Epic Fantasy
Mistborn (Era One) Books in Order
by Brandon Sanderson
In a world of ash and mist, a street thief learns she is a Mistborn, capable of burning metals for magic, and joins a heist to topple a god-emperor.
About the series
Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn: Era One introduced one of fantasy's most-imitated magic systems: Allomancy, in which certain people can ingest and "burn" specific metals to gain powers. The trilogy follows a street thief named Vin who is recruited into a heist crew aiming to overthrow the immortal Lord Ruler — a god-king who has reigned over the ash-choked Final Empire for a thousand years.
Recommended reading order
Read the original trilogy in publication order. The follow-up Wax & Wayne quartet (The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning, The Lost Metal) is set roughly 300 years later in the same world and reads as a natural continuation. Mistborn also belongs to Sanderson's wider Cosmere — entirely optional, but rewarding for completists.
Reading order
3 books · Complete