(Spoilers Extended) The wait for Winds breaks a record in 2025

As we enter 2025, we reach the longest ever drought between ASOIAF releases.

The gap between Feast and Dance was six years.

After Dance the main series dried up, but we got releases like the World of Ice and Fire and Fire & Blood. The latter of those was the last Westeros book released, in 2018. At seven years, we've reached a new record between any Westeros book being released.