A Feast for Crows
- 800
- Pages
- about 15 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 0 weeks on the list
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Our view
The fourth volume of Martin’s saga hands much of its 800 pages to new viewpoints: Cersei, the Greyjoys, Dorne. Readers attached to earlier favourites can find that frustrating on a first read. What rewards patience is the political weave and Martin’s knack for making each figure in a very large cast distinct. The crowd of names can be hard to track, and this is no place to start the series.
Worth knowing Published in 2005 after a five-year gap, it covers only half the cast: Martin split an overlong manuscript by place rather than by time, so this book follows King’s Landing, Dorne, the Iron Islands and the Riverlands, while A Dance with Dragons (2011) covers the same period in the North and across the sea. Some readers interleave the two books chapter by chapter in a fan-made combined order.
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About the book
A Feast for Crows is the fourth of seven planned novels in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. R. Martin. The novel was first published in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2005, with a United States edition following on November 8, 2005.
Reading order · A Song of Ice and Fire
Full order & progress →- A Game of ThronesStart here
8.78.7 / 10 - A Clash of Kings
8.78.7 / 10 - A Storm of Swords
9.09.0 / 10 - A Feast for CrowsThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - A Dance with Dragons
8.58.5 / 10 - The Winds of Winter
–Not ranked yet - A Dream of SpringA Dream of Spring–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 2,830 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 95% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 153 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 2.7K | 95% |
Frequently asked
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It has 800 pages — longer than 82% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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