About George R.R. Martin. 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. george rr martin, game of thrones. Initially, Martin had planned a trilogy of novels with around 800 pages of material per book. But the world and the plot became too big and unwieldy to really subsume everything into just three books. The plan then move to five books, and finally (as of now) to seven books. Until now, only five books have been Book 3 of the 'Game of Thrones' series. As Winter continues to make its unstoppable approach we catch up with the ongoing saga of many Kings, Queens and the Houses of Lannister, Stark, Baratheon, Arryn, Frey, Martell, Tully, Florent etc. and the the Wildings, Night's Watch and introducing the Outlaws in this wonderfully absorbing saga, which whether your a fan of the plotting or not, is one of We propose the following publication order when reading George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books: A Game of Thrones (1996) A Clash of Kings (1998) A Storm of Swords (2000) A Feast for Crows (2005) A Dance with Dragons (2011) Listen Free to Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One audiobook by George R. R. Martin with a 30 Day Free Trial!Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and Android devices. But as "Game of Thrones" skyrocketed in popularity, Martin struggled to balance his book-writing time with the new responsibilities and joys that came with being a suddenly world-famous author. He stopped making predictions for when the sixth book, "The Winds of Winter" would be done, taking lessons from his failed estimations with earlier books. A Game of Thrones, the first installment in the George R.R. Martin’s eventually seven installment fantasy book series entitled “A Song Of Fire and Ice”. A Game of Thrones, like the following book in the series, illustrates the unfolding epic fantasy story which takes place on the continent of Westeros. Game of Thrones until season 5 was based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) by George R. R. Martin. While the author has penned other books in the franchise, seasons 6, 7, and 8 diverted from the storyline in the books, and the creators wrapped it all up in season 8. T7Dt.