Elantris
Brandon Sanderson
A prince secretly cast into ruined Elantris, a politically skilled princess, and a foreign priest each confront the collapse of a kingdom and its old magic.
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Brandon Sanderson
American speculative-fiction author known for rule-based magic, connected Cosmere worlds, and fantasy written for adult, young-adult, and middle-grade readers.
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Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson
A rebellion and heist narrative introduces Allomancy, an unusually explicit magic system built around metals, costs, and tactical combinations.
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Brandon Sanderson
On his thirteenth birthday, Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand, loses it to a librarian, and enters a hidden conflict involving magical lenses, absurd talents, and secret kingdoms.
Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson
A treaty marriage sends the wrong princess to Hallandren, while her sister follows and becomes entangled with rebels, priests, mercenaries, and a possible war.
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
Several long character arcs unfold across war-torn Roshar as ancient oaths, hidden histories, and a larger threat begin to converge.
The Alloy of Law
Brandon Sanderson
Waxillium Ladrian leaves the Roughs to manage his noble house in Elendel, then investigates a criminal crew using Allomancy, hostages, and industrial technology.
The Emperor's Soul
Brandon Sanderson
Shai receives one hundred days to create a convincing soul for a comatose ruler, turning a magical forgery into an argument about identity, art, and power.
The Rithmatist
Brandon Sanderson
Joel understands Rithmatic defenses better than many students who can draw them, but he cannot use the magic himself; a campus mystery gives his knowledge dangerous importance.
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
Brandon Sanderson
A man with no memory reconstructs his identity while surviving an alternate medieval world, helping local allies, and learning why people from his own time are hunting him.
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson
Tress leaves her sheltered home aboard a pirate ship, learning how to survive seas made of deadly spores while an intrusive storyteller recounts her transformation.
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson
Yumi and Painter wake in an impossible connection, forcing a sacred performer and a lonely nightmare hunter to understand each other's duties, failures, and societies.