in honor of terry pratchett, i want to share with you all one of my favorite places in all the worlds: terry pratchett’s disco world. if you know, you love it. If you don’t know it, I recommend you explore it. there are over 40 books in the series, and I’ve read them all, many more than once. well, to be honest, many more than a dozen times. it is a world populated by many creatures including, but not limited to; humans, sentient baggage, dwarves, trolls, witches, wizards, vampires, werewolves, heroes, gods, and a nobby nobs. These books never fail to inspire me and I want to share them with you.
Fortunately, many libraries around the world have these books. To help you find them, I’ve compiled the complete list* of all the books on the discworld with links to worldcat (so you can find them near you). to enjoy! And be careful: reading one book usually leads to reading 3 or more. (It’s the original binge. I know, I’ve been reading Pratchett since the 1990s.)
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complete list* of terry pratchett’s discworld novels
(in publication date order)
- the color of magic
- the fantastic light
- equal rites
- mort
- sources
- wyrd sisters
- pyramids
- guards! guards!
- eric
- moving images
- reaper man
- witches abroad
- little gods
- lords and ladies
- men at arms
- soul music
- interesting times
- masquerade
- feet of clay
- hogfather
- jingo
- the last continent
- carpe jugulum
- the fifth elephant
- the truth
- the time thief
- the last hero
- the amazing maurice and his polite rodents
- night watch
- the little free men
- monstrous regiment
- a hat full of sky
- sending postcards
- thud!
- where is my cow?^
- wintersmith
- earning money
- invisible academics
- going to dress midnight
- snuff
- a flicker of the screen: short fiction collected
- world of poo
- steam rising^
- the shepherd’s crown (available in 2015)
not discworld – but I love it; good omens with neil gaiman.
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there are more books on the discworld than are novels; maps, cookbooks, portfolios and manuals. you can also find them in your library; worldcat can help you:
- worldcat identities: terry pratchett
- worldcat search for terry pratchett
- worldcat fictional search for terry pratchett
and now, if you’ll excuse me, i have dates with rincewind, major vimes, tiffany hurting, granny weatherwax, dank von lipwig, and the librarian**. I’ll send you a clacks to let you know when I’ll be back.
terry pratchett, i will never forget you and thank you for sharing the discworld with our world. the end
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* the list is as complete as I could get. but I’m only human, and the series is impressive, if not magical in itself and does mysterious things. (I have no proof, but I think the books change a bit on every third reading. the text can be slippery that way.) whatever I missed, please post it in the comments with a link to worldcat if you can.
** the librarian is a minor character in many stories, but is a personal favorite. but don’t call it a monkey, unless you want your arm ripped off.
^ these two are, strictly speaking, picture books and not novels. but I put them on the list anyway.
*^Also, if you’ve never read pratchett before, I recommend you pick one up and read it. the discworld series is actually made up of several series and they have a reading order. a quick internet search for “discworld reading order” can lead you to some guides. though you don’t really need it. read whatever you think looks interesting and just dive in. I don’t think the discworld would approve of such order being imposed on it anyway.
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