# Is "Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archive 5)" by Brandon Sanderson a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archive 5) by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books, 2024) is identified by: US Tor hardcover published December 6, 2024; the first printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a number line running down to 1. US Tor and UK Gollancz editions were published simultaneously on December 6, 2024; the US Tor edition is conventionally collected as the first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US Tor hardcover published December 6, 2024; the first printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a number line running down to 1
- The trade first is bound in gray paper over boards with the spine lettered in silver, runs to roughly xi + 1329 pages, and carries an unclipped dust jacket with the printed price present and a color map printed to the inside of the jacket
- Publisher imprint reads Tor Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Brandon Sanderson |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
| Year | 2024 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US Tor hardcover published December 6, 2024; the first printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a number line running down… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
US Tor hardcover published December 6, 2024; the first printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a number line running down to 1. The trade first is bound in gray paper over boards with the spine lettered in silver, runs to roughly xi + 1329 pages, and carries an unclipped dust jacket with the printed price present and a color map printed to the inside of the jacket.

## Is this the true first?
US Tor and UK Gollancz editions were published simultaneously on December 6, 2024; the US Tor edition is conventionally collected as the first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings drop the 1 from the number line; special retailer editions with sprayed edges and any later Dragonsteel leatherbound are separate from the trade first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archive 5)* by Brandon Sanderson a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/wind-and-truth-stormlight-archive-5
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.