The Wheel of Time

by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time is one of the most ambitious and influential epic fantasy series ever written - 14 novels spanning over four million words, thousands of named characters, and a richly detailed world built on mythology from dozens of cultures. The story begins with five young people from a remote village drawn into a struggle against the Dark One, the embodiment of evil imprisoned since the creation of the world, and follows them as they discover their roles in a prophecy that may save or destroy civilisation. Jordan published the first eleven books between 1990 and 2005 before his death in 2007 from a rare blood disease. Working from Jordan's extensive notes and outlines, Brandon Sanderson completed the final three volumes, bringing the series to its conclusion in 2013. The Wheel of Time has sold over 90 million copies worldwide and has been adapted as an Amazon Prime Video television series.

Publication Order

The Wheel of Time in the order Robert Jordan wrote it. Beginning with The Eye of the World in 1990, the series ran for fourteen main novels over more than two decades, completed by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death in 2007. New Spring, the prequel novella, was published in 2004 between books ten and eleven but is listed last in publication order since it was written after the main series was well underway. Publication order is how most readers first experienced the series and how Jordan built the world - each book assumes familiarity with everything that came before.

1
The Eye of the World
1990
2
The Great Hunt
1990
3
The Dragon Reborn
1991
4
The Shadow Rising
1992