Brandon Sanderson bibliography

Sanderson writes many of his works in an overarching universe known as the Cosmere with series tending to be on different planets within that universe. The works, especially the magic systems within them, are often subtly connected, and some characters appear across the various series.[1]

These works are based on the action role-playing iOS video game Infinity Blade, developed by Chair Entertainment and Epic Games.

• Infinity Blade: Awakening (2011, ISBN 978-0-9839430-0-6) (novella)
• Infinity Blade: Redemption (2013, ISBN 978-0-9839430-2-0) (novella)

Legion is a series of three science fiction novellas, originally published by Subterranean Press.

• Legion (2012, Subterranean Press, ISBN 978-1-59606-485-0)
• Legion: Skin Deep (2014, Subterranean Press, ISBN 978-1-59606-690-8)
• Legion: Lies of the Beholder (2018, Subterranean Press, ISBN 978-1-59606-885-8)

A collection of all three novellas was published by Tor Books in 2018:

• Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds (2018, Tor Books, ISBN 978-1-25029-779-2)

Original author Robert Jordan died before completing his multi-volume epic The Wheel of Time. Sanderson was chosen by Harriet McDougal, Jordan's widow and editor, to finish the series according to the notes left behind by her husband.[2] Sanderson's novels in the series are:

• The Gathering Storm (2009)
• Towers of Midnight (2010)[3][4]
• A Memory of Light (2013)

Deleted Scenes:

• River of Souls, a deleted scene from A Memory of Light. Published in Unfettered (2013)
• A Fire Within the Ways, a non-canon deleted scene from A Memory of Light. Published in the fantasy anthology Unfettered III, ed. Shawn Speakman (novella) (2019, Grim Oak Press, ISBN 1944145230)

This includes standalone short stories, novelettes, and novellas.

• Centrifugal (1994, brandonsanderson.com) (short story)[5]
• Firstborn (2008, Tor.com, ISBN 978-1-4299-5298-9) (short story)[6]
• Heuristic Algorithm and Reasoning Response Engine with Ethan Skarstedt in Armored, edited by John Joseph Adams (novelette) (2012, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4516-3817-2)[7]
• I Hate Dragons and I Hate Dragons Extended Version (2013, brandonsanderson.com) (short story)[8][9]
• Dreamer in Games Creatures Play, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner (short story) (2014, Ace, ISBN 978-0-425-25687-9)[10]
• Perfect State (2015, Dragonsteel, ISBN 978-1-938570-09-4) (novella)[11]
• Snapshot (2017, Dragonsteel) (novella)[12]
• Magic: Children of the Nameless (2018, Wizards of the Coast)[13]

• The Original: a science-fiction audiobook, co-written by Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal, narrated by Julia Whelan. Released on September 14, 2020.[14]

• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (2007, ISBN 978-0-439-92550-1)
• Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (2008, ISBN 978-0-439-92553-2)
• Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (2009, ISBN 978-0-439-92555-6)
• Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (2010, ISBN 978-0-439-92557-0)
• Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent (2016, ISBN 978-0-7653-8140-8)

Dark One is a cross-media series, with a three-volume graphic novel planned, a tv series and an audio original series.

• Dark One Volume 1 (Graphic Novel) (May 2021, Vault Comics, ISBN 9781939424457)[15]

• Steelheart (2013, Delacorte Press, ISBN 978-0-375-99121-9)[16]
• Mitosis (Novella, 2013, Delacorte Press, ISBN 978-0-449-81843-5)
• Firefight (2015, Delacorte Press, ISBN 978-0-375-99122-6)[17][18]
• Calamity (2016, Delacorte Press, ISBN 978-0-385-74360-0)[17][19]

• The Rithmatist (2013, Tor Books, ISBN 978-0-765-32032-2)[20][21]

• Defending Elysium (Short story, 2008, published in October/November 2008 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction) (short story)[22]
• Skyward (2018, Delacorte Press, ISBN 978-0-399-55577-0)[23]
• Starsight (November 26, 2019, Delacorte Press, ISBN 978-0-399-55581-7)[24]

In a blogpost on his website, Sanderson revealed Skyward is the continuity of something he has written before, but more was not officially stated.[23] In a Q&A at a book signing for Skyward, he said it is in the same universe as Defending Elysium.[25]