A Song of Ice and Fire Guía y cronología

Westeros has a long past, but the main novels teach you about it through people who disagree about what that past means. Reading a history first is not necessary to understand the Starks, Lannisters and Daenerys.

Dunk and Egg offers a smaller-scale journey through an earlier age. The Targaryen histories have a different, chronicle-like form, while television reshapes the material into its own continuity.

Read the published main novels in order before choosing companion works. For television, begin with Game of Thrones, then explore House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms as earlier-set stories.

The books and HBO adaptations are separated because events and character outcomes can differ. The book group includes histories, collected novellas and alternative illustrated presentations as well as the main novels.

• Book continuity (12 entries)

  Martin's main novels, earlier Westeros stories and companion histories. Illustrated retellings can overlap other books; announced volumes are not yet readable steps.

• HBO continuity (3 entries)

  HBO's Westeros adaptations, whose plots and character outcomes can differ from the prose. Earlier-set shows are not prerequisites for Game of Thrones.

Keep the main novels together. The Rise of the Dragon is an illustrated abridgment of material in Fire & Blood, so it is not a required next volume.

1. 1
   A Game of ThronesNovel · 1996
2. 2
   Game of ThronesSeries · 2011
3. 3
   A Clash of KingsNovel · 1998
4. 4
   House of the DragonSeries · 2022
5. 5
   A Storm of SwordsNovel · 2000
6. 6
   A Knight of the Seven KingdomsSeries · Jan 18, 2026
7. 7
   A Feast for CrowsNovel · 2005
8. 8
   A Dance with DragonsNovel · 2011
9. 9
   The Winds of WinterNovel · TBAUpcoming
10. 10
    A Dream of SpringNovel · TBAUpcoming
11. 11
    The World of Ice & FireNovel · 2014
12. 12
    A Knight of the Seven KingdomsNovel · 2015
13. 13
    Fire & BloodNovel · 2018
14. 14
    The Rise of the DragonNovel · 2022
15. 15
    Blood & FireNovel · TBAUpcoming

Targaryen histories and Dunk and Egg precede the main saga, while Feast and Dance overlap. Current axis labels use publication years, not Westeros calendar dates or a stitched chronological reading order.

1. 1
   1996A Game of ThronesNovel · 1996
2. 2
   1998A Clash of KingsNovel · 1998
3. 3
   2000A Storm of SwordsNovel · 2000
4. 4
   2005A Feast for CrowsNovel · 2005
5. 5
   2011A Dance with DragonsNovel · 2011
6. 6
   2011Game of ThronesSeries · 2011
7. 7
   TBAThe Winds of WinterNovel · TBAUpcoming
8. 8
   TBAA Dream of SpringNovel · TBAUpcoming
9. 9
   2014The World of Ice & FireNovel · 2014
10. 10
    2015A Knight of the Seven KingdomsNovel · 2015
11. 11
    2018Fire & BloodNovel · 2018
12. 12
    2022The Rise of the DragonNovel · 2022
13. 13
    2022House of the DragonSeries · 2022
14. 14
    TBABlood & FireNovel · TBAUpcoming
15. 15
    209 ACA Knight of the Seven KingdomsSeries · Jan 18, 2026

Publication order preserves how the novels reveal their world. Announced books remain future works, not gaps that can already be filled.

1. 1
   A Game of ThronesNovel · 1996
2. 2
   A Clash of KingsNovel · 1998
3. 3
   A Storm of SwordsNovel · 2000
4. 4
   A Feast for CrowsNovel · 2005
5. 5
   Game of ThronesSeries · 2011
6. 6
   A Dance with DragonsNovel · 2011
7. 7
   The World of Ice & FireNovel · 2014
8. 8
   A Knight of the Seven KingdomsNovel · 2015
9. 9
   Fire & BloodNovel · 2018
10. 10
    House of the DragonSeries · 2022
11. 11
    The Rise of the DragonNovel · 2022
12. 12
    A Knight of the Seven KingdomsSeries · Jan 18, 2026
13. 13
    The Winds of WinterNovel · TBAUpcoming
14. 14
    A Dream of SpringNovel · TBAUpcoming
15. 15
    Blood & FireNovel · TBAUpcoming