I found Sanderson just a few years ago and devoured the Cosmere stories since. I love the connections between series. It's just so fun, and he's extremely good at pulling narrative threads together.
My favorite is Words of Radiance, and that scene where Kaladin jumps to the rescue the line he says right before is one of the coldest/hardest lines to start a fight ever. When I first read it, I was on my feet pacing during the whole fight.
I think your suggestions are excellent and would add Way of Kings for the "serious fantasy" folks, as it has the richest world-building and I feel like the most mature tone out of them. Especially because we get a more mature POV in Dalinar. He brings a gravitas that I find unique to Stormlight. (He's also one of my favorite characters in the entire Cosmere.)
I found Sanderson just a few years ago and devoured the Cosmere stories since. I love the connections between series. It's just so fun, and he's extremely good at pulling narrative threads together.
My favorite is Words of Radiance, and that scene where Kaladin jumps to the rescue the line he says right before is one of the coldest/hardest lines to start a fight ever. When I first read it, I was on my feet pacing during the whole fight.
I think your suggestions are excellent and would add Way of Kings for the "serious fantasy" folks, as it has the richest world-building and I feel like the most mature tone out of them. Especially because we get a more mature POV in Dalinar. He brings a gravitas that I find unique to Stormlight. (He's also one of my favorite characters in the entire Cosmere.)