A Game of Thrones
core novel 1996 A Song of Ice and Fire
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.45 (2,774,222 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 835 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553103540 |
Where it sits
- Universe: A Song of Ice and Fire
- Series: A Song of Ice and Fire core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: George R.R. Martin
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 1997: won
- Hugo Award (Best Novella), 1997: won; For 'Blood of the Dragon', the extracted Daenerys chapters of A Game of Thrones, published in Asimov's; recorded against the parent novel.
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 1997: nominated
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 1997: 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 1 of 5: next A Clash of Kings (1998)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones
- https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/A_Game_of_Thrones
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