Discworld reading order

How to read the Discworld books? I have read them all several times, some more than others. Hogfather is a X-mas favorite. When I got into Pratchett, it was due to the Watch series. After having read that, I just read them all in order. Then I read them according to characters. And so on and so on. My reviews are chronological. I strongly recommend that you get the illustrated versions that are out there. I have The Last Hero and it is amazing.

This first list is originally by Krzysztof K. Kietzman. As you can see from the chart, it has been updated by several people.

Here is another suggestion. This one is more complicated than Krzysztof’s, but one needs a little complication in making reading choices. I don’t know who created it, but the link takes you to where I found it.

When it comes to the non-chronological way of reading the Discworld, there are great commentaries on the series out there (cannot speak for the ones I do not understand):

• Chris McCrudden
• John Seavey
• Not language but a map
• Как да четем “Светът на Диска” на Тери Пратчет?
• Plan de lecture des Annales du Disque Monde
• Terry Pratchett – Der Zauberhut

This chronological list is from Wikipedia and lets you know how each book fits into the Discworld system.

#	Title	Pub	Groups	Notes
1	The Colour of Magic	1983	Rincewind	Came 93rd in the Big Read.
2	The Light Fantastic	1986	Rincewind	Continues from The Colour of Magic
3	Equal Rites	1987	The Witches, The Wizards
4	Mort	1987	Death	Came 65th in the Big Read
5	Sourcery	1988	Rincewind, The Wizards
6	Wyrd Sisters	1988	The Witches	Came 135th in the Big Read
7	Pyramids	1989	Discworld Cultures (Djelibeybi)	British Science Fiction Award winner, 1989
8	Guards! Guards!	1989	The City Watch	Came 69th in the Big Read
9	Eric	1990	Rincewind	Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by Josh Kirby
10	Moving Pictures	1990	Miscellaneous (Holy Wood), The Wizards
11	Reaper Man	1991	Death, The Wizards	Came 126th in the Big Read
12	Witches Abroad	1991	The Witches	Came 197th in the Big Read
13	Small Gods	1992	Discworld Cultures (Omnia), The History Monks	Came 102nd in the Big Read
14	Lords and Ladies	1992	The Witches, The Wizards
15	Men at Arms	1993	The City Watch	Came 148th in the Big Read
16	Soul Music	1994	Death, Susan Sto Helit, The Wizards	Came 151st in the Big Read
17	Interesting Times	1994	Rincewind, The Wizards
18	Maskerade	1995	The Witches
19	Feet of Clay	1996	The City Watch
20	Hogfather	1996	Death, Susan Sto Helit, The Wizards	Came 137th in the Big Read; British Fantasy Award nominee, 1997
21	Jingo	1997	The City Watch
22	The Last Continent	1998	Rincewind, The Wizards
23	Carpe Jugulum	1998	The Witches
24	The Fifth Elephant	1999	The City Watch	Came 153rd in the Big Read; Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 2000
25	The Truth	2000	Ankh-Morpork, The City Watch, The Ankh-Morpork Times	Came 193rd in the Big Read
26	Thief of Time	2001	Death, Susan Sto Helit, The History Monks	Came 152nd in the Big Read; Locus Award nominee, 2002
27	The Last Hero	2001	Rincewind, The Wizards, The City Watch	Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by Paul Kidby
28	The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents	2001	Miscellaneous (Überwald)	A YA (young adult or children’s) Discworld book; winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal
29	Night Watch	2002	The City Watch, The History Monks	Received the Prometheus Award in 2003; came 73rd in the Big Read; Locus Award nominee, 2003
30	The Wee Free Men	2003	Tiffany Aching	The second YA Discworld book; also published in larger format and fully illustrated by Stephen Player
31	Monstrous Regiment	2003	Discworld Cultures (Borogravia), The City Watch, The Ankh-Morpork Times	The title is a reference to The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women; 2004 nominee for Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
32	A Hat Full of Sky	2004	Tiffany Aching, The Witches	The third YA Discworld book
33	Going Postal	2004	Moist von Lipwig, Ankh-Morpork	Locus and Nebula Awards nominee, 2005
34	Thud!	2005	The City Watch	Locus Award nominee, 2006
35	Wintersmith	2006	Tiffany Aching, The Witches	The fourth YA book.
36	Making Money	2007	Moist von Lipwig, Ankh-Morpork	Locus Award winner, Nebula nominee, 2008
37	Unseen Academicals	2009	The Wizards, Rincewind, Miscellaneous (Nutt)	Locus Award Nominee, 2010
38	I Shall Wear Midnight	2010	Tiffany Aching, The Witches	Fifth YA book, Andre Norton winner, 2010
39	Snuff	2011	The City Watch (Sam Vimes)	Third fastest selling book in first week of publication
40	Raising Steam	2013	Moist von Lipwig, Ankh-Morpork, The City Watch
41	The Shepherd’s Crown[19]	TBA	Tiffany Aching

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