Five published novels
A Game of Thrones through A Dance with Dragons in publication order.
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Explore Westeros before, during and beyond the war.A Song of Ice and Fire
Targaryen civil war, Dunk and Egg, the main saga and the screen story’s divergent future form one expanding history of Westeros.
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The throne is one chapter in a much older history.
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Read A Game of Thrones first, or use the merged Book/TV cards if you are switching between formats. Keep House of the Dragon as a Targaryen-history branch.
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Showing 11 of 11 released stories.
- Illustrated world historyCanon
The World of Ice & Fire
An illustrated history of Westeros, Essos and the dynasties that precede the main saga; best used as a reference after meeting the world.
- History / TV adaptation / audiobookCanon unclear
Fire & Blood — the House of the Dragon era
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearWatchTV / streaming↗Search JustWatch — title page not verified · Opens search resultsAdaptation continuityListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearThe Targaryen civil war is recorded as contested history in Fire & Blood and dramatised in House of the Dragon; both versions live on one story card.
- Novellas / TV adaptation / audiobookCanon unclear
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearWatchTV / streaming↗Search JustWatch — title page not verified · Opens search resultsAdaptation continuityListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearThree linked novellas follow Dunk and Egg roughly a century before the main saga; HBO’s series adapts that same underlying journey.
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A Game of Thrones
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearWatchTV / streaming↗Search JustWatch — title page not verified · Opens search resultsAdaptation continuityListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearThe struggle following Jon Arryn’s death introduces the Stark, Lannister and Targaryen threads that drive the saga.
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A Clash of Kings
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearWatchTV / streaming↗Search JustWatch — title page not verified · Opens search resultsAdaptation continuityListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearFive kings claim power while the war widens across Westeros and older forces gather beyond it.
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A Storm of Swords
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearWatchTV / streaming↗Search JustWatch — title page not verified · Opens search resultsAdaptation continuityListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearThe third novel contains several of the saga’s decisive reversals and spans major material from television seasons three and four.
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A Feast for Crows
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearWatchTV / streaming↗Search JustWatch — title page not verified · Opens search resultsAdaptation continuityListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearThe aftermath of war shifts attention to new regions and viewpoints; its television material is redistributed across later seasons.
- Novel / TV adaptation material / audiobookCanon unclear
A Dance with Dragons
ReadBook / comic↗Search Open Library — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearWatchTV / streaming↗Search JustWatch — title page not verified · Opens search resultsAdaptation continuityListenAudiobook / audio↗Search Audible — edition not verified · Opens search resultsCanon unclearThe fifth published novel overlaps A Feast for Crows and carries the book continuity to the point where screen and page diverge sharply.
- Television continuationAdaptation continuity
Game of Thrones — beyond the published novels
Television seasons six through eight continue the HBO version beyond most currently published source material.
- Licensed role-playing gameCanon unclear
Game of Thrones
Cyanide’s role-playing game tells an original story around the opening novel’s events, using the world without changing the book sequence.
- Licensed narrative gameAdaptation continuity
Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series
House Forrester’s interactive story runs beside the HBO series between its third and fifth seasons.
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