Top 10 Brandon Sanderson Books According To My Subscribers
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I asked you guys all over social media what your top 10 Brandon Sanderson books are, in total we had around 226 responses and today I’m going over those results and reacting to YOUR top 10!
Huge thank you to my friend @PatrickRyanBookReviews for setting up the survey and keeping track of all the data for me!
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Do you agree with this ranking? If you missed out on the survey, let me know your top 10 Brandon Sanderson books here in the comments!
Emperor soul wasn't in the list you had to wrote it manually, that's the reason it was so low
Ohhh dang I didn't realize that 😵 in that case, I wonder if it would have made it to top 10
The number of times my mind was absolutely blown near the ending of Hero of Ages is still one of my favorite reading experiences ever!
I JUST FINISHED IT. I AM STILL COMPREHENDING!!! IT WAS A MASTERPIECE!
Warbreaker is free on Audible.
TBH I did not know that Brandon Sanderson had so many books. Got to look in to this more....
They are amazing. I’ve never been disappointed after reading one of his books.
I wasn’t either until defiant the last skyward book I thought it was really lame and one note
Hey man! 😄 As per your request: I'm the one who submitted "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell" as my number 1! 😋 And thank you for your words, it means a lot! 😃💙📚 I'm also 1 of the 2 that submitted "Sixth of the Dusk" to the list, as well 😋
I love both of these stories because of their darker tones, and me being a dark fantasy author, they fit me like a glove (or a pair of gloves, rather 😂)! And I personally classify both "Shadows [...]" and "Sixth of the Dusk" as dark fantasy, which may explain my affinity to them. 😊
I'm actually releasing a fantasy reading vlog next thursday in which I talk about both of these books, as well as one of your favorite short stories/novellas 😉
Take care, and thanks again for the shout out! 😃💙📚
Hey! 😃Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell is such an underrated story! That's awesome you placed it in the #1 spot! I also like the slightly darker tone to this story, it makes it a very unique Cosmere novel, and I wish more people would check it out. Sixth of the Dusk is fantastic as well!
Happy reading to you! 📖📚
Hero of Ages made me cry... So did The Lost Metal.
Books don't often make me cry.
I loved stormlight archive for the same reason. I haven’t read the mistborn series in it’s entirety yet but… I feel like a mix of shallahn and kalodin in my mentality so when they are making steps to be better I cry
If this is confusing it’s cuz I tried to keep it spoiler free 😅
Shadows for silence is extremely underrated. It’s Sanderson at his best.
Agreed!!
Totally agree! Whenever someone mentions they love Sanderson, I always ask if they’ve read this, and most the time they have not, so I love giving that recommendation!!
I just finished re-reading this via Kate Reading's audio performance. Agreed! Very good! I love the re-appearance of the shades in The Sunlit Man.
The Vin character study was phenomenal! Would love a Kelsier study!
Would love more character studies 🎉
Please do more character deep dives! I need you to do one on Hoid! Tress is the best insight we have into Sanderson's mind.
Sunlit man is easily in my top 10, the things we get a glimpse of are completely crazy and make me want to read the next SA’s so bad
Right!? Same here!!
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The Alloy of Law above A Memory of Light XD
Your summaries are gold. Thank you so much for continuing them!
Interesting video about Brandon Sanderson books!! Happy reading to you!! 🎉
Thank you Safina!! 😊 Happy reading to you as well!
I would love to see more character studies!
Oathbringer is my favorite, mostly because Dalinar is my time favorite character from Brandon
This would be my list!
1. Words of Radiance
2. The Way of Kings
3. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
4. Skyward
5. The Hero of Ages
6. The Lost Metal
7. Tress of the Emerald Sea
8. The Emperor's Soul
9. Sixth of the Dusk
10. Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians
11. The Sunlit Man
12. Rhythm of War
13. Warbreaker
Really great list! Looks like I need to read Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians!
@@CapturedInWords Is really great of you like chaos and hilarity. I love a good funny story alongside the more heavy/serious ones, and the uniqueness and humor just barely put it over some of his other books(that I still love) for me.
I personally think that Rhythm of War improves dramatically on reread.
It did for me. It was among my least faves among Sanderson works after my first read. Upon reread, I am not sure what my former self was thinking.
Do most people like Mistborn more than Hero of Ages!? I just read through Era 1 and while I love the more personal nature of Mistborn, Hero of Ages blew my socks off! Hero is my fav for sure
Mistborn is the name of the series. The Final Empire is the name of Mistborn book 1. I think most people like Hero of Ages more than The Final Empire.
Thank you for your appreciation of Reckoners. I missed the poll, but Rithmatist and Steelheart all both in my top 10
Good choice! I think both of those are really underrated Sanderson works!
I loved the reckoners! I never hear anyone talking about it, but it was one of the most fun series that I've read. I couldn't put it down
Dang how did i miss your survey 😮 Would have loved to participate. However, thank you for the awesome video!
I also love to watch your character & book summarizes! The videos show how much work you put into them and always gets me hyped to read the book again! They are also always the first thing I watch once I see them in my recommendations 😊
YAY! Stormlight archive summary video!!!
Also, it looks like the only book in my ranking that matched the rankings everyone else did was Oathbringer at ranking #4.
I still love rhythm of war, mostly because in my opinion it was very realistic for Kaladins story with depression and always falling back into that circle.
Great video, and super excited for the WoR summary. I've watched the WoK summary several times! Really adds to the enjoyment of the whole series as it helps me keep it all straight in an easy and entertaining way!
I would love to see you finish the whole stormlight series with the in-depth summary. I know its a ton of work, and takes forever. But you've done such a great job with the ones you've done so far. I hope you get around to it.
Nevermind, I posted that before the end of the video. I'm glad you're getting back into those. I cant wait.
So I didn't rank Sunlit Man because I'm not there yet. I also only ranked cosmere books because thats all the Brando Sando I've read.
As a cosmere fan this was a delight for my soul ! :)
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
Enjoyed Shadows for Silence and Elantris more than I did Emperors Soul and Warbreaker
Elantris is my favorite! I should reread it someday....
All love and zero negativity. I need a captured in words video on how you ask for that haircut
Shadows For Silence was so cool, but I'd love for it to lean even more into the horror vibes
Hey! My ranking of Tress was pretty much Smack in the middle of the average! I gave it my #6 spot!
The book discussion is great, but I want to know where Jay got that sweater. The color is chef's kiss 🤌🤌🤌
I did not connect with any of the Characters in the Sunlit man and the bad guy was so Bland. Cosmere stuff was cool but it was more like a long WOB.
If it was not a cosmere story I would have DNF it. It is my least favourite Cosmere novel of all of them. Dragonsteel Prime is way better than sunlit man for example. :D
To be honest the white sand audiobook is pretty good and I prefer it over the graphic novel. It’s like a movie you listen to.
18 at least! Yay! I‘m a die hard Skyward fan 😂
Me too. I just read it and am on book 2 now. I’ve decided that sci-fi is my new personality. Because I love it so much 😅 I’m obsessed.
@@heatherstiara8033 The Audiobooks are also great if you‘re into those! ☺️
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I somehow got the classic and dramatized version of Elantris and I’m excited to listen to the regular then the dramatized. I tried to start with the dramatized but I kept getting distracted and confused on who was talking.
I loved Skyward, but didn’t think the rest of the series was at the same level. Cytonic in particular felt like a side quest that should have been a couple chapters but was stretched into a book.
I am a big fan of Lift and the Edgedancer novella. I felt like she added a little bit of levity to a series that can be very heavy with mental and emotional struggles. I really appreciated the short reprieve.
You NEED to read the Alcatraz series! It’s such fun! The kids and I listened to it last summer and still quote it. It’s a great palate cleanser or slump buster.
You've convinced me! I'll give the audiobooks a listen 😁
Cool to see that we're both currently reading Words of Radiance
I'm also reading the stormlight archive now, the words of radiance page 156
I only read Elantris, Emperor's soul and Skyward series from Sanderson as of now. Skyward is pretty fun, you should read it, I didn't think an AI could be such an amazing character)
I think I'll definitely start Skyward again so I can read it in its entirety! :)
1) Edgedancer is the best side-story. 2) Sando is physically incapable of writing a short story.
I’m very surprised at the Mistborn 2 data and Sunlit Man. I had BoM and Sunlit in my top 10.
Also I still don’t get the Yumi hype, fun read but I didn’t get as much out of it.
I was surprised about Mistborn Era 2 and Sunlit Man as well!
My favorite is Words of Radiance!!! It's my #5 favorite book of all time.
What are you top 4?
Yes to character studies!!
I adore Mistborn era 2. It’s my favorite series of his. My top 3 is definitely Tress, Warbreaker, and Elantris, though. You should definitely listen to Graphic Audio’s White Sand, by the way! I think it’s the best way to experience the story! It’s very underrated
No one talks about legion.... Next we have dawnshard. 🤣🤣🤣
I'm attempting to read all the Sanderson books, and the main ones I need to get to are skyward 2 and 3, and Alcatraz 3-6. And let's not forget the wheel of time, still working in that one.
But I think I've read all the rest
Awesome goal!! I still need to read Skyward 3 (and short stories) and the Alcatraz books
My personal favorite by a long shot is emperor’s soul, the writing is some of the most brilliant I’ve ever read 100%
I would greatly appreciate a deep,dive into Sazed. Mu most favorite character!!!
I'd love to know where you found all this art. It's all gorgeous.
I really enjoyed the Skyward series. Great quality YA reads
Sanderson's YA stuff is awesome. Reckoners is great and so is one called the rithmatist. Haven't finished the video yet so maybe you mentioned that one later.
Where do you get your music from in your Mistborn, Cosmere creatures and Stormlight Archive videos?
Most of the music I get from those videos is from my subscription to MotionArray, here's one I often use for Stormlight: motionarray.com/royalty-free-music/orbit-of-uncertainty-143157/?q=orbit%20of%20uncertain
@@CapturedInWords Thanks for letting me know. The music you use in your videos is amazing and fits the atmosphere.
I love Brandon's books!
As a newer Cosmere fan who has barely read anything...yep, Words of Radiance is brilliant. Easily in my top 5 for every single book I've ever read.
When will you read Doors of Stone?
I’m 3/4 of the way through Words of Radiance right now, I agree that it’s the best of Brandon so far. I’ve read everything in the Cosmere except for the rest of Stormlight, Yumi,Sunlit man, and the lost metal.
I love HP, GOT, LoTR, Dune and much more.. The pictures of the stormlight archive looks so over the top. I didnt started because I think it is too much (high)-fantasy with hard-magic? Am I right or will I love it because I love the other ones too?
I wanted to read White sand, I just couldn't buy Vol. 1 for a reasonable price. Mostly because shipping from USA is up to 30$, bookdepository didn't have it... just kind of gave up looking for it. Favourite short stories for me are LEGION.
I am new to Sanderson beyond TWOT as I just decided after my 3rd time through that series it was time to dive into Sanderson's other works.
I love the prequel New Spring and all the rest of his work on Wheel.
I adore Tress and it will now and forever be a Favorite fantasy novel.
I agree, The Emperor's Soul is outstanding the magic arts were so good my daydreams often go wandering there.
And my last Sanderson is Warbreaker, which I enjoy the color aspect and the Royal "Tonks" hair but, it dragged and lagged at times, and was way too predictable.
Around two-thirds of the way through, I felt like, I could guess the rest, and I had.
Beyond Wheel, my ranking of the bit I've gotten to is Tress, Soul, and Warbreaker.
I am here on the hunt for next up should I go with a Novella? a Stand Alone? Or is it time to dive into the sexy massive tomes I'm flirting with?
I haven't read all of Sanderson's books yet. Need most of the stand alones and I probably won't read his YA stuff because that doesn't interest me. But here is my top 10 of his so far:
10. Shadows of Self (4 out of 5 stars)
9. Towers of Midnight (4.5)
8. Alloy of Law (4.5)
7. Oathbringer (5)
6. The Bands of Mourning (5)
5. A Memory of Light (5)
4. Words of Radiance (5)
3. The Lost Metal (5)
2. The Gathering Storm (5)
1. The Way of Kings (5)
Noticeably absent in my top 10 is the first Mistborn trilogy. I liked all of them; gave each a 4 star rating but I liked these others more. If I didn't include the WoT books 2 of them would make it onto the list along with RoW. But I would rather include the WoT books since they are much much better overall than Era 1 in my opinion. Everything I've read of Sanderson so far has been at least a 4 star.
This is a really great list!
You do know they are planning to make the Mistborn series into a movie right?
My favorite brandon sanderson mission book is lost metal
Sunlit Man didn’t get a higher ranking from me simply because I just enjoy so many others more
I’ve loved Sunlit man, but I enjoy others more, maybe because of how long I lived with them. I would also say it was a little too action packed for me
Also the White Sand graphic audio is great!!
The Reckoners series was my first approach to reading Sanderson. First book, amazing. Second book was okay. The last one I hated with a passion, I was so mad about the ending that I didn't want to read anything else by him 😂 (Of course, I continue reading him, he's one of my favourite authors)
I was really disappointed in Sanderson for bringing out the Stormlight Novella's. I missed the announcement of the Novella's and felt lost in Oathbringer as a result
elantris sooo underated
Im struggling to get through Tress of the Emerald Sea...
I have not yet had a chance to Read The Sunlit Man, and so couldn’t honestly put it in my rankings, no matter how many people say they enjoyed it.
Did Jay see the new Amazing Digital Circus Episode?
Sixth of Dusk is my fav short story
Yessss!!!
"I thought a lot of people love Lift." Oh Jay. True, a lot of people love Lift; but a lot of people also HATE Lift. She's probably Sanderson's not divisive character.
I personally dislike her
I voted for Edgedancer
I'm here for all Sanderson's underrated novels. Rithmatist is excellent. Legion (as a whole) is very, very good. I read both as a 29 year old and had a better time with them than with most of the secret projects.
The Emperor’s Soul was my #1, but I had to write it in.
I just finished oathbringer and I'm currently reading dawnshard. I had a hard time with words of radiance but I think it's because I didn't like the story of shallan, I found it boring and I found myself eye rolling whenever a part of her story interrupted some event lol. I like her but not as much as the others
Pains me to see steelheart so high, its the one that introduced me to Brandon and good autors in general
I liked skyward and I’m not a sci-fantasy fan so take that into consideration
Theres nothing like Words of Radiance. Its the best.
Skyward the first book is great but tbh I’m not a big fan of the main books I kind of like the novellas more
I'll have to check out the novellas!
Yeah.... I didn't like tress at all... couldn't finish it 😢
Edgedancer lift and SLA lift are almost two completely different characters IMO.
I liked Rhythm of War so much more than The Well of Ascension.
I like his Legion series. And the Reckoners was a lot of fun too. I somehow missed your pole. I guess that's not unusual. I would've picked Words of Radiance as my favorite of his books.
White Sand was very "meh" for me as a graphic novel, but holy crap, it was amazing when performed by Graphic Audio!
Wow I'll definitely need to check out the graphic audio version!
@@CapturedInWords Also, by the by, I'm also currently re-reading the entire Cosmere via the Graphic Audio versions, and just started my Words of Radiance re-read a few days ago. Also, I'm using your "definitive Cosmere reading order" suggestions for my re-read.
Ya’ll did the Shadows of Self and Bands of Mourning dirty 😭
Should've been lower 😝
Agreed! 😭
More mistborn character studies!
Booktubers and Top 10s. 😮😮nowaaaaay
Mistborn Era 2 > Era 1. Idc if that’s a hot take.
I respect that! I love Mistborn era 2 and have a hard time deciding which era I like more because they're both so different from each other
Hero of ages should be way higher than the final empire.
Emperor soul is the best story Brandon Sanderson has written imo and also to this day well of ascension honestly is the least intersting cosmere book I've read and I've read good chunk of them I even prefer Elantris over it
I read Mistborn a couple of years ago and my gawd it was so boring! After that I have never touched a Sanderson book again. Feels like his books are more suitable for teenage boys maybe
Ain't no way people put well of ascension over Rhythm
Rhythm def is the least fav stormlight book among fans unfortunately
@@ApoMelon the same is true for well. I'm surprised people have it top 10 at all to be honest
@@juanperret7044 that is true, I’m might be one of the few who likes well of the ascension the most lol
You had two books at rank 22
It’s called a tie my dude.
Oh my bad! Dawnshard should have been rank 24
@@CapturedInWords awesome, thank you
@@hawk66100 he didn't mention so, so I didn't think it was, and it wasn't
I feel like words of Radiance is dependent on how much you like shallan. It's by far my least favorite stormlight book because she's one of my least favorite characters in fiction
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