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You may notice collectors using abbreviations you are not familiar with, don’t be alarmed they are usually shorthand for the titles of Brandon’s works. Here is a list of the most commonly used ones;

• The State of Sanderson(TsoS) Brandon's end of year annual newsletter.
• Dragonsteel(DS) 
• Elantris (El)
• Mistborn The Final Empire (TFE)
• The Well of Ascension (WoA)
• The Hero of Ages(HoA)
• Alloy of Law(AoL)
• Shadows of Self(SoS)
• Bands of Mourning (BoM)
• The Lost Metal(TLM)
• Warbreaker (WB)
• White Sand 1,2,3 (WS 1,2,3)
• Arcanum Unbounded (AU)
• Skyward (SW)
• Cytonic(CT)
• Sunreach (SR)
• ReDawn (RD)
• Evershore (ES)
• Skyward Flight (SF)
• Defending Elysium (DE)
• Steelheart(SH)
• Firefight (FF)
• Calamity (CL)
• Rithmatist (RT)
• First Born (FB)
• Perfect State(PS)
• The Way of Kings(TwoK)
• Words of Radiance (WoR)
• Oathbringer(OB)
• Rhythm of War (RoW)
• Edgedancer(ED)
• Dawnshard(DS)
• Infinity Blade Awakening(IBA)
• Infinity Blade Redemption (IBR)
• Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (SfS)
• Perfect State/Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell(PS/SfS)
• Sixth of the Dusk (SotD)
• Tress of the Emerald Sea (Tress)(TotES)
  
• A Memory of Light (AMoL)
  
• The Gathering Storm  (TGS)
• Towers of Midnight (ToM)

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