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The Stormlight Archive Reading Order
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson has 5 main books (2010–2024), plus 2 novella or companions. Start with The Way of Kings (2010) and read the numbered books in order.
The Stormlight Archive books in order
Your reading speed
- 17 h 39 min
- 10 h 5 min
- 4 h 22 min
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- 21 h 46 min
- 3 h 58 min
- 21 h 32 min
- 24 h 5 min
Main books together: 5,433 pages, about 95 h 7 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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The Stormlight Archive: common questions
- How many books are in the The Stormlight Archive series?
- There are 5 main books in The Stormlight Archive, plus 2 novella or companion books. The most recent main book listed here is Wind and Truth (2024).
- What order should I read The Stormlight Archive in?
- Read The Stormlight Archive in its numbered order: The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War, and so on.
- What is the first The Stormlight Archive book?
- The first book is The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, published in 2010.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Stormlight Archive series?
- The 5 main books add up to about 5,433 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 95 hours of reading, or about 191 days at 30 minutes a day.
- Do I need to read the The Stormlight Archive novellas?
- The 2 novella or companion books (Edgedancer, Dawnshard) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.