Game of Thrones Books in Order

There are 21 Game of Thrones books, published between 1996 and 2024: 5 in the A Song Of Ice and Fire series and 16 related titles. The first book is A Game of Thrones (1996) and the newest main-line book is A Dance with Dragons (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 21
Published: 1996–2024
Confirmed: 21 of 21 titles
Pages on record: 5,983 in 11 of 21 books
Reading time: 100–150 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,983 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Game of Thrones is a fantasy world written by George R.R. Martin and catalogued here across 21 titles published between 1996 and 2024. A Game of Thrones (1996) opens the run, followed by A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000). Recorded subjects include the Seven Kingdoms, dragons, magic, imaginary wars and battles, and comics adaptations. The listing also gathers companion volumes credited to other writers, among them The Official Game of Thrones Cookbook (2024), credited to Chelsea Monroe-Cassel. Related groupings in the catalogue include A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones Graphic Novels.

How many Game of Thrones books are there?

Game of Thrones has 21 books, released between 1996 and 2024. 5 of them belong to the A Song Of Ice and Fire series, and 16 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels, non-fiction and collections.

Game of Thrones Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the books of the A Song Of Ice and Fire series run from A Game of Thrones (1996) to A Dance with Dragons (2011), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Game of Thrones in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Game of Thrones books in order?

You should read the A Song Of Ice and Fire series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 16 related titles (graphic novels, non-fiction and collections) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Game of Thrones book also stands alone.

What order should you read Game of Thrones books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with A Game of Thrones (1996), the earliest published book in the A Song Of Ice and Fire series. After it come A Clash of Kings (1998), A Storm of Swords (2000), A Feast for Crows (2005) and A Dance with Dragons (2011).

What is the newest Game of Thrones book?

A Dance with Dragons (2011) is the newest book in the A Song Of Ice and Fire series. The newest related title is The Official Game of Thrones Cookbook (2024).

Is there a new Game of Thrones book coming?

No next Game of Thrones 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 Game of Thrones has won

Wikidata records 7 awards and 5 nominations for Game of Thrones. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2012Wonfor A Dance with Dragons
Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel2006Wonfor A Storm of Swords
Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel2004Wonfor A Clash of Kings
Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel2003Wonfor A Game of Thrones
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2001Wonfor A Storm of Swords
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1999Wonfor A Clash of Kings
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1997Wonfor A Game of Thrones
Hugo Award for Best Novel2012Shortlistedfor A Dance with Dragons
August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel2012Shortlistedfor A Dance with Dragons
Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel2012Shortlistedfor A Dance with Dragons
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2012Shortlistedfor A Dance with Dragons
Hugo Award for Best Novel2006Shortlistedfor A Feast for Crows

Game of Thrones at a glance

No recent titles: The newest main-line Game of Thrones title on record is A Dance with Dragons (2011), 15 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
Release pace: Game of Thrones books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 5,983 pages across the 11 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 355 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Game of Thrones books, 13 of 21, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration: 19 of the 21 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
Attribution: Of the 21 titles, 19 are credited to George R.R. Martin, 2 to Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and 1 to Sariann Lehrer.

What the Game of Thrones books are about

14 of the 21 Game of Thrones books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: seven kingdoms (imaginary place) is tagged on 7 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Seven kingdoms (imaginary place) 7 of 14 books
Imaginary places 6 of 14 books
Imaginary wars and battles 6 of 14 books
Comics & graphic novels 5 of 14 books
Comics & graphic novels, fantasy 5 of 14 books
Fantasy 4 of 14 books
Good and evil 4 of 14 books
Fantasy, epic 3 of 14 books
Dragons 2 of 14 books
Epic 2 of 14 books
Magic 2 of 14 books

Series that include Game of Thrones books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

A Song Of Ice and Fire books in order 5 books