult |
Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach, ReDawn, Evershore (Skyward) 2022 | science fiction, collection, young adult |
Skyward Flight: Evershore (Skyward #3.5 of 4) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Cytonic (Skyward #3 of 4) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Skyward Flight: ReDawn (Skyward #2.6 of 4) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Skyward Flight: Sunreach (Skyward #2.5 of 4) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Lux (Texas Reckoners #1 of 2) 2021 | science fiction, young adult |
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4 of 10) 2020 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive #3.5 of 10) 2020 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Way of Kings Prime (The Stormlight Archive) 2020 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Starsight (Skyward #2 of 4) 2019 | science fiction, young adult |
Skyward (Skyward #1 of 4) 2018 | science fiction, young adult |
Legion: Lies of the Beholder (Legion #3 of 3) 2018 | science fiction |
Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds (Legion) 2018 | science fiction, collection |
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive #3 of 10) 2017 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive #2.5 of 10) 2017 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Snapshot 2017 | science fiction |
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (Cosmere) 2016 | fantasy > high fantasy, short stories |
The Dark Talent (Alcatraz #5 of 6) 2016 | fantasy, young adult |
Calamity (The Reckoners #3 of 3) 2016 | science fiction, young adult |
The Bands of Mourning (The Mistborn Saga #6 of 13) 2016 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Mistborn: Secret History (The Mistborn Saga #3.5 of 13) 2016 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Shadows of Self (The Mistborn Saga #5 of 13) 2015 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (Cosmere) 2015 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Perfect State 2015 | science fiction, fantasy |
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell and Perfect State 2015 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories |
Firefight (The Reckoners #2 of 3) 2014 | science fiction, young adult |
Legion: Skin Deep (Legion #2 of 3) 2014 | science fiction |
Sixth of the Dusk (Cosmere) 2014 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2 of 10) 2014 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Mitosis (The Reckoners #1.5 of 3) 2013 | science fiction, short stories, young adult |
Steelheart (The Reckoners #1 of 3) 2013 | science fiction, young adult |
Legion and The Emperor's Soul 2013 | science fiction, fantasy, collection |
The Rithmatist (The Rithmatist #1 of 2) 2013 | fantasy, young adult |
A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time #14 of 14) 2013 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Emperor's Soul (Cosmere) 2012 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Legion (Legion #1 of 3) 2012 | science fiction |
The Alloy of Law (The Mistborn Saga #4 of 13) 2011 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (Alcatraz #4 of 6) 2010 | fantasy, young adult |
Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time #13 of 14) 2010 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1 of 10) 2010 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time #12 of 14) 2009 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (Alcatraz #3 of 6) 2009 | fantasy, young adult |
Warbreaker (Warbreaker #1 of 2) 2009 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Hero of Ages (The Mistborn Saga #3 of 13) 2008 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (Alcatraz #2 of 6) 2008 | fantasy, young adult |
The Well of Ascension (The Mistborn Saga #2 of 13) 2007 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz #1 of 6) 2007 | fantasy, young adult |
Mistborn: The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga #1 of 13) 2006 | fantasy > high fantasy |
The Hope of Elantris (Elantris #1.5 of 2) 2006 | fantasy > high fantasy, short stories |
Elantris (Elantris #1 of 2) 2005 | fantasy > high fantasy |
Comics and Anthology (6)
The Dark One: Volume 2 (The Dark One #2 of 2) 2023 | fantasy, comics | Release date TBA |
The Dark One: Volume 1 (The Dark One #1 of 2) 2021 | fantasy, comics |
White Sand: Volume 3 (White Sand #3 of 3) 2019 | fantasy, comics |
White Sand: Volume 2 (White Sand #2 of 3) 2018 | fantasy, comics |
White Sand: Volume 1 (White Sand #1 of 3) 2016 | fantasy, comics |
Shadows Beneath 2014 | fantasy, anthology |