In my answer describing the levels of canon in the series I list all of the published and unpublished works so far. There are so far 2 more books slated for the series, but it may yet balloon out to more. Related question: When will the A Song of Ice and Fire series be completed? Also, the Wikipedia page on the series stays up to date with official announcements on publications. Once you are done with this, you may want to check into George R R Martin's official site, where he (from time to time) releases teaser chapters from the upcoming book The Winds of Winter. Or you can just read the whole series in publication order, which is (to date): You can read them either before the main novels (chronological order): Note: chronologically, 'The Rogue Prince' happens before 'The Princess and the Queen'. The Rogue Prince (First published in the anthology Rogues in 2014) The Princess and the Queen (First published in the anthology Dangerous Women in 2013) They cover major events in the Targaryen dynasty and are written as scholarly works on the history of those events.

All three novellas were published together in a collection called A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in October 2015.Ī second series of novellas have also been written that predate the Dunk and Egg stories. The first two have also been released in graphic novel form. It specifically gives you a good understanding of the history of the royal Targaryen family, whom we only get glimpses of in the main series since they are all but extinct.

They are not absolutely required reading, but as they are set in the time before the main novels they do offer a very in depth glimpse into the history leading to the events of the main novels, even if the names of the two main characters sound silly. The Mystery Knight (First published in the anthology Warriors in The Sworn Sword (First published in the anthology Legends II in The Hedge Knight (First published in the anthology Legends in 1998) Tales of Dunk and Egg series, which are (to date): This does not however cover the novellas in the Those novellas are just standalone versions of the book chapters.

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