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.
Also see Unpublished works for a list of Brandon's other work (written and unwritten, forthcoming and trunked).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 | Notes | Refs |
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2005 | Elantris | Elantris #1 | Novel | ||
2006 | The Hope of Elantris | Elantris #1.5 | Short Story | ||
Mistborn: The Final Empire | Mistborn (Era 1) #1 | Novel | |||
2007 | The Well of Ascension | Mistborn (Era 1) #2 | Novel | ||
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians |
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians #1 |
Novel | |||
2008 | The Hero of Ages | Mistborn (Era 1) #3 | Novel | ||
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones [fn 1] |
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians #2 |
Novel | |||
Defending Elysium | Novelette | Released in the Oct/Nov issue of Asimov's Science Fiction | |||
Firstborn | Novelette | Released on Tor.com | |||
2009 | Warbreaker | Novel | 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 | |||
The Gathering Storm | The Wheel of Time #12 | Novel | Co-written with Robert Jordan | ||
2010 | The Way of Kings | The Stormlight Archive #1 | Novel | ||
Towers of Midnight | The Wheel of Time #13 | Novel | Co-written with Robert Jordan | ||
Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens [fn 1] |
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians #4 |
Novel | |||
2011 | I Hate Dragons | Excerpt | Released on Brandon's site | ||
Infinity Blade: Awakening | Infinity Blade #1.5 | Novella | |||
The Alloy of Law | Mistborn (Era 2) #1 | Novel | |||
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 | |||
The Emperor's Soul | Novella | ||||
2013 | A Memory of Light | The Wheel of Time #14 | Novel | Co-written with Robert Jordan | |
The Rithmatist | Rithmatist #1 | Novel | [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 | [4] | ||
Steelheart | The Reckoners #1 | Novel | [5] | ||
Mitosis | The Reckoners #1.5 | Novelette | [6] | ||
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell | Short Story | Released in the Dangerous Women anthology | [6] | ||
2014 | Words of Radiance | The Stormlight Archive #2 | Novel | ||
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 | [11] | ||
2015 | Firefight | The Reckoners #2 | Novel | [12] | |
Perfect State | Novella | [13] | |||
Shadows of Self | Mistborn (Era 2) #2 | Novel | [14] [15] [16] | ||
Elantris 10th Anniversary Edition |
Novel | Re-release with revised text, new maps, an Ars Arcanum, and a new "after credits" scene | [17] [18] | ||
2016 | The Bands of Mourning | Mistborn (Era 2) #3 | Novel | [14] [19] [16] | |
Mistborn: Secret History | Mistborn | Novella | |||
Calamity | The Reckoners #3 | Novel | [17] [16] [20] | ||
White Sand Volume 1 | White Sand #1 | Graphic Novel | Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin | [21] [22] [23] [24] | |
The Dark Talent | Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians #5 |
Novel | [17] [16] [25] | ||
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. | [26] | |
Edgedancer | The Stormlight Archive #2.5 | Novella | Published as part of Arcanum Unbounded. | [26] | |
~2017 | Snapshot | Novella | [27] | ||
White Sand Volume 2 | White Sand #2 | Graphic Novel | Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin | [28] | |
untitled | The Stormlight Archive #3 | Novel | [17] [16] [29] | ||
~2018 | untitled | The Apocalypse Guard #1 | Novel | [29] [30] | |
White Sand Volume 3 | White Sand #3 | Graphic Novel | Adapted from Brandon's prose draft by Rik Hoskin | [28] | |
The Lost Metal | Mistborn (Era 2) #4 | Novel | [17] [29] [30] | ||
~2019 | The Aztlanian | Rithmatist #2 | Novel | [17] [29] [30] | |
untitled | Apocalypse Guard #2 | Novel | [31] | ||
~2020 | untitled | Stormlight #4 | Novel | [31] | |
untitled | Apocalypse Guard #3 | Novel | [31] |
Notes
- ↑ "New military SF story with Ethan Skarstedt in ARMORED" blog post
— Brandon's website - Apr 3rd, 2012# - ↑ The Rithmatist release announcement
— Brandon's website - May 14th, 2013# - ↑ Unfettered release announcement
— Brandon's website - Jun 25, 2013# - ↑ Infinity Blade: Redemption press release
— Brandon's website - Aug 20th, 2013# - ↑ Steelheart release announcement
— Brandon's website - Sep 24th, 2013# - ↑ a b "Two shorts released!" blog post
— Brandon's website - Dec 3rd, 2013# - ↑ Dreamer release announcement
— Brandon's website - Apr 3rd, 2014# - ↑ Shadows Beneath release announcement
— Brandon's website - Jun 30th, 2014# - ↑ Allomancer Jak release announcement
— Brandon's website - Oct 21, 2014# - ↑ Altered Perceptions release announcement
— Brandon's website - Dec 4th, 2014# - ↑ "Introducing Legion: Skin Deep" blog post
— Brandon's website - Nov 25th, 2014# - ↑ "Firefight is Out!" blog post
— Brandon's website - Jan 6th, 2015# - ↑ "New Novella: Perfect State" blog post
— Brandon's website - Mar 31st, 2015# - ↑ a b Tor Shadows of Self and Bands of Mourning announcement
— Tor.com - Dec 18th, 2014# - ↑ Shadows of Self cover reveal
— Tor.com - Feb 23rd, 2015# - ↑ a b c d e "Calamity is Done" blog post
— Brandon's website - May 29th, 2015# - ↑ a b c d e f State of the Sanderson: December 2014
— Brandon's website - Dec 18th, 2014# - ↑ "Three Stories in New Formats" blog post
— Brandon's website - Mar 6th, 2015# - ↑ Bands of Mourning cover reveal
— Tor.com - Apr 9th, 2015# - ↑ Peter confirms Calamity release date
— Foros de 17th Shard - Jul 3rd, 2015# - ↑ White Sand press release
— Dynamite Entertainment - May 29th, 2014# - ↑ 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# - ↑ Peter re-estimates the release date of White Sand.
— Twitter - Sep 3rd, 2015# - ↑ White Sand Release blog post
— Brandon's website - Jun 28th, 2016# - ↑ The Dark Talent Release blog post
— Brandon's website - Sep 6th, 2016# - ↑ a b Arcanum Unbound Cover and Contents Reveal
— Tor/Forge Blog - Jun 21st, 2016# - ↑ Snapshot announcement
— VaultBooks.pub - Jun 18th, 2016# - ↑ a b Brandon estimates the release dates for Volumes 2 and 3 of White Sand.
— Twitter - Jun 28th, 2016# - ↑ a b c d State of the Sanderson 2015
— Brandon's website - Dec 18th, 2015# - ↑ a b c Peter comments on upcoming books.
— Reddit - Dec 1st, 2016# - ↑ a b c State of the Sanderson: 2016
— Brandon's website - 2016-12-19#
- Footnotes