The Wheel of Time
Jordan published eleven books of a total fourteen in the main sequence of the Wheel of Time series. Reviewers and fans of the earlier books noted a slowing of the pace of events in the last few installments owing to the expansion of scale of the series as a whole.
Because of his health problems, Jordan did not work at full force on the final installment A Memory of Light (later split into three volumes beginning with The Gathering Storm), but blog entries confirmed that he continued work on it until his death, and he shared all of the significant plot details with his family not long before he died. He maintained that in doing so the book will get published even if "the worst actually happens." On December 7, 2007, Tor Books announced that Brandon Sanderson had been chosen to finish the Wheel of Time series. Harriet McDougal, Jordan's widow, chose him after reading Mistborn: The Final Empire.
The Wheel of Time series consists of:
| 1. | The Eye of the World | (January 15, 1990) | |
| 2. | The Great Hunt | (November 15, 1990) | |
| 3. | The Dragon Reborn | (October 15, 1991) | |
| 4. | The Shadow Rising | (September 15, 1992) | |
| 5. | The Fires of Heaven | (October 15, 1993) | |
| 6. | Lord of Chaos | (October 15, 1994) | Locus Award nominee, 1995 |
| 7. | A Crown of Swords | (May 15, 1996) | |
| 8. | The Path of Daggers | (October 20, 1998) | |
| 9. | Winter's Heart | (November 9, 2000) | |
| 10. | Crossroads of Twilight | (January 7, 2003) | |
| 11. | Knife of Dreams | (October 11, 2005) | |
| 12. | The Gathering Storm | (October 27, 2009) | coauthored by Sanderson |
| 13. | Towers of Midnight | (November 2, 2010) | coauthored by Sanderson |
| 14. | A Memory of Light | (January 8, 2013) | coauthored by Sanderson |
In addition to the main sequence, Robert Jordan also wrote some accessory works:
- The World of Robert Jordan's the Wheel of Time (6 November 1997, reference book, written in collaboration with Teresa Patterson)
- This reference book includes "The Strike at Shayol Ghul", a short story published online in 1996 which was republished in print as part of this reference book
- New Spring (October 1998, novella, published in Tor's Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg; the story is located in the third volume of the paperback edition; the hardcover is one volume)
- New Spring (January 2004, novel, an expanded work superseding the earlier novella)
- From The Two Rivers, a repackaging of the first half of The Eye Of The World for a younger market, includes an additional prologue titled Ravens.
- To the Blight, a repackaging of the second half of The Eye of the World for a younger market.
- The Hunt Begins, a repackaging of the first half of The Great Hunt for a younger market.
- New Threads in the Pattern, a repackaging of the second half of The Great Hunt for a younger market.
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