I’m personally a huge fan of Lord of Chaos. It’s always a high point when I re-read the series. I really like all of the subtle foreshadowing of what’s coming up, all of the careful politics and groundwork that RJ laid for the latter half of the series, and then of course Dumai’s Wells is such an incredible moment in the series.
Lord of Chaos is truly one of the most incredible books in the series. It’s the most concentrated amount of the best of what the Wheel of Time is in a single book. I do remember it being a little bit difficult to get through for me though, and honestly I usually prefer Crown of Swords and Path of Daggers in the grander scheme of things (if we leave Dumai’s Wells aside for a moment) because they hold a lot of the payoff from LoC, they have a ton of momentum. But yeah.
He’s my top five:
Although this changes pretty often 😅