A Game of Thrones is the first of seven planned books in A Song of Ice and Fire, a fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. It was released on 6 August 1996. The book was put up for the 1998 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award, and won the 1997 Locus Award. The first season of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones is based on the book.

The chapters are titled by the name of the person you will read about through their perspective. These are listed in no order and the Prologue is not included for it is not part of the main chapters: Eddard (Stark), Catelyn (Stark), Arya (Stark), Bran (Stark), Jon (Snow), Tyrion (Lannister), Daenerys (Targaryen),

• Locus Award – Best Novel (Fantasy) (Won) – (1997)
• World Fantasy Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (1997)
• Nebula Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (1997)
• Ignotus Award – Best Novel (Foreign) (Won) – (2003)

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