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Discworld reading order
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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series contains more than 30 novels, but they are not all dedicated to a single story arc. Instead, they comprise several complementary but free-standing story lines that follow particular characters, locations, and situations. The Tiffany Aching story arc, for example, follows the adventures of a young, up-and-coming witch, and first begins with the 30th novel. However, you don't need to read any of the previous books in order to fully understand the Tiffany Aching story arc. Reading each story arc in the correct order, however, is very helpful. This is because even though each novel is generally self-contained, events that occur in later books may depend on events that occurred in a previous book. Occasionally some of the main characters of one book may also make cameo appearances in another book in which they are not the primary focus; for example, Captain Carrot and Sergeant Angua appear briefly in Going Postal. Some books in the Discworld series are stand-alone novels that don’t belong in any particular story arc, and can be read in any order. Below is a list of all the main story arcs and the suggested order in which the books should be read, with the earlier books appearing at the top of each section, and the later ones at the bottom. Rincewind Series :See also Rincewind * The Colour of Magic * The Light Fantastic * Sourcery * * Interesting Times * The Last Continent * The Last Hero Death/Susan Series :See also Death, Susan * Mort * Reaper Man * Soul Music * Hogfather * Thief of Time * "Death and What Comes Next" (short story) The City Watch Series :See also The City Watch * ' * "Theatre of Cruelty" (short story) * Men at Arms * Feet of Clay * Jingo * The Fifth Elephant * Night Watch * ' History Monks :See also The History Monks * Small Gods * Thief of Time * Night Watch Moist von Lipwig Series :See also Moist von Lipwig * Going Postal * Making Money The Witches Series :See also The Witches * Equal Rites * Wyrd Sisters * Witches Abroad * Lords and Ladies * Maskerade * "The Sea and Little Fishes" (short story) * Carpe Jugulum :A new generation of witches begin in the Tiffany Aching Series below. Tiffany Aching Series :See also Tiffany Aching * The Wee Free Men * A Hat Full of Sky * Wintersmith * I Shall Wear Midnight (not yet published) Stand Alone Books * Small Gods * Pyramids * "Troll Bridge" (short story) * Moving Pictures * The Truth * The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents * Monstrous Regiment * "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" (short story) Omnibuses The first three books of the Witches, Death, City Watch and Rincewind series (excluding The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic) have been collected into omnibus editions. A fifth Omnibus, the Gods Trilogy, also collects Pyramids, Small Gods and Hogfather. While the first four trilogies all focus on the same set of characters, the composite books of the Gods Trilogy are linked only thematically, without characters in common, and except for Hogfather are more broadly considered stand alones. External links *Discworld Reading Order Guides See Also
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