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Brandon Sanderson

author · in 15 sources (2018–2020)

Works: Mistborn, Words of Radiance, Cosmere, Elantris, Rhythm of War, Starsight, The Original

Sources by year: 2018: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2020: 9

Threads

Also named in the threads: Ali says he might start a book review series on the fantasy books he has read (2018) · Ali promises to keep recommending fantasy audiobooks on the channel (2020)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Mistborn (8) · The Wheel of Time (5) · Audible (8) · Gymshark (3) · Game of Thrones (2) · Instagram (2) · Kindle (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

  • 2020-03-30 · Improve your Reading + My New Favourite Pen — Ali: Robert Jordan has died, Ali thinks, and Brandon Sanderson took over writing the last few books of The Wheel of Time. (hedged) — 00:09:49
    • Brandon Sanderson is Ali's favourite fantasy author of all time, ahead of J. K. Rowling, to whom he apologises. — 00:09:49
    • Since late 2017 Ali has always had a fantasy audiobook on the go on Audible: first Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, then Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear. (hedged) — 00:10:26
  • 2020-09-29 · How to See Problems as Opportunities (The Obstacle is the Way) — Ali calls "journey before destination", an ideal of the Knights Radiant in Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive, focusing on the process rather than the outcome, one of the fundamental pieces of life advice that all self-help converges on. — 00:03:10
  • 2020-12-13 · Love, Money and Relationships - Answering your Assumptions — Ali cries mostly at epic scenes in books and audiobooks, often towards the end of every Brandon Sanderson book. — 00:06:07
  • 2020-12-20 · 20 Lessons that Improved My Life — Ali has listened to fantasy audiobooks since about 2017, starting with Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn at 1x; in 2020 he finished the 14-book Wheel of Time series, begun in March 2019. — 00:16:02
  • 2020-12-22 · PRODUCTIVE Day in the Life of an Aspiring Gymshark Athlete — Ali: Over breakfast Ali listens to book four of Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive on Audible. — 00:01:27
  • 2020-12-24 · 15 Books To Read This Year — recommendation: Ali: Newcomers to fantasy should not start with The Wheel of Time, which is slow and long, Ali says, but with Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series. — 00:11:13
    • Ali recommends Elantris, an early standalone novel by Brandon Sanderson, slower-paced than his later books; he stayed up until about 4am three nights in a row reading it. — 00:13:15
    • Ali found The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal, a few-hour audio production with music and sound effects about a clone sent to kill her original, absolutely incredible on a drive to Oxford. — 00:15:50
  • 2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied) · How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber — Ali keeps in mind "journey before destination" from Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive: if you enjoy the journey, everything becomes fantastic because you are having fun doing the thing. — 00:17:45
  • 2020-12-31 · I WAS WRONG - How I Set Goals — Ali's first objection to goals was that they make us focus too much on the destination and not enough on the journey; he believes in "journey before destination", as Brandon Sanderson would say. — 00:00:58
  • …and 6 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2019

  • 2019-02-14 · Valentine’s Day Live Stream — recommendation: Ali recommends Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy as wonderful, and agrees with a viewer's suggestion of The Way of Kings. — 00:20:32
  • 2019-06-20 · My Favourite Fantasy Books — recommendation: Ali recommends three fantasy series he discovered last year (2018) and loved: Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn, Patrick Rothfuss's The Kingkiller Chronicles and Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive. — 00:00:00
    • All of Brandon Sanderson's books are set in the same universe, the Cosmere, on different worlds, with characters who reappear in other books and recurring mysteries. — 00:08:41
    • From Brandon Sanderson's interviews and website, Ali understands that the Cosmere books will tie together over the next 20 years or so in a planned way, which he loves. (hedged) — 00:09:10
    • After The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, Ali is now listening to Oathbringer, the third Stormlight Archive book; Brandon Sanderson is writing the fourth and fifth. — 00:13:34
    • Ali says another five Stormlight Archive books will come out over the next 20 years or so, so a reader starting now has 20 years of entertainment ahead, because Brandon Sanderson will deliver. — 00:13:34

2018

  • 2018-02-14 · Monthly Favourites #1 - Ali Abdaal — recommendation: Ali recommends Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, which he discovered at the end of 2017 and devoured; a friend recommended it to about ten of his friends, who all loved it. — 00:06:40
    • Ali plans to read all of Brandon Sanderson's other books, because he has heard that their universes often touch one another. — 00:08:52
    • Ali says another Mistborn instalment comes next year (2019) and apparently ties a lot of things together. (hedged) — 00:08:52
  • 2018-08-30 · Monthly Favourites #6 - Ali Abdaal — Ali: After Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, Ali read Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, finishing the second as an Audible audiobook. — 00:05:03
    • Ali suggests starting Brandon Sanderson with Mistborn, which is very readable, since The Stormlight Archive is denser and, like Game of Thrones, introduces many characters. — 00:06:03
  • 2018-11-01 · My Favourite iPhone XS Apps — recommendation: Ali is listening to Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson, the second book of The Stormlight Archive, and recommends it. — 00:12:32
  • 2018-12-08 · Ask Doctor Ali - 100k subscribers Q&A — Ali found the gym hard until he set up a system that made it enjoyable: a workout decided in advance so he does no thinking, and an audiobook, these days Brandon Sanderson's Oathbringer. — 00:08:03
    • Ali's top three reads of 2018, enjoyed equally: Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series, Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles and Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. — 00:13:03