Which book should be my next to read?
Elantris and Rithmatist were my next two books on my list and I was going to read which ever I just got my hands on first. I ended up getting both of them in my hands right now, so I don’t know what I should read first.
Elantris is his first novel and many people really love it while Rithmatist is new and sounds really interesting.
What would you suggest reading next?
Also, if it makes a difference, I will be going to an event that he will be at over the weekend, so I want to be able to talk about more than just Mistborn.
Thanks for the help.
Elantris was my first published book, and it does show. I think it’s still perfectly readable, but do go into it knowing that it wanders in places, that the prose is a little rough, and the characters a little more straightforward than those of Mistborn. It would be a good one to read if you are interested in the Cosmere, as The Rithmatist isn’t a Cosmere book.
The Rithmatist is a stronger work overall, but has a weaker start. (That’s the roughest part of the book.) It is also more narrow—it has one viewpoint character, and is about basically one event. It’s going to read faster than Elantris , come together more tightly, but overall is going to feel less deep because of its focused nature.
Either way, thanks for reading.
–Brandon
If you are viewing this on github.io, you can see that this site is open source. Please do not try to improve this page. It is auto-generated by a python script. If you have suggestions for improvements, please start a discussion on the github repo or the Discord.