ihavewonagain said: I think it’s worth mentioning that Warbreaker is freely available on Sanderson’s website, so that is a good place to try out his work and see if it is one’s cup of tea. Mistborn’s the best, but free stuff is appealing too.
YES thank you for reminding me; I forget about that a lot. Not only is it available free and legal as a PDF from his website but there's also a ton of different versions from every stage of the drafting process between first draft and publication-ready final version which is just neat from a writing process perspective. (also there's chapter-by-chapter annotations, sort of like DVD commentary, for most of his books on the website as well - though it's best to read those after you've read the books because spoilers.)