When will George RR Martin finish next Game of Thrones book The Winds of Winter?

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The second season of HBO’s hit Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon is just around the corner, with the first episode set to arrive on Sunday 16 June less than two years after the end of the first season. That was just a few months after Game of Thrones debuted on HBO, and the massive success of the television series seemed to slow down Martin’s rate of productivity. Indeed, back in 2019 the author revealed he’d turned down the opportunity to make a cameo appearance in the final season of Game of Thrones in order to focus on writing the books. I expect these last two books of mine will fill 3,000 manuscript pages between them before I’m done… and if more pages and chapters and scenes are needed, I’ll add them.” The problem certainly doesn’t seem to be a lack of ideas, with Martin estimating that the final two books will be even longer than A Dance With Dragons and AStorm Of Swords, the longest books in the series so far.