VERDICT Short chapters filled with action, appealing characters, and cliff-hanger endings make this fantasy the kind of book readers will find hard to put down. Recommended for all middle grade collections. —Sara-Jo Lupo Sites, George F. Johnson Memorial Library, Endicott, NY . Watch our 30-Second Book Talk "Thrones and Bones" series by Lou How to read Game of Thrones in chronological order Image credit: Bantam Spectra. If you want to read 'A Song of Ice and Fire' in chronological order, based on the order of events in the story, the first thing you can do is put all the 'main' novels at the very end; they chronicle the most current events unfolding in the saga. One Year with Magazine $10.95. For those who have not read George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire, the books upon which HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones are based, you might At first, be conventional and start at the beginning. When you've got to know things and establish a connection you flip it and go at it the wrong way. Swiss tony (probably) FormlessFlesh • 6 mo. ago. Honestly, start reading the main books 1-5 (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons The Game of Thrones books, known as the A Song of Ice and Fire series, are authored by George R.R. Martin. Set in the fictional world of Westeros, the series details the power struggles between noble families for control of the Iron Throne. Alongside the main novels, Martin has written additional novellas set in the same universe, expanding the Sean Collins put together a very nice reading order over here: A proposed A Feast for Crows/A Dance with Dragons merged reading order, with explanation. The Tower of the Hand is doing a re-read of the books right now using this proposed reading order. So far the order has not felt forced at all, and feels very natural. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits the Iron Throne, uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His bitterest rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. 116. Samwell V. 117. Epilogue. 118. The Queen's Hand. 119. Daenerys X. This combined reading order of George R.R. Martin's A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons will serve as your stalwart guide on an adventure North, South, East, and Westeros. The perfect read and perfect gift for Game of Thrones fans The official, definitive oral history of the blockbuster show from Entertainment Weekly ’s James Hibberd, endorsed by George R. R. Martin himself (who calls it “an amazing read”), reveals the one Game of Thrones tale that has yet to be told: the thirteen-year behind-the-scenes struggle to make the show. Before this, the series was also known as Tales Of Dunk And Egg . The three novellas in this series are The Hedge Knight (1998), The Sworn Sword (2003), and The Mystery Knight (2010). They follow the adventures of the knight ‘Dunk’ and his young squire, ‘Egg’ – both of whom become important figures in Westeros history. spCha6X.