WRITER

Brandon Sanderson

1975 - Today

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Winn Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American author of high fantasy and science fiction. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, are set. Outside of the Cosmere, he has written several young adult and juvenile series including The Reckoners, the Skyward series, and the Alcatraz series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brandon Sanderson has received more than 7,145,420 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Brandon Sanderson is the 3,766th most popular writer (down from 3,452nd in 2019), the 4,826th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,562nd in 2019) and the 401st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

7.1M
Page Views (PV)
50.91
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
4.32
Effective Languages (L*)
4.02
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The way of kings

Fiction

Introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery, and a woman who is desperate to save her impoverished house.

20104 / 5

The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2)

2007

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1)

Fiction

20104 / 5

The Final Empire (Mistborn, Book 1)

Fiction

Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.

20064 / 5

Elantris

Fiction

In 2005, Brandon Sanderson debuted with Elantris, an epic fantasy unlike any other then on the market. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Tor is reissuing Elantris in a special edition, a fresh chance to introduce it to the myriad readers who have since become Sanderson fans. This new edition begins with a preface by author Dan Wells, the first person to read the completed novel, and a new afterword by Sanderson explaining how he came to write the book and its place in the Cosmere, the unified universe of all his Tor novels. Also included is an expanded version of the "Ars Arcanum" appendix, with more of the technical details of the book's magic that fans can never get enough of. Elantris was truly a milestone both for Sanderson and for the genre of epic fantasy. It deserves this special treatment, something Tor has done only once before, with Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. Sanderson fans old and new will be excited to discover it.

20054 / 5

Page views of Brandon Sandersons by language

Over the past year Brandon Sanderson has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 1,125,726 views, followed by Spanish (263,189), and German (89,628). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (104.38%), Basque (102.45%), and Lithuanian (93.80%)