The highly anticipated fifth novel in Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series, Wind and Truth, is now available. The hardcover edition of Wind and Truth, which clocks in at 1,344 pages, is on sale for $24.09 at Amazon. That's a 40% discount from its $40 list price.
Wind and Truth brings the first arc of The Stormlight Archive to a close. All four of the novels in the high fantasy series have eclipsed 1,000 pages in hardcover format, but Wind and Truth is the biggest yet at 1,344 pages--over 100 pages longer than any of the others. Amazon has named Wind and Truth one of the best overall books of December and one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2024.
If you prefer to read on an electronic device, the Kindle ebook version is $20, while the audiobook is $26. But if you want to listen to Wind and Truth, you're far better off subscribing to Audible Premium Plus. New subscribers can get their first three months for three bucks. And since you get one free premium audiobook from the catalog to keep each month, you can technically get Wind and Truth's audiobook for $3.
Returning Audible subscribers will have to the normal $15/month cost, but that's still a better way to buy Wind and Truth than outright. Once you redeem your Audible Credit, the book remains in your library even if you cancel your subscription. It's no different than buying Wind and Truth for $26. You can sign up for Audible Premium Plus on Wind and Truth's audiobook store page.
The Stormlight Archive is one of Sanderson's two big series set in the sprawling fictional universe known as the Cosmere. If the release of Wind and Truth has reminded you that you've been meaning to dive in, we've outlined the best deals on The Stormlight Archive and the Mistborn Saga below.
Oathbringer, the third Stormlight book, is currently sold out in hardcover format at Amazon, Walmart, and Target--hence the box set recommendation. The box set averages out to $29 per book, but it's worth noting that Books 1, 2, and 4 are cheaper individually.
To complete your Stormlight Archive set, you'll want to get Edgedancer and Dawnshard, both of which are super cheap in hardcover format right now. The former takes place between books two and three, while the latter takes place between three and four.
Here's the full list of hardcovers in chronological order:
Books 1-4 of The Stormlight Archive are also available in trade paperback and mass market paperback (smaller books). The trade paperback editions mirror the hardcovers in terms of page count and font size. For books this long, hardcovers are definitely nice to have, but if you want to save some cash, the trade paperbacks are the next best option in terms of readability in physical format. However, it is worth noting that Words of Radiance is actually slightly more expensive in paperback than hardcover.
The mass market paperbacks are the "pocket-sized" editions. Of course, these aren't actually pocketable due to how long these books are. The page counts balloon in this format, while the font is smaller. The Way of Kings is 1,280 pages in mass market paperback, whereas it's 1,008 pages in hardcover and trade.
Here are the listings for each individual mass market paperback, but if you want all four, you should buy The Stormlight Archive's 3-Book Paperback Box Set for $25 and Book 4 separately for $9. Your total cost will be roughly $34 compared to $42 when buying all four individually.
If you're new to Sanderson in general, you can read either of his two major series set in the Cosmere first. The Stormlight Archive is a high fantasy series with a larger cast, grander scope, and many interconnected narratives. It's the more ambitious and denser of the two series. The Mistborn Saga's original trilogy released before The Stormlight Archive debuted in 2010. Mistborn skews more toward urban fantasy and features more grounded stories with smaller casts and fewer threads to keep track of. Depending on your interests, Mistborn might be a better way to introduce yourself to Sanderson's work. The Mistborn Saga is up to seven novels.
