I read the books in publication order, but only because I read the first book, The colour of magic the year it came out in 1983 (I was 15) I wasn't a massive fan of the book at the time but parts of it made me laugh out loud. The Science of The discworld III Darwins watchĢ8 The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents The Science of The discworld II The Globe The Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents (10/5**) (I had thought I’d read them all but apparently not)Ī Collegiate Casting out of devilish Devices (short story) I’ve added my personal score out of 5 for each one I’ve read. I found this reading order on a Pratchett fan site and it seems about right. But my favourite and always the novel I recommend too start with would be Guards Guards. If I have confused you utterly, there is a vague reading order on this page :)Īll Discworld Novels are really stand alone novels and you can read them in any order. If I were doing it again, I might go (in publication order) 3, 4, 6, 8 and then fill in the blanks. It has a good storyline, it is humorous, and features some brilliant characters.
Again, it features the watch briefly, who really are my favourite characters of the Discworld as a whole, so it may be worth reading them first, though it won't affect you if you don't. The Truth is a reasonable place to start. Mort introduces Death, and is the first book with Death as a main character (this is the first one I read). Going Postal is excellent, although it features some stuff that is built on from this novel, Equal Rites is good, Monstrous Regiment is brilliant, though you may wish to have read the watch first. I would always recommend Guards! Guards! as a starting point, which is the first in the Watch series, though follow it up with Men at Arms fairly quickly. These were obviously written before Pratchett got into his groove - there are considerably better out there. I would never advise anyone to start with book 1, The Colour of Magic, which is my least favourite in the series, and is succeeded by my second least favourite, The Light Fantastic. You do not have to read the Discworld in order to be able to understand all of it, though any novels that are set in Ankh-Morpork run the risk of introducing you to the Watch without knowing who they are, which isn't a spoiler, but more a disappointment for you not knowing the back story. There are multiple mini-series within, such as The Watch, The Witches, Rincewind and Death. Discworld is a really weirdly set out series.
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