I can't provide a full answer because I've never read Potter, NotW, or Earthsea.
That said my -personal preference- for the whole package overall ( style, world building, structure, characters, plot, etc) would be:
WoT
LotR
Narnia*
Stormlight*
* It's been over 20 years since I read Narnia, I'm drawing from very old impressions.
*Currently reading Stormlight, book 3. Enjoyable but I have criticisms about it that drop it below what I would consider a 'classic'
I'm still a few books away from finishing WoT (the middle books dragged for me) but inspired to finish it since Sanderson picked up the job.
I am curious in your criticisms for storm light chronicles. I loved book one but have liked each successive book less than the previous
I want to be careful with my wording here. I enjoy the books enough to purchase them and read, but his writing style, particularly the dialogue, falls very flat for me and a lot of that has to do with how he shoehorns 'witty' exchanges in.
His world building has great breadth but little depth. Taken as a whole, it feels artificial and 'color-by-numbers' if that makes sense. LotR and WoT feel extremely organic as it unfolds to the reader by comparison.
I have similar critiques about Mistborn, and his wrap up of WoT so I think it's a style thing that just doesn't jive with me.
I am appreciative of his work though. I wept when Jordan died. Partly from losing such an amazing voice and storyteller, and partly from thinking we would never have a completed story. Sanderson helped give us that, however flawed.
Well said
