This is maybe a little off-topic, but...
I've never read the Wheel of Time, so I can't comment on that series.
Sanderson's own books, on the other hand, I quite like, and would definitely recommend. His Mistborn series was one of the first books to actually feature a protahonist I identified with, and Warbreakeris one of my favourite books, period. His Stormlight Archive series is a very "standard high fantasy" in terms of plot, but the world building is phenomenal.