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Learn about the life and works of George R. R. Martin, the American author of the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted into the TV show Game of Thrones. Find out his influences, awards, personal details, and more on this comprehensive biography page.
A Game of Thrones is the first novel in a fantasy series by George R. R. Martin, published in 1996. It introduces the plot-lines of the noble houses of Westeros, the Wall, and the Targaryens, and inspired an HBO television series.
- How Many Game of Thrones Books Are There in The Series?
- How to Read The Game of Thrones Books in Chronological Order
- Fire & Blood
- A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms
- A Game of Thrones
- A Clash of Kings
- A Storm of Swords
- A Feast For Crows
- A Dance with Dragons
- How to Read The Game of Thrones Books by Release Date
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George R.R. Martin has published five novels in his A Song of Ice and Fire saga. He’s working on two future volumes in the series: The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring. And while those books are still in the works from Martin, someone used ChatGPT to finish the series themselves and see what the ending to A Song of Ice and Fire could look like...
With series newcomers in mind, these brief plot synopses contain only mild spoilers such as broad plot points and character introductions.
Fire & Blood, the source material for HBO’s House of the Dragon, is a history of the House Targaryen300-year reign in Westeros. Unlike the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Fire & Blood isn’t told from the perspective of characters involved in the plot; rather it’s framed as a recounting of the Targaryen dynasty by a character named Gyldayn, an archma...
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a collection of three novellas starring a hedge knight named Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and his squire Aegon V Targaryen (Egg). Their adventures are set roughly 90 years before the events of A Game of Thrones, and will serve as the basis for the next Game of Thrones TV adaptation, also called A Knight of the Seven ...
The book that started it all in 1996, A Game of Thrones is the first ASoIaF novel. It's the reader’s introduction to the world of Westeros, its surrounding regions, its prominent families, and many of the colorful charactersthat comprise the series’ heroes and villains. A Game of Thrones is set during the reign of Robert Baratheon, following Robert...
A Clash of Kings continues the War of the Five Kings. The pronounced kings rally their banners, the Lannisters attempt to solidify their power in King’s Landing, Jon Snow marches north of the Wall with the Night’s Watch, and Dany navigates a foreign land. Excluding the prologue, the point-of-view characters in A Clash of Kings are Catelyn Stark, Sa...
The third ASoIaF novel, A Storm of Swords, essentially brings the War of the Five Kings to an end, save for some lingering claimants and conflicts. As the war dies down in the Seven Kingdoms, the Stark children navigate crises near and far while Jon Snow ventures with wildlings beyond the Wall. In the East, Dany learns to lead. Excluding the prolog...
Picking up after the events of the previous novel, A Feast for Crows runs concurrently with the fifth novel, A Dance with Dragons. Several of the series' most beloved characters – Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen – are saved for the following book, which focuses on the characters at the Wall and across the Narrow Sea. In their absence...
A Dance with Dragons brings back the beloved point-of-view characters missing from Feast and picks up after the events of the third book, A Storm of Swords. As Martin notes in his prelude to A Dance with Dragons, Feast and Dance “are parallel… divided geographically, rather than chronologically.” However, it does eventually move beyond the events o...
A Game of Thrones* (1996)A Clash of Kings* (1999)A Storm of Swords* (2000)A Feast for Crows* (2005)A guide for fans who want to explore George R.R. Martin's fantasy saga A Song of Ice and Fire, which includes the main novels, companion books, and prequel series. Learn about the plot, characters, and setting of each book, from Fire & Blood to A Dance with Dragons.
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the author of Game of Thrones. The series follows the political and military conflicts among several factions in a fictional world, influenced by historical events and supernatural elements.
- April 2011: Martin predicts 'The Winds of Winter' will take 3 years to finish. In an April 2011 interview with The Guardian, Martin predicted he would complete "The Winds of Winter" in about three years, a faster pace than the previous book.
- July 2011: 'A Dance with Dragons' is published. Martin published the series' fifth novel, "A Dance with Dragons," in July 2011. To this day, it is still the last full "Song of Ice and Fire" installment, and it ends with several major cliffhangers, including the apparent death of Jon Snow.
- October 2012: Martin has written 400 pages. Martin provided a promising update in October 2012 when he told Adria's News, "I've already written 400 pages of my sixth book, and I really look forward to publishing it in 2014."
- April 2015: Martin hopes to release the book by 2016. Despite Martin's 2014 predictions, the book was nowhere to be found more than two years later. But in April 2015, he noted he was hoping to finish before the sixth season of Game of Thrones aired the following year, telling Entertainment Weekly this "has been important to me all along."
Mar 23, 2024 · The sixth book in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series is long overdue, but fans are still eagerly awaiting its release. Learn about the book's release date, length, story details, characters, and how it differs from the HBO show.
7 hours ago · The second season of House of the Dragon ended in early August with a finale that delivered the show’s strongest connection to Game of Thrones so far.The ratings for Season 2 weren’t quite ...