Currently reading the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson for the first time and after that I will have another go at his Stormlight Archive series, since I gave up on book 2 the last time. Or I will just have another comfort read of LotR :D

If you are reading Mistborn with the intention of continuing on to Sanderson’s other Cosmere works afterwards, I would highly suggest reading Mistborn: Secret History after you finish The Hero of Ages. I like to say it’s like a “Nick Fury showing up in the post-credits scene of Iron Man” moment, where you really first get a glimpse of how the various different stories and series are connected.

Wait. I don’t have any meta knowledge about Sanderson’s work, are you saying the Mistborn series and the Stormlight Archives have a connection to each other? How exciting!

Yes, they do! They both take place in the same universe, called the “Cosmere”, on different planets. There are several other works of Sanderson’s that are also in this universe, though not everything he’s written. You can read most stuff as standing on its own perfectly fine, but the further you get into the books, the more connections start to appear.

Sanderson has a page on his website explaining some more for newcomers: www.brandonsanderson.com/what-is-the-cosmere/