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Cosmere Books in Order

Cosmere by Brandon Sanderson contains 1 book, published in 2016. The first book is Arcanum Unbounded (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
1
Published
2016
Confirmed
1 of 1 titles
Total pages
672 across 1 books
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Cosmere is catalogued here as a single title: Arcanum Unbounded (2016), a Brandon Sanderson collection of fantasy short stories and novellas. No further Cosmere entries appear in the listing, and the series is marked likely complete.

How many Cosmere books are there?

Cosmere has 1 book, released in 2016.

Cosmere Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 1 Cosmere books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson, book 1 of the Cosmere series (2016)
  1. 1
    Arcanum Unbounded2016 · 672 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016672
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Cosmere Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Cosmere books start with Arcanum Unbounded (2016), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Cosmere in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Cosmere books in order?

You should read the Cosmere books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Cosmere book also stands alone.

What order should you read Cosmere books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Arcanum Unbounded (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cosmere book?

Arcanum Unbounded (2016) is the newest Cosmere book released so far.

Is there a new Cosmere book coming?

No next Cosmere book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Cosmere at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Cosmere title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Length
672 pages across all 1 books with a recorded length, a median of 672 pages each.

What the Cosmere books are about

All 1 Cosmere books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Brandon Sanderson

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Brandon Sanderson

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.