Where to Start with Robert Jordan
- Best entry point → The Eye of the World
- Best standalone → Origins of The Wheel of Time
- Start the Wheel of Time series → Warrior of the Altaii
- Underrated but highly rated → Knife of Dreams
- What readers keep coming back to → The Great Hunt
- Highest rated by readers → The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time #12)
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The Gathering Storm
The Wheel of Time • Book 12
by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
★ 4.77 BLT Score (178.7K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (178.7K) - 2
Towers of Midnight
The Wheel of Time • Book 13
by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
★ 4.77 BLT Score (176.1K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (176.1K) - 3
The Great Hunt
The Wheel of Time • Book 2
★ 4.61 BLT Score (358.9K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (358.9K) - 4
The Shadow Rising
The Wheel of Time • Book 4
★ 4.61 BLT Score (263.6K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (263.6K) - 5
The Dragon Reborn
The Wheel of Time • Book 3
★ 4.61 BLT Score (326.7K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (326.7K) - 6
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The Fires of Heaven
The Wheel of Time • Book 5
★ 4.54 BLT Score (213.4K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (213.4K) - 8
The Eye of the World
The Wheel of Time • Book 1
★ 4.53 BLT Score (598.1K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (598.1K) - 9
Knife of Dreams
The Wheel of Time • Book 11
★ 4.51 BLT Score (149.6K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (149.6K) - 10
A Crown of Swords
The Wheel of Time • Book 7
★ 4.48 BLT Score (187.9K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (187.9K) - 11
Winter's Heart
The Wheel of Time • Book 9
★ 4.41 BLT Score (156.2K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (156.2K) - 12
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The Path of Daggers
The Wheel of Time • Book 8
★ 4.33 BLT Score (163.5K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (163.5K) - 14
Crossroads of Twilight
The Wheel of Time • Book 10
★ 4.14 BLT Score (141.4K ratings)★ 3.77 Goodreads (141.4K) - 15
Origins of The Wheel of Time
by Harriet McDougal - contributor, Robert Jordan
★ 3.93 BLT Score (0 ratings) - 16
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Unfettered III: New Tales
The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever • Book 3
by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner
★ 3.85 BLT Score (571 ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (571)
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