If you try to read George RR Martin’s long work A song of ice and fire book series, this list of the correct order to read them should prove a useful guide. A song of ice and firefor those who don’t know, is the real title of the books that viewers know better as Game of Thrones.
Game of Thrones is actually the title of the first book in his ongoing series, of which we are all still waiting for the sixth. Maybe HBO thought “Game of Thrones” was more catchy. A song of ice and fire has also become a catch-all category for George RR Martin books set in Game of Thrones‘universe.
There is Fire and bloodwhich was adapted into Dragon HouseAnd Tales of Dunk and Egga series of ongoing short stories, the first of which, A Knight of the Seven Kingdomswill soon debut on HBO Max. There are also encyclopedias and additional materials, but you will have everything well covered with ASOIAF, RestorationAnd TODAY.
How to Read A Song of Ice and Fire in Chronological Order
- Fire and blood (2018)
- The Hedge Knight (Tales of Dunk and Egg) (1998)
- The Sworn Sword (Tales of Dunk and Egg) (2003)
- The Mystery Knight (Tales of Dunk and Egg) (2010)
- A Game of Thrones (ASOIAF) (1996)
- A Clash of Kings (ASOIAF) (1998)
- A Storm of Swords (ASOIAF) (2000)
- A Feast for Crows (ASOIAF) (2005)
- A Dance with Dragons (ASOIAF) (2011)
Anyone who wants to read all of George RR Martin’s fantasy novels from the A song of ice and fire the universe will have to read six novels and three short stories. Depending on when Martin finishes The winds of winteryou may need to read one more novel and then another if it ends A dream of spring.
Chronologically, Fire and blood is the first book you should read. The story begins with Aegon the Conqueror and his invasion of Westeros, and the eventual unification of the Seven Kingdoms, which occurs in 1 AC (After the Conquest). The book then goes on to tell the history of Westeros up to around 131 AD.
This is when the Dance of Dragons ends, so when Dragon House will probably end. The hedge knight takes place in 209 AC, with subsequent books taking place in 211 AC and 212 AC respectively. A game of thrones then picks up in 297 AC, with the next five books taking place over the next three years.
Read the A song of ice and fire books arranged in chronological order will help you understand the history of Westeros and the universe of George RR Martin. Names are tricky in his books, with multiple characters often given the same name, and reading in this order will help you get oriented.
The series do not intersect, so you can read Tales of Dunk and Egg Or A song of ice and fire in one go, making sure you don’t forget any plot points or characters. One problem is that these allusions and nods to ASOIAF are made in the other series, which you may miss if you read everything in chronological order.
How to Read A Song of Ice and Fire in Release Date Order
- A Game of Thrones (ASOIAF) (1996)
- The Hedge Knight (Tales of Dunk and Egg) (1998)
- A Clash of Kings (ASOIAF) (1998)
- A Storm of Swords (ASOIAF) (2000)
- The Sworn Sword (Tales of Dunk and Egg) (2003)
- A Feast for Crows (ASOIAF) (2005)
- The Mystery Knight (Tales of Dunk and Egg) (2010)
- A Dance with Dragons (ASOIAF) (2011)
- Fire and blood (2018)
As you can see, the order of the release dates of the A song of ice and fire books provides a more complicated list, with the beginning of the story, chronologically, being published last. THE Tales of Dunk and the Eggs stories are also published between A song of ice and fire books, which makes things even more confusing.
However, it probably makes more sense to start your literary journey with A game of thrones. This is the first book in George RR Martin’s account of the story and although the later stories are set several years before, the ideas these books contain all arise from GOT.
In particular, savings Fire and blood because the ending is a good idea, as the book is more of an encyclopedia of the Targaryens, a family you won’t care much about until you learn who they are in the world. A song of ice and fire And Tales of Dunk and Egg books.
It’s up to you if you prefer to read ASOIAF whole first, or pepper Tales of Dunk and Egg. Dunk and egg are novels, which means they are short and won’t interrupt your reading flow too much. However, I suggest you read all three at once, they are quick to understand and build on each other.
When the new A Song Of Ice And Fire books will be released
Whether you read them in order of release or chronological order, you check out nine books in total to A song of ice and fire browse. However, once you finish, you still won’t have finished the story. This is because each of these stories remains unfinished.
George RR Martin is excellent for starting a A song of ice and fire series, but we have yet to see what its finished product looks like in these three tales. Fire and blood has always been described as the first part of a two-part volume. Blood and fireis supposed to be working (via Winter is coming).
Martin reaffirmed his commitment to creating more Tales of Dunk and Egg novels in early 2025 (via GeorgeRRMartin). The winds of winterthe sixth book of the ASOIAFhad a notoriously long production, and he still hasn’t started volume 7, A dream of spring.
Volume 7 may not even be the end of the series. There’s still so much to cover ASOIAF that there is an argument that Martin will need an eighth book to cover everything. Entering the world of Ice and Fire means reading excellent fantasy, but it also means accepting to wait for series that may never end.
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