Books like A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Book 1 of A Song of Ice and Fire
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Genre
What it is about
- Adult
- Action & Adventure
- High Fantasy
- Epic
- Epic Fantasy
- Moral Ambiguity
Where it happens
- Westeros
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its subjects in Open Library: Adult, Action & Adventure, High Fantasy, Epic. It is book 1 of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, set in Westeros, and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Open Library · Wikidata
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Why: Both are high fantasy books.
What both books share
- high fantasy
A Game of Thrones: "High Fantasy" (OL subject); "high fantasy" (WD genre)
The Way of Kings: "high fantasy" (OL subject); "high fantasy" (WD genre)
- high fantasy
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Why: Both are high fantasy books.
What both books share
- high fantasy
A Game of Thrones: "High Fantasy" (OL subject); "high fantasy" (WD genre)
Wizard's First Rule: "High Fantasy" (OL subject); "high fantasy" (WD genre)
- high fantasy
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
A Game of Thrones: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
Outlander: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
- fantasy
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Books like the A Song of Ice and Fire series
What they share, at a glance
A Game of Thrones next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Fantasy | High fantasy |
|---|---|---|
| The Way of Kings | not shared | shared |
| Wizard's First Rule | not shared | shared |
| Outlander | shared | not shared |
| The Time Traveler's Wife | shared | not shared |
| Gardens of the Moon | shared | not shared |
| The Lies of Locke Lamora | shared | not shared |
| The Witching Hour | shared | not shared |
| The Name of the Wind | shared | not shared |
| A Discovery of Witches | shared | not shared |
| The Lord of the Rings | shared | not shared |
| Memories of Ice | not shared | shared |
| Words of Radiance | not shared | shared |
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A Game of Thrones: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on August 9, 1996. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 694-page paperback from Bantam Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780553386790 ... pbk. ... 694 p. ... Bantam Books
- Series
- It is book 1 of the A Song of Ice and Fire series. Source: georgerrmartin.com, checked November 6, 2026.
A Song of Ice and Fire ... A Game of Thrones
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is A Clash of Kings. Source: georgerrmartin.com, checked November 6, 2026.
A Game of Thrones ... A Clash of Kings
- Awards and honors
- It received the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1997. Source: Wikidata, citing sfadb.com, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel (2003) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
How A Game of Thrones came to be
- Martin says the first chapter came to him in 1991, while he was writing a science fiction novel. Interview: CBS News, 60 Minutes, April 14, 2019, checked November 6, 2026.
It was 1991. ... I was writing a science fiction novel
- That chapter was the scene where the direwolf pups are found in the summer snows. Interview: CBS News, 60 Minutes, April 14, 2019, checked November 6, 2026.
the scene where they find the direwolf pups in a-- in the summer snows
- He wrote the chapter in about three days. Interview: CBS News, 60 Minutes, April 14, 2019, checked November 6, 2026.
And I wrote it in, like, three days.
Where does A Game of Thrones sit in its series? See the reading order.
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