Reddit reviews The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire)

I got the feeling he was talking about this book, which is more of an encyclopedia and is 336 pages and also explains why he wouldn't want to take it to work since it's a giant book and not a small novel

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I'm absolutely the right person to ask!

There are 5 books in the series, out of a planned 7:

1. A Game of Thrones (1996)
   
2. A Clash of Kings (1998)
   
3. A Storm of Swords (2000)
   
4. A Feast for Crows (2005)
   
5. A Dance With Dragons (2011)
   
   Fair warning, each book seems to take more and more years to be published. The 5th book came out in 2011 and ends on a huge cliffhanger! There are number of fans who are seriously concerned that the 6th book may never come out, or that it may not come out until the author George R R Martin dies and it is then published by another author.
   
   If you get through these and want more, George RR Martin has also published a short story collection about some tertiary characters called Dunk and Egg in 2015 (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), as well as an encyclopedia for the entire history of the world in which that the series takes place (A World of Ice and Fire).
   
   Some fans of the television show therefore may argue that it's not worth reading the books until the series is finished, or ever. I personally recommend them, they add a lot of depth to the show, and are just well-written pieces of prose on their own. The Dunk and Egg collection is also fun. I've not read the encyclopedia yet but I'll get to it some day.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned The World of Ice and Fire, it's essentially a collection of the history of the world in which A Song of Ice and Fire takes place. It's also only recently been released. I haven't read it myself, but it's apparently a very good-looking book.

Along those lines are also The Land of Ice and Fire, which is a collection of maps for the same world and A Feast of Ice and Fire which is a companion cookbook to the series (is she likes to cook.)

Edit: you did mention that you're looking for something more substantial than just a book, so this may fall under that category, but it feels a little more substantial than getting her the next book in a series she's reading or something.

I found it! $19.99 on Kindle. Now to save up and figure out how to convert it to my cheap ereaders format.

EDIT: I found it in EPUB on B&N site.

There is a history book, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EGMGGVK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Not sure what it has in it exactly though, I haven't read it.

http://www.amazon.com/World-Ice-Fire-History-Westeros-ebook/dp/B00EGMGGVK