Question: are the game of thrones books ahead of the show?
Answer: 'Game Of Thrones' Author George R.R. Martin 'Never Anticipated' The Show Getting Ahead Of The Books. George R.R. Martin says he 'never anticipated' HBO's Game of Thrones TV show would end before he... ... The final book in George R.R. Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire upon which the show is based is nowhere in sight.