Fantasy and science fiction readers can add one other Brandon Sanderson e-book to the to-be-read pile. Tailor-made Realities, a prolonged assortment of novellas and brief tales, is offered now, and Amazon is providing a 30% low cost on launch day (December 9). The hardcover version of Tailored Realities is on sale for only $21 (was $30).. Walmart had the identical deal, however the retailer is at present bought out of copies.
If you happen to’re occupied with shopping for the e-book as a present for a Sanderson fan, it’s best to order a duplicate quickly. Amazon at present estimates a December 19-21 supply window for Prime members. Tailor-made Realities can be accessible in ebook and audiobook codecs. The gathering made Amazon’s list of the best science fiction and fantasy books of December 2025.
$21 (was $30)
Tailored Realities is a 448-page collection featuring 10 novellas and short stories. Though Sanderson is largely known as a fantasy author, Tailored Realities skews more toward science fiction. The biggest story is Moment Zero, a brand-new novel of roughly 200 pages. This apocalyptic sci-fi story follows two police officers who, while investigating a disappearance, find themselves in an alternate dimension filled with zombies and vampires.
Moment Zero is one of two alternate-reality sci-fi novellas included in Tailored Realities. The collection also features Snapshot, a 2017 sci-fi thriller starring two detectives who examine a homicide from inside a harmful digital reconstruction of the previous. Snapshot’s authentic hardcover version was 128 pages.
The third novella in Tailor-made Realities is Perfect State. Initially printed in 2015, Good State follows a god-like ruler’s first date with a goddess-like ruler of a unique world. The extremely rated novella is roughly 90 pages.
Not one of the tales happen in Sanderson’s Cosmere–the shared universe of The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn–but two shorter novellas are linked to his fashionable YA franchises. Defending Elysium is a prequel to Sanderson’s science fiction collection Skyward. Mitosis is a facet story that takes place between the primary and second books within the superhero-action collection The Reckoners.
The novellas are joined by 5 brief tales, together with “Firstborn” and “Dreamer,” which follows deceased avid gamers who take management of residing people to play excessive stakes video games.
Tailor-made Realities Tales:
- Second Zero: A Novella
- Snapshot: A Novella
- Good State: A Novella
- Defending Elysium: A Novella (Skyward)
- Mitosis: A Novella (Reckoners)
- Firstborn
- Mind Dump
- Chance Approaching Zero
- Dreamer
- I Hate Dragons
Brandon Sanderson: Skyward and Reckoners Field Set Offers
If you have not learn Reckoners or Skyward, Amazon has offers on field units for each collection. A slipcased box set collecting all four Skyward novels launched final month and is on sale for $41.31 (was $60). If you happen to want hardcover books, you may wish to try Skyward’s 3-Book Box Set for $39 and choose up a duplicate of the final novel, Defiant, for $12 (was $21).
As talked about, the Skyward novella in Tailor-made Realities is a prequel, so that you need not learn the principle collection first. With the novella from the Reckoners collection, nevertheless, it’s best to in all probability wait to learn it till you not less than learn Steelheart, the primary novel within the collection. The Reckoners Series Box Set is offered in paperback and hardcover for $33 and $45, respectively.
If you happen to’re occupied with testing Sanderson’s epic fantasy novels set within the fictional universe often called the Cosmere, one in all Amazon’s Black Friday e-book field set offers remains to be accessible as of December 9. The Mistborn Trilogy Paperback Box Set is on sale for under $15.32 (was $35). Amazon beforehand had The Stormlight Archive 3-Book Paperback Box Set for under $17, however the value has since risen to $25 (was $39). The Stormlight Archive 4-Book Hardcover Box Set is definitely barely cheaper than its Black Friday value. The $160 slipcased set is offered for under $72.68. The whole web page rely for this weighty field set is 4,576. The fifth and newest novel within the collection, Wind and Truth, is on sale for $16.30 (was $40) in hardcover. Wind and Reality is the longest entry within the collection at 1,344 pages.
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