Whats The Right Order

[biged2uk]

Just read my first discworld novel (MONSTROUS REGIMENT ) and wondered what was the best order to read them in. I belive the order they where published in is not the best. Can anyone help me..

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

hi - welcome to the forums!

I would say it's usually best to read them in order but another way to do it would be to read them in batches by "character"

By that I mean, read all the Witches novels together in order, then the City Watch ones in order, then the Death ones and then the Rincewind ones in order. There are also several 'stand-alone' novels he has. I've had a stab at listing them below

Witches
Equal Rites
Sourcery
Wyrd Sisters
Witches Abroad
Lords & Ladies
Maskerade
Carpe Jugulum

City Watch
Guards Guards
Men-at-Arms
Feet of Clay
Jingo
The Fifth Elephant
Night Watch

Death
Mort
Reaper Man
Soul Music
Hogfather

Rincewind
The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Interesting Times
The Last Continent

and the rest tend to be stand-alone novels. I won't bother listing them here as they're comphrensively listed in his books anyway

 

[biged2uk]

many thanks

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

no probs - enjoy

 

[Sibeling]

I think, Sourcery is about Rincewind, and so is the book you did not mention here - Eric.

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

I thought Eric was a Faust rip-off and a standalone piece?
And I think you're right about Sourcery - that and Equal Rites keeps getting mushed together in my head..

 

[zorcarepublic]

Eric is about Rincewind, because IIRC he was in Hell and Eric wanted a demon to give him three wishes.

 

[Sibeling]

And it is definitely more fun to read than Faust!

 

[mark b]

Just read my first discworld novel (MONSTROUS REGIMENT ) and wondered what was the best order to read them in. I belive the order they where published in is not the best. Can anyone help me..

hi my names mark.i also am into terry pratchett,if u open ur book it tell u within the 1st few pages.starting with the colour of magic,the light fantastic & equal rites.but if u want a lighter read try the amazing maurice & his educated rodents its ment 4 younger readers but its classic pratchett hope that helped mabvan@hotmail.co.uk

 

[Leto]

Read them as you get them and don't bother about the order, you'll pick up things along the way.