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*Reading Key* • AFFC: A Feast for Crows • ADWD: A Dance with Dragons • [ + ] : Simultaneous Chapters. These should be read back-to-back (or side-by-side) as they'll cover the same events from different perspectives, or function as a unified sequence. (This guide assumes veteran-level knowledge and is excellent for re-reads, focusing on Martin's themes rather than the exact sequence of events.) I. THE OPENING GAMBITS - Innocence Lost 1. Prologue (Pate) — AFFC 1 2. The Captain of Guards (Areo I) — AFFC 3 3. Cersei I — AFFC 4 4. Tyrion I — ADWD 2 5. Daenerys I — ADWD 3 6. Prologue (Varamyr) — ADWD 1 7. Jon I [ + ] Samwell I — ADWD 4 / AFFC 6 8. Bran I — ADWD 5 9. Jon II — ADWD 8 10. Brienne I — AFFC 5

II. THE SHADOW OF THE FATHER - The Weight of Legacy 11. Cersei II — AFFC 8 12. Jaime I — AFFC 9 13. Tyrion II — ADWD 6 14. The Merchant's Man (Quentyn I) — ADWD 7 15. Arya I — AFFC 7 16. Brienne II — AFFC 10 17. Sansa I — AFFC 11 18. Tyrion III — ADWD 9 19. Davos I — ADWD 10 20. Jon III — ADWD 11 21. Daenerys II — ADWD 12 III. THE IRON & THE GILDED - Hammering the Landscape Anew 22. The Prophet (Aeron I) — AFFC 2 23. The Kraken's Daughter (Asha I) — AFFC 12 24. Reek I (Theon) — ADWD 13 25. Bran II — ADWD 14 26. Tyrion IV — ADWD 15 27. Cersei III — AFFC 13 28. The Soiled Knight (Arys) — AFFC 14 29. Brienne III — AFFC 15 30. Samwell II — AFFC 16 31. Davos II — ADWD 16 32. Daenerys III — ADWD 17 33. Jon IV — ADWD 18 34. Davos III — ADWD 20 35. Tyrion V — ADWD 19 36. Jaime II — AFFC 17 37. Cersei IV — AFFC 18 38. The Iron Captain (Victarion I) — AFFC 19 39. The Drowned Man (Aeron II) — AFFC 20 IV. THE TIDES OF CHANGE - Birthing Pains 40. Reek II (Theon) — ADWD 21 41. The Wayward Bride (Asha II) — ADWD 27 42. Jon V — ADWD 22 43. Brienne IV — AFFC 21 44. Arya II — AFFC 23 45. Alayne II (Sansa) — AFFC 24 46. Tyrion VI — ADWD 23 47. Daenerys IV — ADWD 24 48. The Lost Lord (Jon Connington I) — ADWD 25 49. The Windblown (Quentyn II) — ADWD 26 50. The Queenmaker (Arianne I) — AFFC 22 51. Cersei V — AFFC 25 52. Brienne V — AFFC 26 53. Samwell III — AFFC 27 54. Jaime III — AFFC 28 55. Cersei VI — AFFC 29 56. Tyrion VII — ADWD 28 57. Jon VI — ADWD 29 58. Davos IV — ADWD 30 59. The Reaver (Victarion II) — AFFC 30 60. Daenerys V — ADWD 31 61. Melisandre — ADWD 32 V. THE WINTERFELL CONVERGENCE - Wisdom in the Dark 62. Jaime IV — AFFC 31 63. Brienne VI — AFFC 32 64. Reek III (Theon) — ADWD 33 65. Tyrion VIII — ADWD 34 66. Cersei VII — AFFC 33 67. Jaime V — AFFC 34 68. Cat of the Canals (Arya III) — AFFC 35 69. Samwell IV — AFFC 36 70. Cersei VIII — AFFC 37 71. Brienne VII — AFFC 38 72. Jaime VI — AFFC 39 73. Cersei IX — AFFC 40 74. The Princess in the Tower (Arianne II) — AFFC 41 75. The Watcher (Areo II) — ADWD 39 76. Daenerys VI — ADWD 37 77. Bran III — ADWD 35 78. The Prince of Winterfell (Theon IV) — ADWD 38 79. Jon VIII — ADWD 40 80. The Turncloak (Theon V) — ADWD 42 81. The King's Prize (Asha III) — ADWD 43 82. Jon VII — ADWD 36 83. Tyrion IX — ADWD 41 84. Daenerys VII — ADWD 44 85. Jon IX — ADWD 45 86. Alayne III (Sansa) — AFFC 42 87. Brienne VIII — AFFC 43 88. Cersei X — AFFC 44 89. Jaime VII — AFFC 45 90. Samwell V (Epilogue) — AFFC 46 VI. THE DANCE OF FIRE AND BLOOD - Tension Blown Apart 91. The Blind Girl (Arya IV) — ADWD 46 92. A Ghost in Winterfell (Theon VI) — ADWD 47 93. Tyrion X — ADWD 48 94. Jaime VIII — ADWD 49 95. Cersei XI — ADWD 55 96. Theon VII — ADWD 52 97. Jon X — ADWD 50 98. Daenerys VIII — ADWD 51 99. Jon XI — ADWD 54 100. Daenerys IX — ADWD 53 101. The Queensguard (Barristan I) — ADWD 56 102. The Iron Suitor (Victarion III) — ADWD 57 103. Tyrion XI — ADWD 58 104. The Discarded Knight (Barristan II) — ADWD 60 105. The Spurned Suitor (Quentyn III) — ADWD 61 106. The Griffin Reborn (Jon Connington II) — ADWD 62 107. Jon XII — ADWD 59 108. The Sacrifice (Asha IV) — ADWD 63 109. Victarion IV — ADWD 64 110. The Ugly Little Girl (Arya V) — ADWD 65 111. Cersei XII — ADWD 66 112. Tyrion XII — ADWD 67 VII. THE PENULTIMATE BREATH - The Plunge into the Unknown 113. The Kingbreaker (Barristan III) [ + ] The Dragontamer (Quentyn IV) — ADWD 68 / 69 114. The Queen’s Hand (Barristan IV) — ADWD 71 115. Daenerys X — ADWD 72 116. Jon XIII — ADWD 70 117. Epilogue (Kevan) — ADWD 73