Honestly the motivation to watch it is simply βdoes this new fantasy show seem interesting to meβ. Like any other show really. Its connection to GoT or ASoIaF is mostly irrelevant. 19K votes, 3.3K comments. 23M subscribers in the books community. This is a moderated subreddit.
Should read in published order: A Game of Thrones (AGOT) A Clash of Kings (ACOK) The Hedge Knight (HK) A Storm of Swords (ASOS) The Sworn Sword (SS) A Feast for Crows (AFFC) The Mystery Knight (MK) A Dance with Dragons (ADWD) Princess & the Queen (P&Q) The Rogue Prince (RP) Or the way I think this is best :
If you do read them, don't think of them as novels. Think of them as epics. Also, I just recommend reading the prologue to A Game of Thrones, to get a taste for his writing. In my opinion it's very well written, and if you like that, then I'm sure you'll like the rest as well. 6. . 62 879 625 409 695 797 676 516