Cosmere Universe Books in Order

Arelon’s crown prince is struck by the Shaod and exiled to the ruined city of Elantris, where a broken magic has left its people suffering. Outside the walls, Princess Sarene and a zealous priest fight over the kingdom’s future.

In a world of ash and mist, street thief Vin is recruited by Kelsier’s crew to topple the immortal Lord Ruler. Their weapon is Allomancy, metal‑powered magic, and a plan that starts as a heist and turns into rebellion.

After Elantris begins to recover, Princess Sarene faces a sudden crisis that could undo everything the city has rebuilt. This short novella revisits familiar characters for a tight, high‑tension problem that has to be solved quickly.

The Lord Ruler is gone, but the city of Luthadel is besieged by rival armies and political chaos. Vin and Elend must hold a fragile new kingdom together while an ancient power beneath the city whispers that it wants to be released.

Ash falls, cities burn, and the prophecies everyone trusted start to crack. Vin and Elend race to understand what the mists are trying to say before the world ends. The Mistborn trilogy’s finale turns survival into a last desperate gamble.

Two sisters from Idris are pulled into the glittering politics of Hallandren, where magic is fueled by Breath and gods walk the streets. One is sent to marry the God King; the other follows, uncovering plots and a living sword.

On storm‑lashed Roshar, Kaladin fights to keep his bridgecrew alive, Shallan hunts a dangerous secret, and Dalinar tries to lead with honor in a brutal war. Ancient powers begin to return, and the world starts to remember old oaths.

Centuries after Mistborn’s first trilogy, Waxillium Ladrian returns to the city to stop kidnappings tied to a shadowy criminal group. Guns, trains, and Allomancy collide in a fast mystery that turns into something much larger.

Forger Shai is sentenced to die unless she can do the impossible: rebuild the soul of an assassinated emperor. Trapped in a palace workshop, she must rewrite a life convincingly enough to fool an empire—and decide what counts as a person.

Shallan digs deeper into Roshar’s secrets while Kaladin and Dalinar face betrayal and shifting alliances on the Shattered Plains. As ancient powers return, the cost of oaths—and the price of breaking them—becomes impossible to ignore.

Waxillium Ladrian hunts a killer who seems able to imitate anyone, threatening the fragile peace of a modernizing city. With Wayne and Marasi at his side, he uncovers a conspiracy that hits both the government and his own past.

Lift, a streetwise young Radiant, tries to outrun her past while tracking a friend who’s slipping away. Her journey mixes humor with danger, and it ties directly into the growing Stormlight conflicts.

The legendary Bands of Mourning might grant godlike Allomantic power, and every faction wants them. Wax, Wayne, and Marasi race across deserts and airships to find the artifact first, uncovering secrets that reshape what they thought they knew.

Dalinar tries to unite rival nations against a looming supernatural war, while Shallan and Kaladin face painful truths about themselves. Ancient history surfaces, the Knights Radiant grow, and the cost of broken oaths becomes impossible to ignore.

Rysn joins an expedition to a forbidden island in search of a Dawnshard, an ancient force with world‑shaping consequences. With a small crew and no taste for violence, she must rely on planning and nerve to survive the mission.

On Roshar, the war turns into a battle of science, magic, and ideology. Scholars race to understand the secrets of Light, while Kaladin and Shallan fight inner wars and a new enemy strategy threatens to break everything they’ve built.

This Mistborn side story reveals what was happening behind the scenes of the original trilogy. Familiar events take on new meaning as a key figure fights to nudge fate from the shadows, risking everything for a chance at another ending.

Wax and Wayne return for a final case as a new threat spreads through Elendel and the Basin. Old grudges, new technology, and wider Cosmere stakes collide as the crew races to stop a catastrophe.

A fugitive known as Nomad crashes on a planet where daylight can kill and the only safe path is constant motion. Hunted by relentless enemies, he teams up with locals to pull off an impossible run—and to decide whether he can stop running.

Tress lives on a quiet island until the boy she loves is taken across deadly seas made of spores. She stows away on a pirate ship, learns to survive a strange ocean, and discovers she’s braver than she ever guessed.

Two strangers from very different worlds wake up bound together, swapping lives and responsibilities without warning. As they try to untangle the mystery, they face nightly monsters, hard choices, and a connection that might save both their cities.

Dalinar has ten days to prepare for a contest that could decide Roshar’s future. Kaladin, Shallan, and their allies race through politics, oaths, and gods, while truths about the war threaten to break what they’re fighting for.

Sixth of the Dusk races to protect his island and its magical birds as outside powers close in. A dangerous voyage into the emberdark offers a chance at salvation, but it comes with perilous bargains and far‑reaching consequences.