15 must-read high fantasy books like The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson

Cover of The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson

The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.48

Format: 541 pages, Hardcover

What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland? Mistborn For a thousand years the ash f…

"Visit?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"How do you do that?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"There's always another secret.' -Kelsier"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

If you liked the high fantasy plot in The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) by Robert Jordan

1. The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

By: Robert Jordan

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Format: 800 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades t… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Quite a story."

-Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

"Couldn’t we camp down by the lakes?"

-Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

"Reflected fire made the blade seem aflame."

-Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

"Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything."

-Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

Cover of Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) by Joe Abercrombie

2. Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.34

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

The end is coming. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but it's going to be a b… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You have to realistic about these things."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Cleverness is no guarantee of sensible behavior."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Rare rages render a man frightening. Common ones render him ridiculous."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

Cover of The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) by Joe Abercrombie

3. The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.21

Format: 515 pages, Paperback

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fucking pinks!"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"I’ve fought in three campaigns,"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"Body found floating by the docks..."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

Cover of Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb

4. Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

By: Robin Hobb

4.18

Format: None pages, None

In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one youn… read more

Similar categories in Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Fa!"

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"But in my heart, when I said “my king,"

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years."

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it."

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

Cover of Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) by Christopher Paolini

5. Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)

By: Christopher Paolini

3.79

Format: 298 pages,

Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an empire r… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Paolini's Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) by Joe Abercrombie

6. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.35

Format: 441 pages, Trade Paperback

Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with trai… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"So we wait?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Empathy? What’s that?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Great men have great faults."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Those with the least always lose the most in war."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

Cover of The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson

7. The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.48

Format: 541 pages, Hardcover

What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland? Mistborn For a thousand years the ash f… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Visit?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"How do you do that?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"There's always another secret.' -Kelsier"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

Cover of Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown

8. Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

By: Pierce Brown

4.27

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they l… read more

Similar categories in Pierce Brown's Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Break the chains, my love."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Rather a drink be my master than a man."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Death is easy when you've already tried to find it."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

Cover of Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) by Pierce Brown

9. Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

By: Pierce Brown

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Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his … read more

Similar categories in Pierce Brown's Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

10. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

By: George R.R. Martin

4.44

Format: 835 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land wh… read more

Similar categories in George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Winter is coming."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"Don’t call me Lord Snow."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"The things I do for love."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"If I look back I am lost."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

Cover of The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James  Islington

11. The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

By: James Islington

4.63

Format: 639 pages, Kindle Edition

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secret… read more

Similar categories in James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis."

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

"I am curious about no small number of things, but it's not fair to sate my curiosity at the expense of her pain."

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

"And this is the risk of our world, Diago. The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead ... I w…"

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

Cover of The Sword of Kaigen by M.L.  Wang

12. The Sword of Kaigen

By: M.L. Wang

4.47

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future, A … read more

Similar categories in M.L. Wang's The Sword of Kaigen book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The enemy is a tornado. What are you going to do?' 'Kill it."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"Flayed and boneless, he faced the creature he had awakened, this woman of god’s blood and fury."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"I’ve never needed a sword to protect you—to raise you the way your father wanted. Caring for my family meant putting away the fighter, so I did."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"This... you are my story... and I was so selfish, so tied to that shadow that I missed it. And my son, I— I’m so sorry it took me this long to understand. I’m sorry—"

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

Cover of Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) by Fonda Lee

13. Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

By: Fonda Lee

4.09

Format: 540 pages, Paperback

JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, ma… read more

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Expectations are a funny thing,"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"¿Qué sentido tiene vivir para quien no puede confiar en sus hermanos?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"True love, Hilo mused, was sensual and euphoric, but also painful and tyrannical, demanding obedience."

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"And if you loved someone, truly loved them, shouldn't their happiness matter even more than your honor?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

Cover of The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang

14. The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.17

Format: 545 pages, ebook

An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century an… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) book and Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I don't love you. And I can kill anything."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Immigrants, we get the job done. (Acknowlegments)"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

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The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

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4.48

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4.27

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4.63

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