Each book takes place on the flat Discworld, on the back of a turtle. This turtle floats along in space, and its inhabitants work to make their worlds better or live their lives. Kings die, the policemen watch the streets, and sometimes Death has to step in when the Auditors want to wipe out life. What Discworld reading order do you recommend? There are 47 books in the series, several short stories, and supplemental books like The Science of Discworld, Where’s My Cow, and The World of Poo. Here’s where I suggest starting with Discworld.
The Rincewind Books
The books always start with this perpetually unlucky wizard. Rincewind, who hates adventure but always gets drawn into it, appears in the following books: To be honest, Rincewind isn’t my favorite character, although he is a good one. He’s certainly compelling as a reluctant hero who has to bluff all the time because he has no choice. When cornered, Rincewind proves to be dangerous. Yet Death wants to be normal. He wants to give up his duties, settle down in a fish shop, maybe have a family. His attempt to set up a replacement goes south, but he gets a granddaughter, resourceful Susan. Then when the Auditors replace him, Death fights to get his old purpose back. Susan can’t replace her grandfather, but she can invite him for tea and biscuits and help him stop apocalyptic threats. The witches of Lancre also include Nanny Ogg, Magrat, and later on Agnes/Perdita. They work hard to make sure that order is kept on the Chalk, that people don’t need to make the hard choices, and to discourage girls from wanting to learn magic, because witchcraft is a lonely business. Nanny Ogg also enjoys telling bawdy jokes and can never resist one. The books in this sub-series include the following: The Watch, of course, has more leaders than Vimes and Carrot. We have Angua, a werewolf lieutenant that stays far away from silver, Detritus the troll who hasn’t quite mastered Mr. Crossbow, and Nobby Nobbs, who is well, Nobby Nobbs. They would follow Vimes to the end of the Earth, and sometimes they very well do. While they can’t keep complete order in the city, they try their best. The books include the following Discworld novels: One has to admit Vetinari is good. The Patrician knows how to use a man with useful skills. Moist proves he’s up to the task because he doesn’t want to die. But soon it becomes more than that. Moist’s books are as follows: I adore Tiffany because she takes no nonsense, like other witches. She doesn’t need Granny Weatherwax’s stern nature, however, or Nanny Ogg’s drinking. All she needs is mettle, a brain, and her community.
