Jasmin said: “The first four seasons of Game of Thrones did an admirable job of following the first three books of the series, hitting almost all of the major plot points that Martin first wrote Back when Game of Thrones premiered on HBO in 2011, defying both the odds and the network’s wariness, author George R.R. Martin was a few months away from releasing the fifth novel in his Song The new Game of Thrones books may be 3,000 pages long, its first installment, George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series is set to comprise seven planned books: A Game of Thrones Rhaenyra Targaryen, the First Woman to Claim the Iron Throne. Game of Thrones’ sixth season ends with Cersei Lannister as queen of Westeros, but only after innumerable tragedy and unspeakable That name tells fans exactly what the Game of Thrones prequel is about. The Long Night refers to a period of time in Westeros’ history, about 5000 years before the events of Game of Thrones Here’s how long it takes to read George R.R. Martin’s ’A Song of Ice and Fire’ series, the source material for HBO’s ’Game of Thrones.’ While we will briefly take a look at Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books, you can read our dedicated article to learn more about the two ways to read the Game of Thrones books in order. Martin published the first book in the series in the 1990s, but his writing career began two decades before that. Martin published his first piece of It's been a long wait for The Winds of Winter, with the latest book in the series, A Dance with Dragons, released back in 2011. Since then, Game of Thrones has not only started but also completed its eight-season run, while there's no clear sign of The Winds of Winter. Although the author had previously given hope of publishing in previous The only tangible diference between the book and the tv show comes down to the medium each of them uses, in the books the story is told from the PoV of the various characters so many of the details regarding the relationships between them are laid down through the thoughs of the characters, while in the tv series they avoid both inner dialog and flashbacks, and instead add a couple of scenes A Game of Thrones (297 AC to 299 AC) A Clash of Kings (299 AC) A Storm of Swords (299 AC to 300 AC) A Feast for Crows (300 AC) A Dance with Dragons (300 AC) How to Read Game of Thrones in Release Order . Image credit: Bantam Spectra ty9vFPY.