#21 in Fantasy
Oathbringer
- 1,243
- Pages
- about 23 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 4 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
- Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel
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Our view
The third Stormlight Archive novel is a test of stamina: 1,243 pages, 122 chapters and 14 interludes. The reward is a final act of real scale, told from many points of view at once, which pays off the long build-up. It is no place to start the series, and it suits readers who already love this dark, war-torn world and are happy to stay in it for weeks.
Worth knowing The third Stormlight Archive book, published in November 2017, centres its flashbacks on Dalinar Kholin and reveals the worst thing he ever did. At over twelve hundred pages it is among the longest books in the series, and it is split into two volumes in several translations. Read Edgedancer, a novella set between the second and third books, beforehand, as Sanderson’s own reading order suggests.
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About the book
Oathbringer is an epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the third book in The Stormlight Archive series. It was published by Tor Books on November 14, 2017. Oathbringer consists of one prologue, 122 chapters, 14 interludes and an epilogue. It is preceded by Words of Radiance and followed by Rhythm of War.
Reading order · The Stormlight Archive
Full order & progress →- The Way of KingsStart here
9.29.2 / 10 - Words of Radiance
9.49.4 / 10 - OathbringerThis book
9.19.1 / 10 - Rhythm of War
9.09.0 / 10 - Wind and Truth
8.68.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 9.1 across 2,461 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 94% of the weight and the score stays at 9.1 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.0 | 90 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 9.1 | 2.4K | 96% |
Frequently asked
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It has 1,243 pages — longer than 98% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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