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A Song Of Ice and Fire Books in Order

A Song Of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin contains 5 books, published between 1996 and 2011. The first book is A Game of Thrones (1996) and the newest is A Dance with Dragons (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
1996–2011
Confirmed
5 of 5 titles
Total pages
4,620 across 5 books
Reading time
77–116 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,620 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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A Song of Ice and Fire is George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy sequence, set in a brutal world where politics decides outcomes and magic stays at the edges of the map. Martin started the first volume in 1991 and published A Game of Thrones in 1996; a projected trilogy has since grown to seven planned volumes, of which five exist. A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons (2011) complete the published run, with The Winds of Winter and then A Dream of Spring still to come. The books are long, at a median of 835 pages.

How many A Song Of Ice and Fire books are there?

A Song Of Ice and Fire has 5 books, released between 1996 and 2011.

A Song Of Ice and Fire Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 A Song Of Ice and Fire 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.

  1. Cover of A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, book 1 of the A Song Of Ice and Fire series (1996)
  2. Cover of A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin, book 2 of the A Song Of Ice and Fire series (1998)
  3. Cover of A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin, book 3 of the A Song Of Ice and Fire series (2000)
  4. Cover of A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin, book 4 of the A Song Of Ice and Fire series (2005)
  5. Cover of A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin, book 5 of the A Song Of Ice and Fire series (2011)
  1. 1
    A Game of Thrones1996 · 835 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996835
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  2. 2
    A Clash of Kings1998 · 768 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1998768
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  3. 3
    A Storm of Swords2000 · 1177 pages · confirmed 4/4
    20001177
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  4. 4
    A Feast for Crows2005 · 784 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2005784
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  5. 5
    A Dance with Dragons2011 · 1056 pages · confirmed 4/4
    20111056
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A Song Of Ice and Fire Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the A Song Of Ice and Fire books 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 A Song Of Ice and Fire in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read A Song Of Ice and Fire books in order?

You should read the A Song Of Ice and Fire books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each A Song Of Ice and Fire book also stands alone.

What order should you read A Song Of Ice and Fire books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with A Game of Thrones (1996), the earliest published title. 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 A Song Of Ice and Fire book?

A Dance with Dragons (2011) is the newest A Song Of Ice and Fire book released so far.

Is there a new A Song Of Ice and Fire book coming?

No next A Song Of Ice and Fire 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 A Song Of Ice and Fire has won

Wikidata records 7 awards and 5 nominations for A Song Of Ice and Fire. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

A Song Of Ice and Fire at a glance

No recent titles
The newest A Song Of Ice and Fire title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
A Song Of Ice and Fire books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
4,620 pages across all 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 835 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most A Song Of Ice and Fire books, 2 of 5, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
4 of the 5 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the A Song Of Ice and Fire books are about

All 5 A Song Of Ice and Fire books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by George R.R. Martin

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the A Song Of Ice and Fire books

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