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the ""Optimal"" route IMO is
1. Elantris
2. First Mistborn trilogy
3. Warbreaker
4. Wax and Wayne
5. Emperor's Soul + Mistborn: Secret History
5.5 you'll probably want to reread Mistborn again because secret history is so good
6. Stormlight (don't forget the novellas!)
7. First of the Sun + sequel

and you can read Shadows for Silence whenever

some of this isn't that important. I put one-offs between series for pacing reasons, for example, but you can read most of those first if you wanted. You can also read Wax and Wayne after Stormlight; they're both currently unfinished so I don't know how it'll ultimately shake out, but right now the order doesn't matter. I do think Elantris should be first for a few reasons and not put off until later, which some would argue with but they're WRONG

It's mostly the order as written though, which is also a fine order to read in

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