David Benioff Books in Order
David Benioff has written 5 books, published between 2000 and 2012. The first book is The 25th Hour (2000) and the newest is Inside HBO's Game of Thrones (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
David Benioff is the pen name of David Friedman.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2000–2012
- Pages on record
- 884 in 4 of 5 books
- Reading time
- 15–22 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 884 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.
David Benioff, born David Friedman, is an American novelist, screenwriter and producer who co-created HBO's Game of Thrones with D.B. Weiss. His fiction is a short shelf: The 25th Hour (2000), the story collection When the Nines Roll Over (2004) and City of Thieves (2008), with Inside HBO's Game of Thrones (2012) alongside. Benioff also wrote the screenplays for 25th Hour, Troy, The Kite Runner and Gemini Man, and co-wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Revenge, narcotics dealers and wartime settings mark the subject tags.
How many David Benioff books are there?
David Benioff has 5 books, released between 2000 and 2012.
David Benioff Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 David Benioff books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The 25th Hour2000 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/420002262/4
- 2When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories2004 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420042402/4
- 3The Kite Runner2008 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/420081602/4
- 4City of Thieves2008 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/420082582/4
- 5Inside HBO's Game of Thrones2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
David Benioff books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
5 books5 David Benioff titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read David Benioff books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 5 David Benioff books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with David Benioff
Start with The 25th Hour (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Benioff book?
Inside HBO's Game of Thrones (2012) is the newest David Benioff book released so far.
Is there a new David Benioff book coming?
No next David Benioff book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards David Benioff has won
Wikidata records 1 award for David Benioff. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2012Wonfor Game of Thrones
David Benioff at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest David Benioff title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- David Benioff books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 884 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 233 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Benioff books, 4 of 5, were published in the 2000s.
What the David Benioff books are about
4 of the 5 David Benioff books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Drama 1 of 4 books
- Drug traffic 1 of 4 books
- Grandparents 1 of 4 books
- Historical fiction 1 of 4 books
- History 1 of 4 books
- Kite runner (Motion picture) 1 of 4 books
- Male friendship 1 of 4 books
- Motion pictures, pictorial works 1 of 4 books
- Motion pictures, united states 1 of 4 books
- Narcotics dealers 1 of 4 books
- Novela de suspense 1 of 4 books
- Novela psicológica 1 of 4 books