Here, I'll save you 15 minutes. There are 5 game of thrones books. 1. Game of thrones 2. Clash of Kings 3. Storm of Swords 4. Feast for Crows 5. Dance of Dragons read in that order. There will be 2 more books coming.

Never thought I’d be hooked on reading a book after I’ve already watched the show - boy was I wrong, loving every page!

How to read the books? Buy them and read them.

Never thought I would see the day people made videos on how to read books

Really we've become a society that has to watch a KZfaq video on how to read a book. 🙈🙈🙈

i just want to read it after watching season 8

I would recommend using the appendix at the back of the books for obscure characters. It gets pretty difficult to keep track of the Freys and which Walder is which otherwise.

Dude this was very informative. It answered all of my questions regarding why it has different covers and why some of them have 2 parts. Thanks for this now ill be able to buy the books more easily 👍

4 years later... still no book lol

I don't know why I'm watching cause I've all ready read all the books so far 😂

I like your personality and energy but boy I'm halfway through your video and I feel like you haven't started with the point of the video yet

You forgot to mention in the one with 7 books (U.K) that ADWD is also split up into 2 books (1.dreams and dust 2. after the feast). Love this vid, I find it very interesting learning about all the different editions u can get them in.

"So Mr. Martin if you're watching, we understand, take your time"......... Mr. Martin:- And I took that personally........

For readers who dont read books like that. Read the first book while u rewatch the 1st season. That's how I got my bro hooked on the books. His not a person who reads books like I do, but his making good time on them. I had the paperbacks for books 1 to 4 and 5 was a hardback edition.

Thank you for breaking it all down. I was so lost looking online

The video starts at 12:30 . Your welcome.

I have the UK edition they come with a huge map it's beautiful. I also like those leather bound but they seem so small

I remember the first time I tried watching Game of Thrones. I hated it. I couldn’t even get through the first episode. Fast forward to a year later I tried watching it again, and became OBSESSEED! I think I watched the first season in one day.

Thought this was a video on what order to read them in not whatever this is 😂

Thanks for creating the video. It helped me a lot cuz I was looking for them on amazon...like ur vids.

You should have mentioned the combined reading order of A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons as they are basically one massive book.

How to read the books?!?! Um, with your eyes open. With glasses if necessary. Oh, and make sure to have proper lighting. You'll go blind if you read in the dark.

My daughter bought me the full leather collection for Christmas and I am almost done with the first book and I love it.

This is the video I've been looking for. I don't know why,but I'm somewhat fascinated by book editions. And being equally fascinated with ASOIAF,this video is the bomb! I love the trade paperback version and that's what I'm currently reading,but I think I do want to get the hardback edition just to collect (and perhaps use for my second read through). That being said,I'm 100% with you on trade paperbacks,you just get the best of both worlds in that format. I was curious,have you held a copy of the UK paperbacks in your hand? They seem to be a size in between the US mass markets and US trades...I was very interested in that edition before finally going with the Bantam trades. Most of the KZfaq reviews on those UK books fail to show us the print,which scared me off a little, because my eyes aren't great either. Anyhow,it is still an attractive set of books. Thanks again,this was great!

also remember, if you're like me and you work long night shifts by yourself the audiobooks are a must, I get through all the books in usually 2 months and I can work at the same time.

I read the first 4 books faster then I’ve read any other books I’ve read. They are so good. I showed down soon as I reached the 5th book just cause I knew I was almost done. I’m really hoping Winds of Winter is out very soon.

Awesome! Thank you. I was intimidated but I will try the app you suggested!💕

It took you 13 minutes to talk about how to read the damn book

Awesome video! Helped me a lot!

The illustrated edition is the best imo

Had not finished or even read a book since I was forced to in school, but I then picked up the book set of asoif and I’m already onto a clash of kings

Thanks for the info! I was confused when some of them were divided in two parts. I want to read them before I watch the show.

Good man Dante.. How to read was great!!! This is the letter a!

Good and well explainer. Thank you Dante Bro finally I watched the better Reviewer of the books.

I am just the opposite of most people. For me, every dog-ear and ever crease in the cover is a sign of love between me and the book. I hate pristine books that look like they have never actually been read. I want the book that is well worn with the cover barely attached. i want to know that 50 people have read and loved that book before me. I like that history.

Thanks for the making this video so now I know what to get now I just started getting into this series I already finished the first season of game of thrones

Hey, loved the video, cleared things up for me, I'm just wondering how big is the trade paperback size and how about the mass market one, i wanna buy it online but there is a lot of posts that didn't specify the edition, so... Recommendations?

If you like this book series, you may also like to read The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It's very good.

I enjoyed your video. Thank you!

I have been in a dilemma about which editions i should pick up just recently. I have the mass market edition of the first book and its just difficult to hold it whenever i read it. I was going to purchase “a clash of kings” in mass market but now after this video, i might get the larger paper back ones. I like it when a book folds open and can be laid down flat. Since these are quite large, it would be more beneficial.

Thank you so much, the app was really helpful Valar Morghulis!

He finally gets to the point at time marker 2:40 (if you're like me and don't like listening to people tell me what the title says).

Here, I'll save you 15 minutes. with your eyes.

thank you for making this :)

The trade paperback editions also come in a box set

i can't find the app !! could you put the link for the google play store app for it please

*how to read a song of ice and fire books* “just read it”

Thank you Dante it’s really good and informative video, for you who posted a rude comments you guys can go and find a shorter videos Dante is not reviewing the book but he is giving information on the various editions of the book series and it’s very helpful because there are so many different editions with various qualities. I was confused what to book set to get but now I know what I want to get. Thanks again Dante keep it up buddy Valar Morghulis ⚔️

You read my mind 4 years ahead of time!

I'm considering listening to the ASOIAF audiobooks here on youtube ....opinions ?

Thank goodness I came across this video! I just started reading A Game of Thrones. Never watched the show ever! So far I am really enjoying reading it. The app really comes in handy! Is there something similar for Lord of the Rings?

This is only book series I've ever read and said to myself later "damn I wish I would have gotten the hard copy and made notes in the margins".

I picked up the and and 3rd book 1st edition at a resale store in my city but my copy of the 1st and 4th book I had bought at the same time have Jon Snow *Aejon* / Arys Oakheart? (Some KG knight)

Thanks Dante...I was so confused regarding the editions and volumes of book. But thanks to you. Please do the same for knight of other series like Knight of seven kingdoms and the remaining novella.

Should I start with the book "The World of Ice & Fire" or the original five books because I am confused now I hope someone will answer me, and thanks 🙏❤

Thank you for the information,i just finished the entire show and i gotta say the ending were kinda rushed and unexpected and my friends said that the story in the series is not really the as the books and not too much character have been introduced

That's a good analysis

a map is also avaiable for buying also an app from map that has a lot of info about places ,castles ,cities and etc search for it

Thanks, but HOW do you read them?

It's so funny how similar Filch and Frey actually are personality and attitude wise. Like dude is literally just Lord Filch.

I find it hard to understand the context of the book without wiki got and a dictionary app. I have an ebook on my phone,so it's easy for me to look up for words that hasn't been used for ages.

Amazon had the trade paperback box set on sale for only 40 dollars. I immediately snatched it up

I got my ASOIAF books second hand and let’s just say they were well read😂 I completely agree that they were produced cheap. I’m thinking of converting them into hard cover.

Question...is it better to watch the movies first or read the book’s first? I just bought Game of Thrones first and second season. It might help I’m thinking to visualise the characters, costumes etc better.

Geekery I'm curious are still stoked now that it's over? No hate, just curiosity. I have read all five books and would like to do a re-read but I get my books from the library. Thanks for the video.

Ok, took me a long time to buy the book series.. I just order game of thrones trade paper back book 1.. gonna check it out and if it's good than I'll continue the series...🤘

I listen to the audiobooks. They’re hella long BUT the narrator is great. I had started by reading a paperback of the first book, and listening to the audiobook along with it because I had a long commute. And I think the whole series is called “A Song of Ice and Fire”

It should be 2min video

I’m trying to read books about the earlier on history of Westeros... is there any books like that? Or is that what the song of fire and ice series is?? Help.

I like watching the show then read the books but I like reading them in order especially like the prequel books to the game of thrones book series.

Can someone give a link on where to buy these trade paperback books( I dont want the UK editions)

There's a great mass market hardcover edition hard to find but awesome same size as a mass market paperback but you don't get creases

does the paperback books comes with pictures i know its kinda of weird to ask this but my friend told me some books dont come with pictures

I watched the first 4 episodes. The only thing I understood: Jon snow is pretty. I couldn't understand almost anything on the plot but I really wanted to make myself love the series (idk why, I just felt like that) so since I couldn't understand anything, I decided to buy the first book to understand more. At first I was bored to read it. Then we got in quarantine. I started reading more and more everyday. In the middle of the book, I knew almost all the names and their story and I understood what was happening. I loved the plot and George Martin's writing. Idk how but this book just has all of my heart. I feel like I belong to the game of thrones world. It just changed my life. Now I'm in the middle of the second book and can't wait to finish it! I HIGHLY recommend

I'm from the UK and like that they split the 3rd book because it give you a break and it's not so daunting.

i read the whole series up until a feast for crows where i put the book down at around page 400. id like to start reading again from teh first book (it was aroun 2 years since i dropped the books so i want to remember everything). sadly i cant buy the books and my local library has them but theyre in such a bad condition. theyre all missing a lot of pages and some pages just start to fall out when youre reading them. the only good books are always loaned out :(

I just wanted to know which book to read first

How can you tell which edition to buy at amazon? How can I identify the so-called "non-box set trade paperback edition" from just a plain paperback book? Thank you.

Have you read "Malazan Book of the Fallen"? Also one very big and EPIC fantasy series by Steven Erikson.

Have they stopped producing those trade paperback versions? Can’t seem to find them anywhere online 😞

I have first edition paperback copies of A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. My first edition aGoT however is different than the one you pictured. Mine has a picture of Jon and Ghost with Castle Black in the background. I found it in a thrift store and paid 99 cents for it. Those first editions that have the pictures on the cover (artwork by Stephen Yule, I believe) are hard to find. I think they discontinued them after A Feast for Crows. aFfC has a picture of Jamie on his horse and the castle at Riverrun in the background. Pretty sure that one is rare as fuck

The video is 16 minutes long, but it's not until 12 minutes 30 seconds that he finally gets to the point. Even then, it is basically a plug for an App.

thank you bro for good video

Damn the 7 book set I’m getting tmmrw u didn’t show. But I think it’s close to the ones u prefer or got after the mass produced ones

You should make more asoiaf vids! Really enjoyed this!

Downloading an app to know how to read books....sigh...lol, no really, great video. I’ll buy the illustrated hard cover of the first book and then paper back for the rest. I’m physically excited 😆...I’m still only up to book 3 of Outlander! Have 6 to go! They too are epic and have 900 or so pages in a few of them.

you forgot to show us the content of the books, the books include pictures or illustrations? what kind of font do they have, size of the letters? Thanks

Ok settle a debate barriston the bold in his prime (before got tv show) vs kingslayer? We re talking when barry single handedly saved aeyrs or however you spell the mad king on his own infiltrating a castle or someshit not actually read the part. Jaime or barry the bold?

I like hardback edition. They are very beautiful.

Hey, I know I'm late, but can anyone send me the link for the companion app?

So I should read all the side story’s when I’m done with the main 5 books?

I'm just trying to find the correct order. Not all sources give the same answer

the show tie in book art mirrors the dvd box set cover art so season 1 and the 1st book have the same cover and so on

Just get the audiobooks, the narrator does an excellent job.

Idk how you could read them all again because the information is just so much. Then again, I understand because its so much info u just forget as u go along.

I would love it if you made a video called "How to Read Lord of the Rings books".

Just FYI...the app is called A World of Ice and Fire. Just found it. 😊

I don't understand something: what do you guys do after, for example, you finish all the five books and don't have the sixth one to read? Are you content with waiting for the sixth book's release while you forget the story? I don't think most readers would be satisfied watching the show after that, since it's being said the show doesn't closely follow the story and that there are differences. I would like some suggestions on this, because I am planning to restart the Song of Ice and Fire series and this keeps nagging at me... : (

Hey ...can anyone pls give me the link of that app.

I have a 1st edition 1st print of A Game of thrones as well as the other books 1st edition printings.