As of 2021, the series has sold over 90 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling epic fantasy series since The Lord of the Rings.
After its completion, the series was nominated for a Hugo Award. The eighth through fourteenth books each reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. The Wheel of Time is notable for its length, detailed imaginary world, and magic system, and its large cast of characters. The series draws on numerous elements of both European and Asian mythology, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism the metaphysical concepts of balance, duality, and a respect for nature found in Taoism the Abrahamic concepts of God and Satan and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
He prepared extensive notes which enabled fellow fantasy author Brandon Sanderson to complete the final book, which grew into three volumes: The Gathering Storm (2009), Towers of Midnight (2010), and A Memory of Light (2013). Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the final volume in the series. Originally planned as a six-book series at its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and two companion books. The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson as a co-author for the final three novels.
