DISCWORLD READING ORDER

Terry Pratchett’s ''Discworld'' series contains over 30 novels, but they are not all dedicated to a single story arc. Instead, they are made up of several story arcs that follow particular characters, locations and situations. The Tiffany Aching story arc, for example, follows the adventures of a young, up-and-coming witch, and first begins with the 30th novel, meaning that you need not have read any of the previous books in order to fully understand the Tiffany Aching story arc.
Reading each story arc in the correct order, however, is important. This is because even though each novel is generally self contained, events that occur in later books may depend on events that occurred earlier in the same story arc in a previous book. Occasionally some of the main characters of one book may also make a cameo appearance in another book where they are not the primary focus; for example, Captain Carrot and Sergeant Angua appear briefly in ''Going Postal''. Some novels in the Discworld series are stand-alone novels which don’t belong in any particular story arc, and can be read in any order. Below is a list of all the main story arcs and the order in which the books should be read, with the earlier books appearing at the top of each section, and the later ones at the bottom.
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Contents

Rincewind Series

Death/Susan Series

The City Watch Series

Moist von Lipwig Series

The Witches Series

Tiffany Aching Series

Stand Alone Books

Omnibuses

External links

Rincewind Series

:''See also Rincewind''

★ ''The Colour of Magic''

★ ''The Light Fantastic''

★ ''Sourcery''

★ ''Faust Eric''

★ ''Interesting Times''

★ ''The Last Continent''

★ ''The Last Hero''

Death/Susan Series

:''See also Death, Susan''

★ ''Mort''

★ ''Reaper Man''

★ ''Soul Music''

★ ''Hogfather''

★ ''Thief of Time''

★ "Death and What Comes Next" (short story)

The City Watch Series

:''See also The City Watch''

★ ''Guards! Guards!''

★ "Theatre of Cruelty" (short story)

★ ''Men at Arms''

★ ''Feet of Clay''

★ ''Jingo''

★ ''The Fifth Elephant''

★ ''Night Watch''

★ ''Thud!''

Moist von Lipwig Series

:''See also Moist von Lipwig''

★ ''Going Postal''

★ ''Making Money'' (to be released September, 2007)

The Witches Series

:''See also The Witches''

★ ''Equal Rites''

★ ''Wyrd Sisters''

★ ''Witches Abroad''

★ ''Lords and Ladies''

★ ''Maskerade''

★ ''Carpe Jugulum''

★ "The Sea and Little Fishes" (short story)
:A new generation of witches begin in the 'Tiffany Aching Series' below.

Tiffany Aching Series

:''See also Tiffany Aching''

★ ''The Wee Free Men''

★ ''A Hat Full of Sky''

★ ''Wintersmith''

★ ''I Shall Wear Midnight'' (not yet published)

Stand Alone Books

★ ''Pyramids''

★ "Troll Bridge" (short story)

★ ''Moving Pictures''

★ ''Small Gods''

★ ''The Truth''

★ ''The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents''

★ ''Monstrous Regiment''

★ "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" (short story)

Omnibuses

The first three books of the Witches, Death, City Watch and Rincewind series (excluding ''The Colour of Magic'' and ''The Light Fantastic'') have been collected into omnibus editions. A fifth Omnibus, the 'Gods Trilogy', also collects ''Pyramids'', ''Small Gods'' and ''Hogfather''. While the first four trilogies all focus on the same set of characters, the composite books of the Gods Trilogy are linked only thematically, without characters in common, and except for ''Hogfather'' are more broadly considered stand alones.

External links

★ Discworld Reading Order Guides