The Way of Kings - Part 1 - Audiobook

Dude just puts his book on youtube for free.... legend

0:00:00 - Prologue 0:53:51 - Part 1/ Chapter 1 1:25:51 - Chapter 2 2:02:33 - Chapter 3 2:38:40 - Chapter 4 3:09:53 - Chapter 5 3:38:42 - Chapter 6 4:29:17 - Chapter 7 5:13:26 - Chapter 8 6:02:41 - Chapter 9 6:20:28 - Chapter 10 6:37:07 - Chapter 11

So awesome of you to do this. Makes me proud to call you one of my favorite authors.

Do I already own this on Audible? Yes. Am I still going to listen to this because it’s my favorite book of all time? Also yes.

Brandon Sanderson is by far the best author to be a fan of. Dude really cares about his readers and the experience he's giving them.

What a brilliant way to get people into a series. Let them read/listen to a huge portion of it for free. Don't like it, nothing lost. Love it? Suddenly you've got another obsessed fan. Vaguely interested? Now you know it's worth at least trying the rest of the story! I've always tried getting into the audiobooks for these, but there's something just too special about the physical version of this books for me. Absolutely devouring 300 pages at a time at the climax of each book. It just wouldn't feel the same listening to it, getting distracted. For me, reading them, barely being able to see the book through the tears soemtimes, it's all so pivotal to the experience for me. So if the audiobook doesn' hit right for you, I encourage you try reading too! And if you audiobook is how you feel in love with the series, I love that for you too.

What an awesome thing to do. Just started the whole series reread again yesterday. Happy to know many new people will be joining us now!

I've always thought audiobooks--specially the classics and public domain books--should be available on streaming platforms. Amazon/Audible's market hegemony is anti-literacy. So thank you, Mr. Sanderson and everyone at Dragonsteel, McMillian, and everyone else who made this possible.

Brandon is just built differently. Casually releasing full books

very cool - Michael Kramer and Kate Reading are wonderful 🍿❤

I was just telling my eldest, who loves Stormlight Archive as much as I do, that I am hoping Sanderson will release the audiobook versions of Wind and Truth preview chapters like he did for RoW. And that he should really release WoK preview chapters as an awesome advertisement for the series as a whole. I am so glad that Brandon read my mind! And I will come back here whenever someone asks me for a fantasy recommendation.

I own all the books ,but I'm still going to listen to this. W author, Thanks man.

I really love the Graphic Audio versions, so wonderfully acted, but yes this a great narration too! And it's legally free, that's so fantastic~

Can you work an extra 7 hours today? Me (looking at Youtube): Yes

The timing was perfect. I was struggling to get past the first chapters but reading along the audiobook made it so much easier for me and now I cant put it down, oh its gonna be a wild ride

Wait whaaaaaaat!!!! This is amazing! That you share this with everyone!! Thank you so much! You are awesome! You know, I've been dreaming of becoming someone like you since I was 11 years old when I started writing. I created a whole universe (something similar to what you created) and have been building it since ( I'm 31 now). I haven't managed yet to finish any book. I'm not consistent with my writing, but reading your books is a huge source of courage and inspiration to me. When I was a child, I never read any stories like what I wanted to create, so what I was creating in my head seemed like something from the realm of dreams. As I grew up and became an adult, it felt even more difficult to achieve after learning about the process to actually get a publishing house to invest in a new author, a new story. But after discovering your Cosmere and your stories, I feel renewed with hope and the knowledge that it is possible and achievable. It's also a huge extra encouraging point for me since we both have the same faith, so I know I could make it and stay true to my beliefs. (English is not my first language. Please forgive any mistakes I might have made 😅)

Bookmark 6:15:19 The way this is going, I can definitely see myself picking this one up

I think chapter 11 might be one of my favorite chapters of any book. The writing, the emotion is just just perfection.

Thank so much for this, Brandon! This is one of the reason why you are one of my fave authors! I love listening to your audiobooks. Funny enough, I think this was one of the first books I bought when I found out about you via the lectures you posted on YT.

I've finally gotten around to chewing on The Way of Kings. Sir, you have me binging the audio books at 6 hours at a time, even sneaking it in during my retail shifts. Magnificent. And thank you. I'll never forget this story.