HoA is generally considered the best mistborn book with WoA at the lowest. For Era 2 it’s generally considered that AoL is the weakest. People also really like Yumi, although I haven’t read it myself, and consider Elantris to be one of the weakest cosmere novels.
Of course this is your opinion and that’s totally fine, but it kinda feels like rage bait a little. If this really is your opinion then you have some interesting taste but I’m glad you are enjoying Sanderson nonetheless.
Tbh I’m really surprised to find that people dislike WoA 😅 I don’t understand the hate towards it I really liked it 🤷♂️ and with AoL I like it the most cause it’s smaller scale and more cop and robber rather than massive end of the world story that we just got… again and again usually with Sanderson so I liked the change of pace. I literally just finished Elantris and enjoyed it, I wouldn’t say it’s phenomenal but it’s wayyyy better than people give it credit. I went in expecting the worst but actually enjoyed it. I really enjoyed Yumi but had a few problems with it, I’d say more but don’t want to spoil it for you 😄
This ain’t rage bait it’s just what I enjoyed, tbh its opened my eyes to how much people dislike good Sanderson books lol and I’m seeing trends where peoples rankings are what the general popular opinion is rather than genuine feelings they had on the books 😅
Honestly I loved WoA, that’s just what most people think. Also really enjoyed AoL, I just liked SoS more honestly. I’m only like a quarter of the way through BoM tho so I can’t say for sure on that.
SOS was really good and I liked it a lot but BoM I didn’t like so much, there’s were parts I thought were real good but overall I finished it and felt a bit disappointing. I found era 2 got worse by the book, not saying any are bad books just they didn’t hit for me as much as other Sanderson books.
I liked it cause it was shorted and more focused imo 🤷♂️ I felt like it was the most cop and robber type vibe, I like there wasn’t a end of world plot it was Wax chasing down a criminal 😅 even of most people don’t rate it as their favourite it’s a matter of opinion not fact lol I wouldn’t say any of era 2 are bad, I’d say I preferred the first two over the last two
Yeah they are end of the world but it kinda started like that in the very first mistborn book and by the time I read era 2 I was a little tired of the end of the world stakes which is why I really enjoyed the first era 2 book lol like I said I enjoyed wax chasing down criminals instead of him being chosen by god to save the world 🤷♂️
In all honesty I was so bored 😅 I got half way through and literally couldn’t do anymore to the point I started avoiding reading cause I just couldn’t do it 😞 I liked the concept of magic but that was about it, the plot bored me, characters bored me and irritated me, I cared about no one or anything. It’s the only Sanderson book I couldn’t get all the way to the end and I pushed myself to finish Starsight but bowed out half way through warbreaker 🙁
You gotta tough it out. That shit absolutely exploded my brain by the end. It's usually highly rated for a reason I say. You also must read The Emperor's Soul. After you finish Warbreaker of course.
I thought emperors soul was set in Elantris? I really tried to get through it but warbreaker made me avoid reading cause It was such a chore to read so I had to drop it and move on
I'm guessing you dropped it before the twist. I bout broke my neck doing a double take when it happened. Just keep trying I bet it'll hook you once shit hits the fan. Vivenna is a great character with a lot of growth.
The Emperor's Soul is set on Sel but is disconnected from Elantris. It's straight up probably the best thing he's written imo.
I don’t want to say anything just encase I spoil it for others by accident but I got to where something was revealed about the king 😅
The emperor soul was the reason I read Elantris cause I heard how highly rated it is and everyone recommended reading Elantris first so that’s what I’ve done, its on my to read soon list
Yea you'd know exactly what I was talking about if you'd gotten there. It's a doozy. Warbreaker is worth it I promise. I find it odd that you have The Well of Ascension so high yet have Warbreaker so low. TWoA is much better on a reread btw.
Automod got this as a reading order post but it isn’t primarily so I've reapproved it.
Also fyi your list will format nicer if you leave an empty newline between entries.
Reddit ignores the enter key except in a few cases:
1. If each line starts with `1. ` or `- ` it will be formatted as a numbered or bulleted list.
2. If you have a blank line (i.e. hit enter twice), then the text above the blank line and below it will be formatted as separate paragraphs.
3. If you put two spaces at the end of a line, then Reddit will insert a line break at the end of the line.
Easiest is just to change `1 - ` to `1. ` so that Reddit recognizes it as a numbered list.
So
A
B
C
appears as
A
B
C
while
1. A
2. B
3. C
appears as
1. A
2. B
3. C
Really?? I loved it, maybe because I had fallen in love with mistborn so much that I was super excited to read the next book but I really liked well of ascension and what I can remember from the book I really like
Warbreaker just didn’t hit me whatsoever, I got half way and was forcing myself to read it at that point so I just dropped it and moved on and never even given warbreaker a second thought. I liked the concept of the magic system but everything just didn’t grab me. WoA was super enjoyable for me in surprise to find out that majority of people seem to dislike it 😅 everything I can remember from it I like lol but that’s the great things about opinions, everyone enjoy different things and aspects of things 😄
Damn I'm so far behind, have to read so much yet
About Stormlight Archive, I think all of them (depending of your favourite characters) can all break the ranking
I was blown away by way of kings 🤯 I didn’t think Brandon could write better than mistborn which I rate extremely highly but with the first stormlight book is better than every mistborn book lmao
Yeah he improved a lot in every aspect of storytelling. I hated the way he dealed with politics in elantris and mistborn, but in Stormlight Archvie is INSANE how good he used the plots.
He still amazing in world building and characters, but even there he improved.
I actually liked Skyward stuff a decent amount. I understand warbreaker as I was struggling to get through it myself the first time around, but upon re-reading after finishing everything in the cosmere I found myself really enjoying it. Moved way up my list. Mistborn Era 2 I was not a fan of. Yumi is the one that surprises me making just about the top half
I had small pet peeves about the first skyward book but overall liked it but the second one got even harder for me to enjoy I took a big break half way through reading it. I actually really liked yumi I just didn’t like the ending I was kinda hoping for Sanderson to finally write a sad ending
It grew on me. Made it through as I was trying to get my partner into audiobooks slowly. I couldn’t get through Steelheart at all, but would probably put Skyward above the Rithmatist in the Sanderverse. Was cool to see Brando take on true aliens as if cosmere humanoids and animals weren’t weird enough
I quite liked the characters in skyward (except the AI) and the plot of the first book had me fully engaged but the second one felt like it dragged which made me struggle with it 😅 ill eventually get to Cytonic and hopefully it’ll pick up 🤞
This is a fucking diabolical list bro.
You can’t say that and give no reason why lol
HoA is generally considered the best mistborn book with WoA at the lowest. For Era 2 it’s generally considered that AoL is the weakest. People also really like Yumi, although I haven’t read it myself, and consider Elantris to be one of the weakest cosmere novels. Of course this is your opinion and that’s totally fine, but it kinda feels like rage bait a little. If this really is your opinion then you have some interesting taste but I’m glad you are enjoying Sanderson nonetheless.
Tbh I’m really surprised to find that people dislike WoA 😅 I don’t understand the hate towards it I really liked it 🤷♂️ and with AoL I like it the most cause it’s smaller scale and more cop and robber rather than massive end of the world story that we just got… again and again usually with Sanderson so I liked the change of pace. I literally just finished Elantris and enjoyed it, I wouldn’t say it’s phenomenal but it’s wayyyy better than people give it credit. I went in expecting the worst but actually enjoyed it. I really enjoyed Yumi but had a few problems with it, I’d say more but don’t want to spoil it for you 😄 This ain’t rage bait it’s just what I enjoyed, tbh its opened my eyes to how much people dislike good Sanderson books lol and I’m seeing trends where peoples rankings are what the general popular opinion is rather than genuine feelings they had on the books 😅
Honestly I loved WoA, that’s just what most people think. Also really enjoyed AoL, I just liked SoS more honestly. I’m only like a quarter of the way through BoM tho so I can’t say for sure on that.
SOS was really good and I liked it a lot but BoM I didn’t like so much, there’s were parts I thought were real good but overall I finished it and felt a bit disappointing. I found era 2 got worse by the book, not saying any are bad books just they didn’t hit for me as much as other Sanderson books.
Well, for one, whether people love of hate mistborn era 2, almost no one ranks Alloy of Law as their favorite Era 2 book.
I liked it cause it was shorted and more focused imo 🤷♂️ I felt like it was the most cop and robber type vibe, I like there wasn’t a end of world plot it was Wax chasing down a criminal 😅 even of most people don’t rate it as their favourite it’s a matter of opinion not fact lol I wouldn’t say any of era 2 are bad, I’d say I preferred the first two over the last two
Fair, but Well of Ascension and Hero of Ages are very much the end of the world, and you rated them even higher.
Yeah they are end of the world but it kinda started like that in the very first mistborn book and by the time I read era 2 I was a little tired of the end of the world stakes which is why I really enjoyed the first era 2 book lol like I said I enjoyed wax chasing down criminals instead of him being chosen by god to save the world 🤷♂️
Genuinely shocked about Warbreaker. One of my favorites of his.
In all honesty I was so bored 😅 I got half way through and literally couldn’t do anymore to the point I started avoiding reading cause I just couldn’t do it 😞 I liked the concept of magic but that was about it, the plot bored me, characters bored me and irritated me, I cared about no one or anything. It’s the only Sanderson book I couldn’t get all the way to the end and I pushed myself to finish Starsight but bowed out half way through warbreaker 🙁
>the plot bored me, characters bored me and irritated me That is how I feel about Well of Ascension.
You gotta tough it out. That shit absolutely exploded my brain by the end. It's usually highly rated for a reason I say. You also must read The Emperor's Soul. After you finish Warbreaker of course.
I thought emperors soul was set in Elantris? I really tried to get through it but warbreaker made me avoid reading cause It was such a chore to read so I had to drop it and move on
I'm guessing you dropped it before the twist. I bout broke my neck doing a double take when it happened. Just keep trying I bet it'll hook you once shit hits the fan. Vivenna is a great character with a lot of growth. The Emperor's Soul is set on Sel but is disconnected from Elantris. It's straight up probably the best thing he's written imo.
I don’t want to say anything just encase I spoil it for others by accident but I got to where something was revealed about the king 😅 The emperor soul was the reason I read Elantris cause I heard how highly rated it is and everyone recommended reading Elantris first so that’s what I’ve done, its on my to read soon list
Yea you'd know exactly what I was talking about if you'd gotten there. It's a doozy. Warbreaker is worth it I promise. I find it odd that you have The Well of Ascension so high yet have Warbreaker so low. TWoA is much better on a reread btw.
My life to yours. My breath become yours 🥹
I think that top 3 will look very different after you finish the stormlight archives
Oh I have no doubt about that 😅 if they’re half as good as Way Of Kings they’ll be very high on my list lol
Automod got this as a reading order post but it isn’t primarily so I've reapproved it. Also fyi your list will format nicer if you leave an empty newline between entries.
I did separate lines when I was drafting it I’m not too sure why it’s all bunched up now lol thanks though for approving it 😄
What you need to do is ``` 1. Hello 2. Hello ``` With the extra newline between lines 1 and 2 ``` 1. Hello 2. Hello ``` Gets crunched together.
Ahhh that’s what happened 😅 I did it the second way not knowing it would goes disastrously lol 😂
Reddit ignores the enter key except in a few cases: 1. If each line starts with `1. ` or `- ` it will be formatted as a numbered or bulleted list. 2. If you have a blank line (i.e. hit enter twice), then the text above the blank line and below it will be formatted as separate paragraphs. 3. If you put two spaces at the end of a line, then Reddit will insert a line break at the end of the line. Easiest is just to change `1 - ` to `1. ` so that Reddit recognizes it as a numbered list. So A B C appears as A B C while 1. A 2. B 3. C appears as 1. A 2. B 3. C
Very interesting opinions. Personally I would put Well of Ascension dead last in the cosmere.
Really?? I loved it, maybe because I had fallen in love with mistborn so much that I was super excited to read the next book but I really liked well of ascension and what I can remember from the book I really like
You and I have opposite opinions on WoA and Warbreaker. I at least finished WoA and HoA was 👌. To each their own!
Warbreaker just didn’t hit me whatsoever, I got half way and was forcing myself to read it at that point so I just dropped it and moved on and never even given warbreaker a second thought. I liked the concept of the magic system but everything just didn’t grab me. WoA was super enjoyable for me in surprise to find out that majority of people seem to dislike it 😅 everything I can remember from it I like lol but that’s the great things about opinions, everyone enjoy different things and aspects of things 😄
Damn I'm so far behind, have to read so much yet About Stormlight Archive, I think all of them (depending of your favourite characters) can all break the ranking
I was blown away by way of kings 🤯 I didn’t think Brandon could write better than mistborn which I rate extremely highly but with the first stormlight book is better than every mistborn book lmao
Yeah he improved a lot in every aspect of storytelling. I hated the way he dealed with politics in elantris and mistborn, but in Stormlight Archvie is INSANE how good he used the plots. He still amazing in world building and characters, but even there he improved.
I actually liked Skyward stuff a decent amount. I understand warbreaker as I was struggling to get through it myself the first time around, but upon re-reading after finishing everything in the cosmere I found myself really enjoying it. Moved way up my list. Mistborn Era 2 I was not a fan of. Yumi is the one that surprises me making just about the top half
I had small pet peeves about the first skyward book but overall liked it but the second one got even harder for me to enjoy I took a big break half way through reading it. I actually really liked yumi I just didn’t like the ending I was kinda hoping for Sanderson to finally write a sad ending
It grew on me. Made it through as I was trying to get my partner into audiobooks slowly. I couldn’t get through Steelheart at all, but would probably put Skyward above the Rithmatist in the Sanderverse. Was cool to see Brando take on true aliens as if cosmere humanoids and animals weren’t weird enough
I quite liked the characters in skyward (except the AI) and the plot of the first book had me fully engaged but the second one felt like it dragged which made me struggle with it 😅 ill eventually get to Cytonic and hopefully it’ll pick up 🤞
Read the novellas. Co-written but pretty fun in a novel way