Where to Start with George R.R. Martin
- Best entry point → A Game of Thrones
- Best standalone → Old Venus
- Start the A Targaryen History series → Fire & Blood
- What readers keep coming back to → A Clash of Kings
- Highest rated by readers → A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3)
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A Storm of Swords
A Song of Ice and Fire • Book 3
★ 4.81 BLT Score (851.9K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (851.9K) - 2
A Game of Thrones
A Song of Ice and Fire • Book 1
★ 4.79 BLT Score (2.8M ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (2.8M) - 3
A Clash of Kings
A Song of Ice and Fire • Book 2
★ 4.75 BLT Score (1.0M ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (1.0M) - 4
A Dance with Dragons
A Song of Ice and Fire • Book 5
★ 4.59 BLT Score (743.1K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (743.1K) - 5
A Feast for Crows
A Song of Ice and Fire • Book 4
★ 4.44 BLT Score (797.4K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (797.4K) - 6
Fire & Blood
A Targaryen History • Book 1
by George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley
★ 4.27 BLT Score (147.1K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (147.1K) - 7
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The Book of Magic
Spiritwalker #Bloom
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Megan Lindholm, John Crowley, Matthew Hughes, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Rachel Pollack, Eleanor Arnason, Tim Powers, Liz Williams, Garth Nix, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Greg Van Eekhout, George R.R. Martin, Andy Duncan, Kate Elliott, Scott Lynch
★ 3.66 BLT Score (839 ratings)★ 3.7 Goodreads (839) - 9
The Book of Swords
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz #7 - A Long, Cold Trail
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, Matthew Hughes, Kate Elliott, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, C.J. Cherryh, Garth Nix, Ellen Kushner, Scott Lynch, Rich Larson, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Cecelia Holland, George R.R. Martin
★ 3.66 BLT Score (2.2K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (2.2K) - 10
Old Venus
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Ian McDonald, Garth Nix, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Matthew Hughes, Paul McAuley, Lavie Tidhar, Allen M. Steele, Stephen Leigh, Eleanor Arnason, David Brin, Michael Cassutt, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Joe R. Lansdale, Mike Resnick
★ 3.61 BLT Score (734 ratings)★ 3.57 Goodreads (734) - 11
Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love
Guardians #3.6 - The Demon Dancer
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Daniel Abraham, Jacqueline Carey, Lisa Tuttle, Linnea Sinclair, Mary Jo Putney, Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Yasmine Galenorn, Diana Gabaldon, Jo Beverley, Carrie Vaughn, M.L.N. Hanover, Cecelia Holland, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, Marjorie M. Liu, Jim Butcher
★ 3.57 BLT Score (4.3K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (4.3K) - 12
Dangerous Women
The Dresden Files #13.1 - Bombshells
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Carrie Vaughn, Lev Gossman, Joe R. Lansdale, Megan Lindholm, Lawrence Block, Brandon Sanderson, Sharon Kay Penman, Lev Grossman, Nancy Kress, Diana Rowland, Diana Gabaldon, S.M. Stirling, Sam Sykes, Pat Cadigan, Caroline Spector, Joe Abercrombie, Megan Abbott, Cecelia Holland, Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Melinda M. Snodgrass
★ 3.56 BLT Score (13.2K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (13.2K)
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