The Bands of Mourning
The Bands of Mourning is the sixth Mistborn novel by Brandon Sanderson and the third about Wax and Wayne, first published by Tor Books on 26 January 2016, with a Gollancz UK edition the same year. It debuted at number six on the New York Times hardcover fiction list.
- Editions tracked
- 4
- First edition
- Tor, 2016
- First published
- Tor Books, 2016
- First UK edition
- Gollancz, 2016
- Series
- Mistborn
The first edition of The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson was published by Tor in 2016. We track 4 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Tor2016 Hardback · Mistborn 6 Sold £15 · Sep 2026 I own The Bands of Mourning, Tor 2016 Log in to want this
Special editions
- Dragonsteel2024Dragonsteel leatherbound edition · Foiled Hardback I own The Bands of Mourning, Dragonsteel 2024 Log in to want this
Later and other editions
- Gollancz2016 Hardback · Mistborn 6 I own The Bands of Mourning, Gollancz 2016 Log in to want this
- Gollancz2017 Paperback · Mistborn 6 I own The Bands of Mourning, Gollancz 2017 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
In print
- Editions recorded
- 19 on Open Library, 9 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 6 languages
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Who published the first edition of The Bands of Mourning?
The first edition of The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson was published by Tor in 2016.
How many editions of The Bands of Mourning are there?
We track 4 editions of The Bands of Mourning, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Mistborn: The Bands of Mourning, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Bands of Mourning editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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