What is the title of the first book in Brandon Sanderson's 'Stormlight Archive'?

The first book in Brandon Sanderson’s “Stormlight Archive” is “The Way of Kings.” It introduced the series’ world of Roshar, where powerful storms, ancient orders, and supernatural weapons shape the lives of soldiers, nobles, and scholars.

Tor Books published the novel on August 31, 2010. The story follows several major viewpoints, including Kaladin, Shallan, and Dalinar, while gradually revealing the history of the Knights Radiant and the looming return of a devastating conflict. Its structure includes a prelude, prologue, 75 chapters, an epilogue, and interludes.

The book is often confused with later entries because Sanderson uses distinctive titles throughout the series. “Words of Radiance” followed in 2014, “Oathbringer” in 2017, and “Rhythm of War” in 2020. “Wind and Truth” was published in 2024 as the fifth main novel.

“The Way of Kings” is therefore both the series opener and the source of the central foundation for the Stormlight Archive’s mythology, characters, and conflicts.