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Game of Throne series or Outlander series? I want to start one but can’t decide.

Game of Throne series or Outlander series? I want to start one but can’t decide.

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Dawn

I vote Outlander.
I didn’t like the Game of Thrones series, I thought it was too violent. (I know I’m in a minority on that though!)

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Jennifer

I’ll vote for Game of Thrones to even put the voting! And because I really like the books! ?

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Keri

Outlander! I am addicted! Love this series and the tv show!

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Wayne

GOT

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Erica

Outlander!

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Angie

That’s hard. Opposite ends. In the mood for war or romance?

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Diana

Yep , I read first couple of GOT about the time when there were only 3 written and have read all in the Outlander series . Both are great so the deciding factor would be are you in the mood for love or war ?

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Sarah

Both have their merits tbh. I guess it depends if you’re more historical romance fiction or fantasy war fiction (Outlander and GOT respectively).

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RayQuestion author

I LOVE historical fiction but I’ve never read fantasy and want to try something new.

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Tori

Game of thrones is more complicated because you have to keep up with a lot of characters( that are constantly added) and timelines. Outlander is easier that way. Both are amazing and both have a lot of books. Outlander is historical fiction where GOT is more fantasy/Middle Ages Engladish….. GOT is more brutal and shocking

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Natasha

Game of Thrones

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Megan

Both!
If you like one, you’ll like the other.

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Shawntay

I read Game of Thrones series this year and I plan on starting Outlander next year

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Julie

Depends on how much blood you’re into.

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Dotti

Game of thrones if you like Russian novels with a cast of thousands. I have to create a note book defining characters and their relationships to one another. GoT is more complicated than any single Russian novel.
Outlander centers on a narrow cast of characters, it is easy to remember relationships.
Again, it all boils down to Love or War.

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Heather

I have read both series but Outlander is my go to series!!!

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Amy

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Taneha

Catch up on game of throngs than outlander. Game of throngs is back now but outlander won’t be back till next 11th of month.

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Elisabeth

Definitely both, just start with whatever you like more. Romance or war!

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Rebecca

Game of Thrones

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Magda

It depends on what you’re looking for, I read the first two Game of Thrones, and I’m just starting Outlander. GoT is written in a somewhat oblique manner, and I enjoyed it for a while, but found the characters/storylines difficult to keep straight, so, I stopped there. So far I like the writing style in Outlander, but I couldn’t tell you much else.

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Abigail

Outlander

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Fay

GoT for me, but I’m not a huge historical romance fan.

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Leslie

My feelings exactly, though I may be being unfair because to the best of my knowledge (unless I did back when it first came out), I’ve never read Outlander. LOVED GoT, though.

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Fay

@Leslie same.

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Elly

I love both. Outlander because I love Scotland and GoT because fantasy > everything else 🙂

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Lauren

Game of Thrones. If you’re looking to get into fantasy, it’s a fantastic place to start.

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Sondra

As a reader of primarily Fantasy since the early ’80’s, I could not possibly disagree more that GoT is a “fantastic” place to start reading fantasy.

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Elly

I agree with Sonie. Starting with GoT as your first experience with fantasy would put most people off. Great story but not a first step xD

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Elly

Watching it is different though.

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Sondra

They both have a wait for subsequent books but Outlander is BY FAR a better story by a better writer (imho).

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Caitlyn

Depends on what you’re going for.
Epic Fantasy or some a little more real.

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Elsa

Both are great, I prefer the Outlander books n the GOT tv series

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Sophie

GoT

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Kayla

Outlander

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Julie

I would go for the Outlander Series, but that is because I have watched Game of Thrones, but if you haven’t seen either, still would start the Outlander Series.

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