Discworld?

[bobquasit]

I just finished reading Hogfather; it was the first Terry Pratchett book I've ever read. And I liked it quite a lot.

A long time ago I gave Pratchett a try - I couldn't tell you which book it was to save my life - and found him dull. But I saw the Hogfather movie with stairflight a few weekends ago, and I liked it very much indeed. So I ordered the book through interlibrary loan.

So now I want to read more Discworld books. Can anyone recommend where I should start?

Comments

[ckd]

Yeah. Look at this reading order guide.

Some comments on it:

I'd skip Pyramids and go straight to Small Gods. Pyramids is okay; Small Gods is one of my absolute favorites.

Equal Rites is good, Wyrd Sisters is better and doesn't depend on Equal Rites and is IMO a better starting point for the Witches books.

Try both Mort and Guards! Guards!, then continue with which ever series strikes your fancy more.

In all of this, remember that you can go back and fill in other books/series later.

[unquietsoul5.livejournal.com]

The first 3 books of his in the Discworld series are probably the worst, and one could easily get away without reading them. If you enjoyed Hogfather then you might like:

Reaper Man, Mort, Wyrd Sisters, Equal Rites, Witches Abroad, Masquerade

the trick with Pratchett is there are actually several 'sub-series' within the book series, each with their own predominant characters. And a few books that don't connect that much with the whole (like Pyramids, Small Gods and Eric).

Death is actually the only continuing Character that appears in the series in every book. There's a few that come close (Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler, the street vendor appears in 95% of them)

There's the "Guards Saga" the "Witches Saga" the "Existential Saga" (Death novels and the susan novels, including Hogfather), the "Rincewind Tales" (which you would probably feel the weakest of the bunch).

You also might find his children books of interest for sharing with Sebastian. These would be "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" (A sort of Pied Piper variant story) and later the "Wee Free Men" and "A Hat Full Of Sky").

A few of his books fell flat on me, some of them are great, his quality varies along the way.