A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin.

A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of high fantasy novels by American author George R.R. Martin.

 

It was first published on 6 August 1996.

In the novel, presenting various points of view and plot-lines, Martin introduces the noble houses of Westeros, the Wall, and the Targaryen plot-line. The novel has lent its name to several spin-off works based on the series, such as several games. It is also the basis for the first season of Game of Thrones, an HBO television series which premiered in April 2011. A March 2013 paperback TV tie-in re-edition is also to be titled Game of Thrones, without the "A"^.

^{Awards and nominations.}

Locus Award- Best Novel (Fantasy) (Won) – (1997)

World Fantasy Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (1997)

Hugo Award – Best Novella for Blood of the Dragon (Won) – (1997)

Nebula Award – Best Novel (Nominated) – (1997)

Ignotus Award – Best Novel (Foreign) (Won) – (2003)

It has been adapted in a HBO television series, which has become the most successful adaptation of it.

It premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011. 

Game of Thrones has obtained an exceptionally broad and active international fan base. It received widespread acclaim by critics, although its use of nudity has been criticized. The series won numerous awards and nominations — including two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Television Series – Drama, a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in Long Form, and a Peabody Award.




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The House Of The Spirits, by Isabel Allende

Do you like books that talk about passion, greed, love, death, revolution, politcs, ideals, hope...

The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) is the debut novel by Isabel Allende. Let´s see what it is about:

In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies. Here is patriarch Esteban, whose wild desires and political machinations are tempered only by his love for his ethereal wife, Clara, a woman touched by an otherworldly hand. Their daughter, Blanca, whose forbidden love for a man Esteban has deemed unworthy infuriates her father, yet will produce his greatest joy: his granddaughter Alba, a beautiful, ambitious girl who will lead the family and their country into a revolutionary future.

The House of the Spirits is an enthralling saga that spans decades and lives, twining the personal and the political into an epic novel of love, magic, and fate

In 1993 the book was adapted into a film (The house of the Spirits) 

by Danish director Bille Augoust.

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