The best books to read next
Matched to what made The Wheel of Time so good — ranked by how closely they'll fill the specific void it left.
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Brandon Sanderson — who finished Wheel of Time after Robert Jordan's death — writes his own magnum opus. Three lives on a storm-ravaged world.
The natural next step: Sanderson proves, with Stormlight, that he wasn't just completing another author's vision. The Stormlight Archive is planned for ten books and is already arguably his masterwork.
Five enormous books of Westerosi political intrigue, betrayal, and war.
The other great epic fantasy series — smaller cast, darker tone, glacial production pace. If you want the same depth and political complexity of Wheel of Time's later books, ASOIAF is the destination.
The most famous arcanist of his age tells his own story over three days.
The literary alternative to Wheel of Time's sweeping scope — Rothfuss's prose is what Jordan might have been if he'd written half as many words and polished every one of them.
Gardens of the Moon begins in medias res, thousands of years into a conflict between gods, mages, and armies beyond counting.
The densest fantasy series ever published — no explanations, no shortcuts, and a payoff that rewards every confusing chapter. WoT readers are its primary audience.
A crew of thieves plans to steal an empire from the Dark Lord who has already won.
Shorter than Stormlight, more digestible after WoT's 14 books — Mistborn Era 1 is the palate cleanser that still delivers Sanderson's signature magic-system reveals.
The building of a cathedral in medieval England — and a century of lives shaped by it.
For WoT readers who want the same multi-generational political scope applied to real history. Follett is the Ken Burns of historical fiction.