How to read The Stormlight Archive in order before the TV adaptation

It’s official — as of late January 2026, Apple TV+ closed on the rights to Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere universe. If you know anything about Sanderson, you know that the universe consists of 20-plus works (novels, novellas, and shorter fiction) — which is a massive acquisition when you consider Sanderson’s world-building, magic systems, and especially the gaping hole Game of Thrones left in the fantasy TV genre.