#9 in Fantasy
A Storm of Swords
- 992
- Pages
- about 18 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel
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Editor’s note The third book of A Song of Ice and Fire, published in 2000, is the longest so far and is split into two volumes in many paperback editions and translations. It contains several of the series’ most famous turns, so it is worth avoiding spoilers before reading. HBO spread it across two seasons of Game of Thrones, the third and fourth (2013–2014).
About the book
A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in the high fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2000, with a United States edition following in November 2000. Its publication was preceded by a novella called Path of the Dragon, which collects some of the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel into a single book.
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 SwordsThis book
9.09.0 / 10 - A Feast for Crows
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 9.0 across 3,058 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 95% of the weight and the score stays at 9.0 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 108 | 4% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 86 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 9.1 | 2.9K | 94% |
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