Words of Radiance
- Published
- 4 March 2014
- Pages
- 1088
- ISBN-13
- 9781427233080
- Type
- novel
About this book
Words of Radiance is the second novel in The Stormlight Archive, written by Brandon Sanderson and published in March 2014 at 1,088 pages. It follows The Way of Kings and precedes the interstitial novella Edgedancer in the reading order.
Key facts about Words of Radiance
Words of Radiance is a novel by Brandon Sanderson. Readers have had it since 4 March 2014. It runs to 1088 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Words of Radiance. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781427233080 to find the main one.
Words of Radiance is book 2 of 7 in The Stormlight Archive series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with The Way of Kings (2010). Wind and Truth is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 6 December 2024.
Additionally, Brandon Sanderson writes The Wheel of Time, Elantris and Mistborn, plus 4 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Blightfall is the latest published Brandon Sanderson book on file, from 1 September 2026.
About Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is an American author who has become one of the defining voices in modern epic fantasy, primarily through the interconnected "Cosmere" universe that links most of his major series. See every Brandon Sanderson book in order.
Its place in The Stormlight Archive
Words of Radiance is book 2 in the The Stormlight Archive series. It follows The Way of Kings. It is followed by Edgedancer. See the full The Stormlight Archive reading order.
The Stormlight Archive is Brandon Sanderson's flagship epic, set on Roshar — a world scoured by apocalyptic highstorms, where plants retract like anemones, armies war over gemstones that hold the storms' light, and ten legendary orders of Knights Radiant fell into ruin so long ago that their powers have passed into myth. The Way of Kings (2010) braids three lives together: Kaladin, a surgeon's son turned enslaved bridge-runner who refuses to let his men die; Shallan, a scholar whose scholarship is a front for…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780765326362
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781427233080