Lol I came from Wheel of Time. Heard that this Brandon Sanderson fellow was deemed worthy and was sceptical. Went to the book store and asked where to find his stuff and the very helpful clerk said, "Oh, this one is popular right now. It just came out." and handed me Way of Kings. It was the best introduction to Sanderson I could have gotten. 😊❤
I 100% agree with you that you can read the various books and series in any order. Wait who are those people rapidly approaching my window? Oh no...uh....forget what I said earlier, you must read Warbreaker before Words of Radiance
I’m super new to Brandon Sanderson’s works. Just finished Yumi and the Nightmare painter and maaaaaan. Phenomenal read. 10/10 IMO. Any suggestions on where I go next?
@@Bookborn ooooooo I was gonna buy Elentris? I think that’s the name. But Mistborn and Tress both seem so interesting 😭 might just have to get all 3 🤷🏽♂️🤣
A lot of fans feel elantris is weaker than his other work, as it's his first published novel. I still like it, but it def is less developed than his later works@@ldeidara968
Personly Elantris I like the Best even after reading all of the other cosmere stuff. Warbreaker is the weakest in my opinion. After reading that one I dropped Sanderson for years. The Stormlight Archive's pulled me back in though only after Oathbringer was released
I actually agree. Most people say that mistborn is the perfect place to start but for me it really wasn’t. I started with Final Empire, loved it and tried the second book but didn’t really got into it so I put it aside and forget all about Sanderson for awhile. 3 years latter I read the way of king and all the rest of the stormlight archive in record time. And then I read Elantris, Warbreaker and reread Mistborn and just finished book 2 finally! I loved all of it and I’m super excited to read all the rest
100% agree with this. Sure, it changes which moment you get the “ohhh righhht, that links with that” but is that a bad thing? I read all Stormlight before moving onto Mistborn era 1 and then only did the stand alones once I finished era 2. My wife’s first Sando book was Tress! Then she real Elantris and is now midway through Mistborn and Stormlight. She’s getting connections at completely different moments but is absolutely loving it! As am I loving her putting it all together
Yes this!! I think we can get caught up if we’ve been fans for a while in the particular way we experienced something. But I honestly think right now it doesn’t matter when you find out certain info. That might change in the future, but for now I still think any series works.
I read Warbreaker (loved this one), 1/3 of The Final Empire (will go back to this but it wasn’t grabbing me yet; which is an issue with me and not the book) and have switched to The Way of Kings, which I am LOVING.😂😂 I’m sure I’m breaking some kind of law.
Wow really? Final Empire hooked me from the very get-go. I was reading the Blade Itself at time and just read the first 2-3 chapters on a whim and i forced myself to finish the blade itself before going back but i was thinking about final empire the entire time and i gobbled it up as soon as i finished haha
@@moresoysauce5489 I think it was me not the book. It wasn’t the right time, and my anxiety was out of control. We’d had a lot going on and I probably shouldn’t have tried it right then. I’m going to go back to it another time so I can get all the references. Lol.
Thats crazy to me because I was into The Final Empire from the jump. I literally just finished The Way Of Kings today and it took me a while to get into it. I jumped straight from The Hero of Ages to this so idk 🤔
@@KingVirgo16 Don’t get me wrong. It was good. It just was the wrong time for me. We’d been through a lot (just lost my father-in-law), my anxiety was through the roof, and I should have just read something familiar/comforting instead of something new. I’ll definitely be going back to it. My focus is better now.
@@Bookborn there would be some references that would confuse you and you'd spoil Era 1, sure, but other than that, yeah, the backbone of the story would be intact still
@@PonderingsOfPete I think the biggest one is obviously Harmony; but I don't think it would ruin Mistborn 1, it would just make it a vastly different experience. I need to go find out if people liked knowing that going in or not. I'm sure someone somewhere has started with Era 2.
Start with any of them (AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW SERIES ORDER (ie. Way of Kings then Words of Radiance, or Mistborn book 1 then 2)) but re-read all of them after reading the others.
I put everything in the cosmere in two tiers. 1. Mistborn Era 1, Elantris, Warbreaker. 2. Everything Else. Read 1 then 2. The order within 1 or 2 doesn't matter so much.
I started with tress because I wanted to test the waters with a stand alone book before I made any commitments. After that I followed sanderson's official recommended order. I know there are many opinions on the matter but I suppose he knows best since he wrote them....... But man is it a daunting task to take upon. Every book/series I finish I am so sad because I wont get to see most of the character again but I still can't pause to take it all in BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM AND I NEED TO CATCH UP
Elantris. Always start with Elantris. I started with Mist Born in HS didnt realize Hero of Ages was the lasy book and The Final Empire was the first. I bought the ereader version and had no idea what was happening or why. To the point i basically storage dumped all info regarding it.
I got my Brother-in-law started on Shadows for Silence then he graduated to mistborn. He's afraid to start stormlight now cuz it's listed as too many pages on his Kindle
As funny as this is, I do think most people in the fandom are more chill about this then we think. Its really just that we get a loud minority who get really up in arms and then a lot of people who might suggest a certain order but ultimately say it doesn't matter too much.
I feel like all the worst people in fandoms are the loudest, sadly. But, this is mostly a response to a growing number of people who claim that Yumi can't be read without reading Rhythm of War which...I highly disagree with.
@@BookbornTo those people, I say: just because you loved having a “Oh, shoot! [Spoiler] is one of those things from the Stormlight interlude” moment in Yumi doesn’t mean that when someone else who read Yumi first won’t have an equally fun “Oh, shoot! It’s one of those things like [Spoiler] in Yumi” when they get to that interlude. Like, so many of the things that “you have to have read XYZ or you’ll miss,” I miss anyway, because I’m stupid and bad at noticing worldhoppers. But I don’t enjoy the books any less for it.
My girlfriend is excited for when we get around to me reading Yumi to her, I did tell her there’s some Stormlight related stuff in it but I think she’ll be fine without it. My only concern is finding good voices for Hoid and a certain noodle shop owner.
After finishing Ice and Fire I tried to jump into the Stomlight archive. I got through the first two parts of Way of Kings, but couldn't get into it. I tried Mistborn instead and got used to Sanderson's style and enjoyed Way of Kings immensely
Next you'll be telling us there's different jumping on points to First Law. Of course what we're all waiting for is the hugely topical start points. Star Wars and Narnia 😜
Star Wars you have to start with Episode IV and I will not be taking alternative opinions (LMAO I'm a hypocrite). Narnia, I think either Wardrobe OR Magician's Nephew is fine.
Okay, if this communiqué breaks through, I had gotten from a local library this treasure of a nice used physical paperback of Warbreaker that starts so entrancing that's like a *HAVE YOU READ STARDUST YET? IF NOT, see STAR * ( whimsical Gaiman Stardust tone! ) *END TONE SPOILER*! And despite recommendations for against to start with, I would definitely personally dive into the singular tome Elantris! And the ebook promo gift of Way of Kings with that jaw dropping prologue! And yet chapter 1 of WoK's first paragraph is SO challenging in how I can even begin to visualize direction and spatial orientation, as I do NOT have this innate talent of knowing which way is up or down or front or back. That is challenging! The anti-FotR and anti-EotW! But what I WILL drop everything for is MISTBORN first era!
@@Bookborn as someone who reads the lost metal before Stormlight I can say that it matters. I was all the books Knowing that que Ghost Blood and that Thaidakar was that character
Lol this is great. People are certainly opinionated about this, but I actually don’t see nearly the vitriol from the online community in regards to a bad reading order as opposed to certain other opinions. I think my most downvoted comment in Reddit history was on a subreddit where they asked for your Cosmere hot takes and I said that I preferred more subtle Cosmere connections and that The Lost Metal was worse for its attempts to be more blatant with that connected universe. I also get called a bigot on there anytime I say Shallan is irritating to read. So yeah, I always appreciate when someone shines a light on the fact that opinions are just opinions and the world is more interesting when those opinions are varied :)
The problem is the Sanderson fandom is so much larger now which automatically makes it annoying. Reddit for sure, in particular imo, has become less fun. I got downvoted into oblivion once for just saying Oathbringer was a tad violent for me. I wasn’t even criticizing Sanderson for it just stating a personal preference 😭
I think it does matter... but it's different for every person. Like, someone might need to be eased into it with something like Warbreaker and then move to the series; or someone might have to dive in head first and start with stormlight and then just read the standalones for seasoning. My only rec would be to remember that the quality of the writing HAS improved, so don't judge Elantris too harshly
@@nuggetdoja871 I love Elantris... I just dont think the writing quality in it is on par with some of his other books, and I can see how some people could be put off by it, since I have met some of them
HERETICAL BLASPHEMY!!!!!! Lol, but seriously, whatever works for people, the only thing I don't recommend is starting your Brandon Sanderson journey with Elantris, it's almost Proto-Cosmere, despite how important to the universe it is. And for the people who Did Not Finish the first book in a particular Cosmere series, he's the only author I'd recommend pushing through the resistance with, Brandon always pulls it off in the end even if you're not feeling it one third of the way in.
But was it *spoiled*? Or just finding out in a different way? Because I truly don't think it really matters which book you find out the shenanigans in 🤔
@@Bookborn nah, was definitely not the intended order of operations. The only time I've really noticed reading order having any kind of impact across the entire Cosmere.
@@BookbornAs someone who DID read TLM and is actively now in WoR, yes and no? It doesn't matter THAT much if you're purely looking at it from the perspective of the actions taken, but the tone taken for each of them *is* entirely different. It would have made LTM both more tense rather than more comedic had I known about the Ghostbloods before reading it, but now that I do already know, it just takes whatever goodwill I had for them and actively kills it. I don't think it ends up changing WoR much at all, but it does absolutely shift the tone for TLM to a much more nervewracking book where as the tension mounts, you'd likely be waiting for the other shoe to drop rather than thinking they're there to release that tension through calmness and comedy
I think the whole "spoiler" culture has had some toxic consequences. People OBSESS over spoilers (and I do get it. Some media works best when you have NO CLUE going in. From Dusk till Dawn got me real good but is pretty much permanently "ruined" for modern viewers... and yet still works fine) When it comes to books, I like to follow a reading order... but I've read books within a series out of order more than once and enjoyed them (I started Gaunt's Ghosts from like... book 7 and to say I had major plot spoiled was an understatement. And yet I still cried like a lil bitch when I read from the beginning) I've read the middle book in a trilogy first more than once, and still enjoyed the series. It's just not as HUGE an issue as people want to believe. Stories are built from tropes. I even like the idea that all stories are pretty much just the heroes journey. What an author DOES with those tools is what informs my enjoyment. The subversions, the characterisation, the themes and the world building. If you're TOTALLY surprised by what an author has written... you probably haven't consumed much media :P And when we're all being honest... a LOT of what we consume is the familiar. I've read the same handful or books and watched the same handful of shows multiple times since I fell in love with them in my youth (with very rare later additions) because they bring me comfort. And if some of the things I enjoy the most, that bring me the most comfort and pleasure, are ENTIRELY known to me... then spoilers REALLY aren't all that big a deal...
It really comes down to luck. For me I started with Stormlight and it was apparently the best choice, since that is the one I enjoyed the most out of all the cosmere.
Really good 😂😂😂 Pep starting a serious hype to this. These books are fun to read but not that complicated as some tries to make them to show. Brando Sando made them easy to understand and for all ages basically. So this hype is good for creating lore and not mention share fantasy with more pep. but you can start anywhere and that’s it. This is not MCU. You won’t miss x number of things if you start at Avengers - Endgame.
You do you … just know that you’ll miss some pretty good references if you start with the later books. At least read Warbreaker and Mistborn first …. 👍🏽
I enjoyed the first two books of the stormlight series but struggled with the third. I have zero interest in finishing book three. I know he's beloved but I don't get him I guess. Or maybe, just maybe. I'm tired of really long series.🤷
I knew Rhythm of War was the correct way to start reading Sanderson's books.
Or, if you'd prefer to start with Mistborn instead of Stormlight, Secret History is also a great starting point.
lmao
LOL, wrong ❤
The Lost Metal is even better
I read the first chapter in each book, then the second in each book, etc etc.
I'm a bit confused but enjoying the experience.
This is clearly the way
My gosh, why?
This reading order should be called "The Malazan"
Joke, right?
@@chayanika8155 For sure, play on her bit! Can you imagine how chaotic reading that way would be
Lol I came from Wheel of Time. Heard that this Brandon Sanderson fellow was deemed worthy and was sceptical. Went to the book store and asked where to find his stuff and the very helpful clerk said, "Oh, this one is popular right now. It just came out." and handed me Way of Kings. It was the best introduction to Sanderson I could have gotten. 😊❤
I 100% agree with you that you can read the various books and series in any order. Wait who are those people rapidly approaching my window? Oh no...uh....forget what I said earlier, you must read Warbreaker before Words of Radiance
RUN RUN RUN!!
Storms, the weird Redditors must have got her
*all the redditors. Fixed it for you
I’m super new to Brandon Sanderson’s works. Just finished Yumi and the Nightmare painter and maaaaaan. Phenomenal read. 10/10 IMO.
Any suggestions on where I go next?
Oh YAY!!! Hmmm I’d say go with Tress or the Emerald Sea or Mistborn!
@@Bookborn ooooooo I was gonna buy Elentris? I think that’s the name. But Mistborn and Tress both seem so interesting 😭 might just have to get all 3 🤷🏽♂️🤣
A lot of fans feel elantris is weaker than his other work, as it's his first published novel. I still like it, but it def is less developed than his later works@@ldeidara968
Personly Elantris I like the Best even after reading all of the other cosmere stuff. Warbreaker is the weakest in my opinion. After reading that one I dropped Sanderson for years. The Stormlight Archive's pulled me back in though only after Oathbringer was released
Lol love this I also love that you have his book legion it's one of my favorites
Bookborn outdid herself with this one 😂😂
😅
Pick the book with ur favorite cover and GO NUTS
I actually agree. Most people say that mistborn is the perfect place to start but for me it really wasn’t. I started with Final Empire, loved it and tried the second book but didn’t really got into it so I put it aside and forget all about Sanderson for awhile. 3 years latter I read the way of king and all the rest of the stormlight archive in record time. And then I read Elantris, Warbreaker and reread Mistborn and just finished book 2 finally! I loved all of it and I’m super excited to read all the rest
Lord Ruler, I did not expect the events in this video.
100% agree with this. Sure, it changes which moment you get the “ohhh righhht, that links with that” but is that a bad thing? I read all Stormlight before moving onto Mistborn era 1 and then only did the stand alones once I finished era 2. My wife’s first Sando book was Tress! Then she real Elantris and is now midway through Mistborn and Stormlight. She’s getting connections at completely different moments but is absolutely loving it! As am I loving her putting it all together
Yes this!! I think we can get caught up if we’ve been fans for a while in the particular way we experienced something. But I honestly think right now it doesn’t matter when you find out certain info. That might change in the future, but for now I still think any series works.
I read Warbreaker (loved this one), 1/3 of The Final Empire (will go back to this but it wasn’t grabbing me yet; which is an issue with me and not the book) and have switched to The Way of Kings, which I am LOVING.😂😂 I’m sure I’m breaking some kind of law.
I had to put down for months The Final Empire as well, then after I was halfway through I couldn’t pure it down ahahah
Wow really? Final Empire hooked me from the very get-go. I was reading the Blade Itself at time and just read the first 2-3 chapters on a whim and i forced myself to finish the blade itself before going back but i was thinking about final empire the entire time and i gobbled it up as soon as i finished haha
@@moresoysauce5489 I think it was me not the book. It wasn’t the right time, and my anxiety was out of control. We’d had a lot going on and I probably shouldn’t have tried it right then. I’m going to go back to it another time so I can get all the references. Lol.
Thats crazy to me because I was into The Final Empire from the jump. I literally just finished The Way Of Kings today and it took me a while to get into it. I jumped straight from The Hero of Ages to this so idk 🤔
@@KingVirgo16 Don’t get me wrong. It was good. It just was the wrong time for me. We’d been through a lot (just lost my father-in-law), my anxiety was through the roof, and I should have just read something familiar/comforting instead of something new. I’ll definitely be going back to it. My focus is better now.
I knew when I started with The Sunlit Man, I knew I was right on point.
Alloy of Law is the correct starting place, for certain
I mean unpopular opinion: I actually do think you could start with Era 2 and be fine lmao
@@BookbornI ACTUALLY DO AGREE WITH THIS!!!!!
@@Bookborn there would be some references that would confuse you and you'd spoil Era 1, sure, but other than that, yeah, the backbone of the story would be intact still
@@Bookbornyou could do it. 👀
@@PonderingsOfPete I think the biggest one is obviously Harmony; but I don't think it would ruin Mistborn 1, it would just make it a vastly different experience. I need to go find out if people liked knowing that going in or not. I'm sure someone somewhere has started with Era 2.
Start with any of them (AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW SERIES ORDER (ie. Way of Kings then Words of Radiance, or Mistborn book 1 then 2)) but re-read all of them after reading the others.
I put everything in the cosmere in two tiers.
1. Mistborn Era 1, Elantris, Warbreaker.
2. Everything Else.
Read 1 then 2. The order within 1 or 2 doesn't matter so much.
Got it: Hero of Ages, Elantris, Warbreaker, Well of Ascension, Final Empire.
I read elantris last. It doesnt matter If you read elantris after most books, singular exception being secret projects to an extent
1. Mistborn Era 1 / Warbreaker
2. Everything Else
3. Mistborn Era 2 / Sunlit Man
Glad I started with Stormlight. Mistborn wasn’t doing it for me. It helped me get more into Brando Sando.
I started with tress because I wanted to test the waters with a stand alone book before I made any commitments. After that I followed sanderson's official recommended order. I know there are many opinions on the matter but I suppose he knows best since he wrote them.......
But man is it a daunting task to take upon. Every book/series I finish I am so sad because I wont get to see most of the character again but I still can't pause to take it all in BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM AND I NEED TO CATCH UP
You should start with arcanum unbounded, obviously. Just like how you start LotR with unfinished tales.
I mean...other than Mistborn, Secret History, you COULD start with Arcanum Unbounded... (unless the new versions have stormlight novellas included)
@@Bookborn It has edgedancer yeah. And multiple mistborn spoilers.
Go with Emperor's soul.
That crash made me jump omg
You got me. Gonna subscribe.Greetings from Finland🇫🇮
Started with The Way of Kings.
Then Warbreaker.
Just finished Words of Radiance.
I think the order matters not to the individual stories but the intricate connections between them which you might not be able to catch
I just think if you care about those intricate connections you are probably a fan who is going to reread them anyway 🤷♀️
Elantris. Always start with Elantris. I started with Mist Born in HS didnt realize Hero of Ages was the lasy book and The Final Empire was the first. I bought the ereader version and had no idea what was happening or why. To the point i basically storage dumped all info regarding it.
I got my Brother-in-law started on Shadows for Silence then he graduated to mistborn. He's afraid to start stormlight now cuz it's listed as too many pages on his Kindle
Shadows/Emperor's Soul/Sixth of Dusk are wonderful places to start reading the Cosmere.
As funny as this is, I do think most people in the fandom are more chill about this then we think. Its really just that we get a loud minority who get really up in arms and then a lot of people who might suggest a certain order but ultimately say it doesn't matter too much.
I feel like all the worst people in fandoms are the loudest, sadly. But, this is mostly a response to a growing number of people who claim that Yumi can't be read without reading Rhythm of War which...I highly disagree with.
@@BookbornTo those people, I say: just because you loved having a “Oh, shoot! [Spoiler] is one of those things from the Stormlight interlude” moment in Yumi doesn’t mean that when someone else who read Yumi first won’t have an equally fun “Oh, shoot! It’s one of those things like [Spoiler] in Yumi” when they get to that interlude.
Like, so many of the things that “you have to have read XYZ or you’ll miss,” I miss anyway, because I’m stupid and bad at noticing worldhoppers. But I don’t enjoy the books any less for it.
My girlfriend is excited for when we get around to me reading Yumi to her, I did tell her there’s some Stormlight related stuff in it but I think she’ll be fine without it. My only concern is finding good voices for Hoid and a certain noodle shop owner.
I started with mistborn era 1 then followed by stromlight archive series
I love this
I have always said that The Lost Metal is a valid starting point!
This popped up on my feed again and I want to report that I’m a reformed man. The correct starting place is Oathbringer
After finishing Ice and Fire I tried to jump into the Stomlight archive. I got through the first two parts of Way of Kings, but couldn't get into it. I tried Mistborn instead and got used to Sanderson's style and enjoyed Way of Kings immensely
I plan to start with the way of kings and see how I go from there
GET HER!
Next you'll be telling us there's different jumping on points to First Law.
Of course what we're all waiting for is the hugely topical start points. Star Wars and Narnia 😜
Star Wars you have to start with Episode IV and I will not be taking alternative opinions (LMAO I'm a hypocrite). Narnia, I think either Wardrobe OR Magician's Nephew is fine.
@@Bookborn So I shouldn't tell you I played Lego Skywalker Saga and went through the movies 1-9?
@@Bookborntar Wars? You have to start with the Next Generation! 👀😜Live long and prosper!
Lol that was pretty funny
I want to say read in Sanderson recommended order.
yes, let me start with Bands of Mourning and then read Words of Radiance lol
I think a normal, thinking person, reads series in order ;)
The only correct way is to start with the Wheel of Time
That’s the way I started so I’m glad I’m approved
Okay, if this communiqué breaks through, I had gotten from a local library this treasure of a nice used physical paperback of Warbreaker that starts so entrancing that's like a *HAVE YOU READ STARDUST YET? IF NOT, see STAR * ( whimsical Gaiman Stardust tone! ) *END TONE SPOILER*! And despite recommendations for against to start with, I would definitely personally dive into the singular tome Elantris! And the ebook promo gift of Way of Kings with that jaw dropping prologue! And yet chapter 1 of WoK's first paragraph is SO challenging in how I can even begin to visualize direction and spatial orientation, as I do NOT have this innate talent of knowing which way is up or down or front or back. That is challenging! The anti-FotR and anti-EotW! But what I WILL drop everything for is MISTBORN first era!
If you read The lost metal before Stormlight Archive you will have a big spoiler about Thaidakar
But is it a spoiler? Or...are you just learning that information in a different order. I don't think that reveal matters *when* you get it
@@Bookborn as someone who reads the lost metal before Stormlight I can say that it matters.
I was all the books Knowing that que Ghost Blood and that Thaidakar was that character
@@Bookborn Yes. Search your feelings. You know this to be true.
Okay but which one should I start with!!! Haha
Lol this is great. People are certainly opinionated about this, but I actually don’t see nearly the vitriol from the online community in regards to a bad reading order as opposed to certain other opinions. I think my most downvoted comment in Reddit history was on a subreddit where they asked for your Cosmere hot takes and I said that I preferred more subtle Cosmere connections and that The Lost Metal was worse for its attempts to be more blatant with that connected universe. I also get called a bigot on there anytime I say Shallan is irritating to read. So yeah, I always appreciate when someone shines a light on the fact that opinions are just opinions and the world is more interesting when those opinions are varied :)
The problem is the Sanderson fandom is so much larger now which automatically makes it annoying. Reddit for sure, in particular imo, has become less fun. I got downvoted into oblivion once for just saying Oathbringer was a tad violent for me. I wasn’t even criticizing Sanderson for it just stating a personal preference 😭
I think it does matter... but it's different for every person.
Like, someone might need to be eased into it with something like Warbreaker and then move to the series; or someone might have to dive in head first and start with stormlight and then just read the standalones for seasoning.
My only rec would be to remember that the quality of the writing HAS improved, so don't judge Elantris too harshly
I really like Elantris and actually think it's written better than Mistborn, which I also love
@@nuggetdoja871 I love Elantris... I just dont think the writing quality in it is on par with some of his other books, and I can see how some people could be put off by it, since I have met some of them
The true order is starting with Oathbringer, then guessing what happened before and after. That's it. Life is a mystery
HERETICAL BLASPHEMY!!!!!! Lol, but seriously, whatever works for people, the only thing I don't recommend is starting your Brandon Sanderson journey with Elantris, it's almost Proto-Cosmere, despite how important to the universe it is.
And for the people who Did Not Finish the first book in a particular Cosmere series, he's the only author I'd recommend pushing through the resistance with, Brandon always pulls it off in the end even if you're not feeling it one third of the way in.
Tress, start with Tress.
Lol, well done.
Yep. It doesn’t matter. As long as you start with The Hero of Ages. 🤷🏼♂️ 😜
-T
Imagine reading Stormlight without having read Warbreaker or Mistborn era 1 first.
Yes except read series in order
Ok this is very obvious though like I don’t think people go “I’ll pick up book 4”
@@Bookborn that’s true
Not you actually because that’s weird, but someone passionate like you about the fantasy genre; please marry me. I’ve been told I’m a decent cook.
I can read Tress of the emerald sea withouth know the cosmere? Its my first Sanderson book
You absolutely can!
@@Bookborn thanksss, what should i read next of the cosmere? ☺☺
Ok so just start with the middle of mistborn then go to the last way of kings got it
Yes exactly it’s true everybody reads series out of order usually
I know it's a joke but also don't lol. Reading TLM before finishing RoW was NOT the call. Definitely got spoiled on some Ghostblood shenanigans.
But was it *spoiled*? Or just finding out in a different way? Because I truly don't think it really matters which book you find out the shenanigans in 🤔
@@Bookborn nah, was definitely not the intended order of operations. The only time I've really noticed reading order having any kind of impact across the entire Cosmere.
@@BookbornAs someone who DID read TLM and is actively now in WoR, yes and no? It doesn't matter THAT much if you're purely looking at it from the perspective of the actions taken, but the tone taken for each of them *is* entirely different. It would have made LTM both more tense rather than more comedic had I known about the Ghostbloods before reading it, but now that I do already know, it just takes whatever goodwill I had for them and actively kills it.
I don't think it ends up changing WoR much at all, but it does absolutely shift the tone for TLM to a much more nervewracking book where as the tension mounts, you'd likely be waiting for the other shoe to drop rather than thinking they're there to release that tension through calmness and comedy
Agree!
There is only one answer, and that is Mistborn era 1 (unless you are not into it)
Start with Final Empire.
Hey seriously, can i read yumi ?? Without reading anything else
Yep you can!
Wait how can you read oathbringer before way of kings?
I think the whole "spoiler" culture has had some toxic consequences.
People OBSESS over spoilers (and I do get it. Some media works best when you have NO CLUE going in. From Dusk till Dawn got me real good but is pretty much permanently "ruined" for modern viewers... and yet still works fine)
When it comes to books, I like to follow a reading order... but I've read books within a series out of order more than once and enjoyed them (I started Gaunt's Ghosts from like... book 7 and to say I had major plot spoiled was an understatement. And yet I still cried like a lil bitch when I read from the beginning)
I've read the middle book in a trilogy first more than once, and still enjoyed the series.
It's just not as HUGE an issue as people want to believe. Stories are built from tropes. I even like the idea that all stories are pretty much just the heroes journey. What an author DOES with those tools is what informs my enjoyment. The subversions, the characterisation, the themes and the world building.
If you're TOTALLY surprised by what an author has written... you probably haven't consumed much media :P
And when we're all being honest... a LOT of what we consume is the familiar. I've read the same handful or books and watched the same handful of shows multiple times since I fell in love with them in my youth (with very rare later additions) because they bring me comfort. And if some of the things I enjoy the most, that bring me the most comfort and pleasure, are ENTIRELY known to me... then spoilers REALLY aren't all that big a deal...
As long as its the first of the series
I mean I hope that’s obvious 🙃 not many people pick up book 2 in a series hopefully lmao
@@Bookborn Some people I know you cant assume whats obvious lol
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Facts
Where did you get those versions of the books!
The leather bounds? Some are available on his website and Way of Kings was form a Kickstarter!
@Bookborn I will see if they are still there! I love your channel. I just found it yesterday.
everyone knows that if you don't read white sand the graphic novel as your first cosmere book, you're not a true fan
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You're right it doesn't matter, only the non readers will go to hell
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I would suggest not starting with Rythm of War or the Lost Metal
I think the implication is that 99.9% of people realize to start with book one in a series ;)
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airsick lowlander , too much air! Cant think right 🤦♂️
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It really comes down to luck. For me I started with Stormlight and it was apparently the best choice, since that is the one I enjoyed the most out of all the cosmere.
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Really good 😂😂😂 Pep starting a serious hype to this. These books are fun to read but not that complicated as some tries to make them to show. Brando Sando made them easy to understand and for all ages basically. So this hype is good for creating lore and not mention share fantasy with more pep. but you can start anywhere and that’s it. This is not MCU. You won’t miss x number of things if you start at Avengers - Endgame.
Nah it absolutely matters... mistborn is the best start and then it's basically publication order
You do you … just know that you’ll miss some pretty good references if you start with the later books. At least read Warbreaker and Mistborn first ….
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I enjoyed the first two books of the stormlight series but struggled with the third. I have zero interest in finishing book three. I know he's beloved but I don't get him I guess. Or maybe, just maybe. I'm tired of really long series.🤷
Definitely pretty controversial. You could start anywhere and be pretty ok. But ideal? No definitely not
Lies!
Any start other than Mistborn is just wrong
These words are NOT accepted
You deserved whatever happened to you
You *would* say that, hater
Sanderson is shite apart from storm light
Rest of it is clearly a waste of time
Only people with no high standards to content will find it good
He tells great stories :)
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Blasphemy! You deserve the pin of shame!! Kidding but not really. And also, Stormlight rules!!
"It doesn't matter which book you start with, you can start with any one of the bo-"
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*"FBI OPEN UP!"*
*BOOOM*
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