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During my recent reread I decided to think of proper chapter titles, instead of Eddard, Catelyn etc.

It's not as easy as you might think, as you have to ensure they are professional, accurate, and yet spoiler free.

Anyway, here are my titles for A Game of Thrones. Hope you like them!

A Game of Thrones
1. Prologue (Will) "Burning Ice"
2. Bran I "From the Snow"
3. Catelyn I "In the Godswood"
4. Daenerys I "The Manse"
5. Eddard I "The Crypt"
6. Jon I "Bastard at the Feast"
7. Catelyn II "An Eyrie Letter"
8. Arya I "Stitches and Swords"
9. Bran II "The Broken Tower"
10. Tyrion I "Bread and Bacon"
11. Jon II "Needle"
12. Daenerys II "The Filly"
13. Eddard II "The Barrows"
14. Tyrion II "Grumkins and Snarks"
15. Catelyn III "Blood and Grief"
16. Sansa I "On the Banks of the Trident"
17. Eddard III "Lady"
18. Bran III "Falling"
19. Catelyn IV "Littlefinger"
20. Jon III "Lord Snow"
21. Eddard IV "Meetings"
22. Tyrion III "Atop the Wall"
23. Arya II "The Dancing Master"
24. Daenerys III "The Great Grass Sea"
25. Bran IV "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things"
26. Eddard V "Enquiries"
27. Jon IV "Craven"
28. Eddard VI "The Apprentice"
29. Catelyn V "The Inn at the Crossroads"
30. Sansa II "Jousting"
31. Eddard VII "Wheels Within Wheels"
32. Tyrion IV "The High Road"
33. Arya III "Wizard"
34. Eddard VIII "Insolence"
35. Catelyn VI "The Vale of Arryn"
36. Eddard IX "Streets of Rain"
37. Daenerys IV "Vaes Dothrak"
38. Bran V "The Wolfswood"
39. Tyrion V "The Sky Cells"
40. Eddard X "Now It Ends"
41. Catelyn VII "The Weeping Woman"
42. Jon V "Maester"
43. Tyrion VI "Men of the Mountains"
44. Eddard XI "The Hand Holding Court"
45. Sansa III "The Mouth of Babes"
46. Eddard XII "You Win or You Die"
47. Daenerys V "A Golden Crown"
48. Eddard XIII "The Boar"
49. Jon VI "Night Gathers"
50. Eddard XIV "A Piece of Paper"
51. Arya IV "The Pointy End"
52. Sansa IV "Letters"
53. Jon VII "Eyes of Blue"
54. Bran VI "The Broken"
55. Daenerys VI "At the Western Market"
56. Catelyn VIII "The Bannermen"
57. Tyrion VII "The Lord of Lannister"
58. Sansa V "Joffrey's First Court"
59. Eddard XV "Water and Wine"
60. Catelyn IX "The Twins"
61. Jon VIII "Love, Honour, and Duty"
62. Daenerys VII "Lamb Men"
63. Tyrion VIII "The Battle of the Green Fork"
64. Catelyn X "The Whispering Wood"
65. Daenerys VIII "The Dancers"
66. Arya V "Treason and Justice"
67. Bran VII "The Lost Children"
68. Sansa VI "Courtesies"
69. Daenerys IX "Sleep"
70. Tyrion IX "The Inn Again"
71. Jon IX "Moonlight"
72. Catelyn XI "Old Words"
73. Daenerys X "From the Fire"

 

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Almost blasphemous as it is, I love this idea!
I've been thinking about this myself, but only had some ideas for a couple of chapters (the easy ones).
I do think that it is a small downside of ASOIAF that chapters have no titles, although titling chapters is indeed tricky.
Obviously, it's impossible to make it official, but it might be possible (however, quite unlikely) to come up with chapter names that would be commonly accepted in the fandom. It would also be much more convenient, in forum discussions, to refer to, say, the "Red Wedding" chapter, than to ASOS: Catelyn VII. But that's more likely wistful thinking: even if the fandom generally agreed to the idea, it would be very hard to agree on specific titles to be accepted as the "fandom canon".

Anyway, great job! Personally, I'd probably change a few of them, but mostly, they are spot-on, and some, like "A Piece of Paper", "The Pointy End", or "Courtesies" are frankly just brilliant! I also love the ones referencing specific characters, "Craven" probably being my favorite. The parallel/juxtaposition of the first and last chapters is a nice touch, though it falls just a little bit short of a proper Ice and Fire reference.

I, for one, would love to see what you come up with for the other books. I might also submit my own options for comparison, if I ever manage to get down to it and find some inspiration.

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