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Brandon Sanderson was born on December 19, 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in creative writing from Brigham Young University. His first book, Elantris, was published in 2005. His other works include the Mistborn series, the Stormlight Archive series, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series, and the Reckoners series. In 2007, he was chosen by Harriet Rigney to complete A Memory of Light, book twelve in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. He has continued the series with Towers of Midnight and A Memory of Light. In 2018 his title, White Sand Volume 2, made the Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Mistborn: The Final Empire… (more)
Mistborn: The Final Empire 11,692 copies, 414 reviews
The Way of Kings 8,434 copies, 288 reviews
The Well of Ascension 7,652 copies, 216 reviews
The Hero of Ages 6,915 copies, 240 reviews
Elantris 6,097 copies, 246 reviews
The Gathering Storm 5,704 copies, 127 reviews
Towers of Midnight 4,769 copies, 103 reviews
Words of Radiance 4,500 copies, 133 reviews
Warbreaker 4,192 copies, 168 reviews
The Alloy of Law 3,821 copies, 135 reviews
Steelheart 3,799 copies, 186 reviews
A Memory of Light 3,785 copies, 140 reviews
Oathbringer 3,130 copies, 68 reviews
Shadows of Self 2,428 copies, 71 reviews
Skyward 2,285 copies, 77 reviews
The Rithmatist 2,204 copies, 112 reviews
The Bands of Mourning 2,064 copies, 48 reviews
Firefight 1,967 copies, 77 reviews
Rhythm of War 1,844 copies, 39 reviews
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians 1,778 copies, 132 reviews
The Emperor's Soul 1,704 copies, 101 reviews
Calamity 1,582 copies, 54 reviews
The Mistborn Trilogy 1,354 copies, 15 reviews
Starsight 1,253 copies, 43 reviews
Edgedancer 990 copies, 24 reviews
Legion 927 copies, 60 reviews
Tress of the Emerald Sea 790 copies, 15 reviews
Mitosis 748 copies, 43 reviews
Dawnshard 681 copies, 12 reviews
The Scrivener's Bones 676 copies, 33 reviews
Cytonic 649 copies, 15 reviews
The Lost Metal 644 copies, 13 reviews
Mistborn: Secret History 584 copies, 27 reviews
The Way of Kings: Part One 491 copies, 6 reviews
The Knights of Crystallia 477 copies, 14 reviews
Legion: Skin Deep 462 copies, 34 reviews
The Way of Kings: Part Two 429 copies, 3 reviews
The Shattered Lens 416 copies, 15 reviews
White Sand, Volume 1 411 copies, 23 reviews
Snapshot 324 copies, 16 reviews
Perfect State 319 copies, 23 reviews
Infinity Blade: Awakening 278 copies, 7 reviews
The Dark Talent 273 copies, 14 reviews
Firstborn (Author) 257 copies, 14 reviews
Sixth of the Dusk 254 copies, 12 reviews
White Sand, Volume 2 (Story) 229 copies, 9 reviews
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter 220 copies, 6 reviews
Skyward Flight: The Collection 197 copies, 1 review
The Hope of Elantris 177 copies, 14 reviews
Legion: Lies of the Beholder 156 copies, 6 reviews
White Sand, Volume 3 156 copies, 7 reviews
Dark One 138 copies, 5 reviews
Oathbringer Part One 138 copies, 1 review
Legion and The Emperor's Soul 138 copies, 4 reviews
Oathbringer Part Two 128 copies, 1 review
Nightblood 109 copies
Infinity Blade: Redemption 100 copies, 2 reviews
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians 100 copies, 4 reviews
Defending Elysium 95 copies, 3 reviews
Sunreach 92 copies, 3 reviews
The Original 90 copies, 7 reviews
The Aztlanian 88 copies
White Sand 78 copies, 3 reviews
ReDawn 68 copies, 1 review
Evershore 63 copies, 1 review
Firstborn & Defending Elysium 57 copies, 3 reviews
Children of the Nameless 56 copies, 7 reviews
Lux: A Texas Reckoners Novel 45 copies, 1 review
Mistborn Adventure Game 42 copies, 1 review
The Reckoners Series Boxed Set 40 copies, 1 review
I Hate Dragons 24 copies, 2 reviews
Dreamer 24 copies, 1 review
The Sunlit Man 21 copies
Altered Perceptions 20 copies, 1 review
Centrifugal 17 copies, 3 reviews
Aether of Night 15 copies
Warbreaker - Part 1 of 3 15 copies, 1 review
Dragonsteel 11 copies
Warbreaker - Part 2 of 3 9 copies, 1 review
Lift 8 copies
Warbreaker - Part 3 of 3 6 copies, 1 review
Taevasselend 4 copies
RİTMATİST 3 copies, 1 review
Sissoylu : Son Imparatorluk 3 copies, 2 reviews
Terassüda 2 copies
Tulekahi 2 copies
The Thrill 2 copies
Häda 2 copies
The Traveler 2 copies
Lejyon 2 copies
Sissoylu 2 - Kuşatma 2 copies, 1 review
Sunreacht 1 copy
Beyaz Kum 1 copy
Rytm wojny 1 copy
Mythwalker 1 copy
Rysn 1 copy
Sissoylu: Kanun Alasimi 1 copy, 1 review
Dangerous Women (Contributor) 1,072 copies, 44 reviews
Unfettered: Tales by Masters of Fantasy (Contributor) 380 copies, 12 reviews
Games Creatures Play (Contributor) 194 copies, 8 reviews
Epic: Legends of Fantasy (Contributor) 181 copies, 3 reviews
Armored (Contributor) 139 copies, 5 reviews
Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology (Contributor) 133 copies, 7 reviews
Galactic Empires (Contributor) 112 copies, 2 reviews
Unfettered II: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy (Contributor) 106 copies, 1 review
Unfettered III: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy (Contributor) 95 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014 Edition (Contributor) 75 copies, 4 reviews
Dangerous Women 3 (Contributor) 67 copies
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015 Edition (Contributor) 64 copies, 1 review
XVI Premio UPC 2006 (Contributor) 13 copies
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 (Contributor) 10 copies, 2 reviews
Grimdark Magazine #4 (Contributor) 5 copies, 1 review

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