13 Best George R. R. Martin Books
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If you’re a fan of fantasy, or even just an avid reader of books in general, chances are you’ve heard the name George R. R. Martin. An acclaimed novelist, he is best known for his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, which served as the basis for the popular HBO show Game of Thrones. But who is this legendary author? Let’s take a look at what makes him such a beloved storyteller.
Martin’s Early Life and Career
George Raymond Richard Martin was born on September 20th, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey to Raymond Collins Martin and Margaret Brady Martin. After graduating from Northwestern University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism, he began his career as a writer by selling short stories to various magazines including Weird Tales and Galaxy Magazine. He wrote several novels throughout the late 70s and early 80s, before eventually being hired as a story editor by Bantam Books to work on their Wild Cards series – the first book of which was published in 1987.
Martin Becomes A Best-Selling Author
It wasn’t until 1996 that he released A Game of Thrones – the first novel in his wildly successful “A Song of Ice and Fire” series – though it took nearly two years for it to gain traction with readers. The success was so overwhelming that by 2011 all five books had been published, with two more planned for release later this year (2020). His other works include The Armageddon Rag (1983) Fevre Dream (1982), Windhaven (1981), Dying Of The Light (1977) ,and several others that have become bestsellers over time.
Martin Today
George R. R. Martin currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he continues writing novels and contributing to various book projects both online and off-. He has also won several awards including The Hugo Award for Best Novel (four times!), The Nebula Award For Best Novel (twice!), The Bram Stoker Award For Best Novel (once!) as well as many others too numerous to list here!
George R. R Martin is one of today’s most renowned authors – not just within the fantasy genre but across the literature as a whole – thanks to his captivating tales about people struggling against forces beyond their control within worlds filled with magic and mystery. His works have cemented him among the greats when it comes to storytelling – something made abundantly clear when looking at all the awards he has received over the years. Whether you’re new to reading or simply want some good old-fashioned escapism, then be sure to check out George RR Martin’s works! They are guaranteed to transport you away from your day-to-day life into a world full of adventure! You won’t regret it!
A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One (A Song of Ice and Fire Illustrated Edition 1) Oct 18, 2016 by George R. R. Martin , John Hodgman
Winter is coming, and in the frozen wastes to the North, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a region of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale rife with plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, as each faction endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) Jan 1, 2003 by George R. R. Martin
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2) Jan 1, 2003 by George R. R. Martin
A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel . . . and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5) Jul 12, 2011 by George R. R. Martin
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.
Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3) Mar 4, 2003 by George R. R. Martin
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. .
Fire & Blood (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1) Nov 20, 2018 by George R. R. Martin , Doug Wheatley ( 6,245 )
Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.
What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel’s worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4) Nov 8, 2005 by George R. R. Martin
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (A Song of Ice and Fire) Oct 6, 2015 by George R. R. Martin , Gary Gianni
These never-before-collected adventures recount an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living consciousness. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne, there was Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve but ultimately courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals—in stature if not experience. Tagging along is his diminutive squire, a boy called Egg—whose true name is hidden from all he and Dunk encounter. Though more improbable heroes may not be found in all of Westeros, great destinies lay ahead for these two . . . as do powerful foes, royal intrigue, and outrageous exploits.
A Clash of Kings: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two (A Song of Ice and Fire Illustrated Edition 2) Nov 5, 2019 by George R. R. Martin , Lauren K. Cannon
Here is the second volume in George R.R. Martin magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R.R. Martin stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
A Storm of Swords: The Illustrated Edition (A Song of Ice and Fire Illustrated Edition Book 3) Nov 3, 2020 by George R. R. Martin
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. . . .
Rogues Jun 17, 2014 by George R. R. Martin , Gardner Dozois
If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.
Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart—and yet leave you all the richer for it.
Fevre Dream: A Novel Sep 28, 2004 by George R. R. Martin
Abner Marsh, a struggling riverboat captain, suspects that something’s amiss when he is approached by a wealthy aristocrat with a lucrative offer. The hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet; nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York’s reasons for traversing the powerful Mississippi are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious York’s actions may prove. Not until the maiden voyage of Fevre Dream does Marsh realize that he has joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare—and humankind’s most impossible dream.
Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle: (Book Two of the Rox Triad) Apr 30, 2019 by Wild Cards Trust , George R. R. Martin
Bloat, the boy-governor of the Rox, wanted to make Ellis Island a safe haven for Jokers, and made a choice to recruit the Jumpers, superpowered teen outcasts who could steal a man’s body in the blink of an eye.
But under the leadership of Dr. Tachyon’s psychotic grandson, the Jumpers grow more vicious and uncontrollable every day, becoming the greatest threat the Wild Cards have ever faced….
Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin, Jokertown Shuffle features the writing talents of Walton Simons, Chris Claremont, Lewis Shiner, William F. Wu, Victor Milan, Stephen Leigh, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and John Jos. Miller, along with previously unpublished stories from Carrie Vaughn and Cherie Priest.
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