Absolutely, it’s only the most recent books that are starting to connect to each other in a more meaningful way. Elantris, emperors soul, warbreaker, tress, and I’d say stormlight 1-4 are perfectly fine and anything that shows up is more of an Easter egg that’ll make sense later than a plot point. I would stay away from isles of the emberdark, sunlit man, wind and truth, and obviously mistborn era two tho