A Dance with Dragons
core novel 2011 A Song of Ice and Fire
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.35 (755,792 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 1125 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553801477 |
Synopsis
A Dance with Dragons, the fifth novel in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, runs alongside A Feast for Crows and continues from A Storm of Swords, following different characters across Westeros and Essos in the year 300 after Aegon's Conquest. Jon Snow, named Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, must decide how to respond to wildlings pressing against the Wall as creatures called the Others stir beyond it, while his brother Bran Stark travels past the Wall seeking mystical knowledge. Tyrion Lannister, a fugitive after events in King's Landing, is smuggled overseas and drawn into a plot involving a claimant to House Targaryen's throne, while in Meereen, Daenerys Targaryen struggles to govern amid unrest and dragons no longer easy to control.
Where it sits
- Universe: A Song of Ice and Fire
- Series: A Song of Ice and Fire core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: George R.R. Martin
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2012: won
- Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2012: nominated
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2012: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (A Song of Ice and Fire): 5 of 7 planned novels published; The Winds of Winter unreleased (no date as of Aug 2026).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series A Song of Ice and Fire: position 5 of 5: previous A Feast for Crows (2005)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dance_with_Dragons
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