Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson

Tailored Realities is a collection of short stories from one of our favorite authors of all time, Brandon Sanderson, who is well-known for his works including the Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn saga and much more.

This collection brings together ten standalone stories, many appearing in print for the first time. It also include the never-before-published novella Moment Zero. The stories range from futuristic detective tales, science fiction to superhero action, and imaginative fantasy. Each story showcases Sanderson’s range and storytelling precision and includes a postscript from Sanderson explaining the thought process behind the stories.

Tailored Realities gives readers a rare look into the creative experiments of one of the most celebrated writers. Sanderson himself describes the book as “Twenty-five years of Brandon Sanderson’s story fiction packed into one volume,” and it really felt like this.

The audiobook includes a full cast of narrators including a few of our favorite voices!

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Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson

Author: Brandon Sanderson
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Fiction
Year of Publication: 2025
Date of Publication: December 9, 2025
ISBN-10:‎ 1250410487
ISBN -13: 978-1250410481
Pages: 448

Audiobook Narrators: André Santana, Avi Roque, Dion Graham, Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, Imani Jade Powers, January LaVoy, MacLeod Andrews, Michael Kramer, Ray Porter, Shahjehan Khan, Stephanie Németh-Parker.

Our Rating of This Book

Snapshot – We really liked this story as it reminded us of the banter and relationship between Runian and Ryan in The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England and also gave us a Black Mirror feel.
Brian Dump – The idea behind this one is fantastic i.e. a couple shopping for the perfect brain for their baby that increases the potential for specific physical abilities i.e. a sports brain.
I Hate Dragons
Dreamer
Perfect State
Probability Approaching Zero
Defending Elysium
Firstborn – This story left us wanting more and was our favorite second only to Moment Zero. We badly need to know how the story between Varion Crestmar and Dennison plays out. It’s remarkably to read something so short and get engaged so quickly.
Mitosis
Moment Zero – This story kept us engaged. We were invested in both Detective Andrew Dane and Lisa Sterling’s journey. Generally, we are fans of timeline split stories (it’s why we love Avengers: Endgame), and we found Moment Zero to not be an exception and the idea behind the story to be brilliant.