Terry Pratchett

This is not so much a blog, as an easy way for me to get some text up onto the Internet so that I can link to it.  Sorry.  You might find this list interesting, even so.

List of Terry Pratchett Discworld books, stolen from the Internet –

with additional comments and precepts for the wise by Ed Matthews

1.     The Colour of Magic (1983) (Rincewind) – Ankh Morpork

2.     The Light Fantastic (1986) (Rincewind)

3.     Equal Rites (1987) (Witches) – Feminism

4.     Mort (1987) (Death) – Yep, pretty much Death

5.     Sourcery (1988) (Rincewind) – Wizards in general

6.     Wyrd Sisters (1988) (Witches) - Shakespeare

7.     Pyramids (1989) (One-off) – Ancient Egypt and philosophy

8.     Guards! Guards! (1989) (City Watch) – Sam Vimes, policing

9.     Faust Eric (1990) (Rincewind) – Aztecs and so on

10.   Moving Pictures (1990) (One-off) – Early days of Hollywood cinema

11.   Reaper Man (1991) (Death) – My second favourite book – Death takes a holiday

12.   Witches Abroad (1991) (Witches) – Voodoo, and how stories work

13.   Small Gods (1992) (One-off) – Religion, the nasty kind.

14.   Lords and Ladies (1992) (Witches) – Fairies, who aren’t at all nice

15.   Troll Bridge (1992) (Short story)

16.   Men at Arms (1993) (City Watch) – The best Watch book, with Corp, Carrot and Angua

17.   Theatre of Cruelty (1993) (Short story)

18.   Soul Music (1994) (Death) – Popular music and very, very funny

19.   Interesting Times (1994) (Rincewind) – Japan, Conan the Barbarian

20.   Maskerade (1995) (Witches) - Opera

21.   Feet of Clay (1996) (City Watch) – Golems, and free will

22.   Hogfather (1996) (Death) – Christmas/Yule

23.   Jingo (1997) (City Watch) – nationalism, war

24.   The Last Continent (1998) (Rincewind) – Australia!

25.   Carpe Jugulum (1998) (Witches) - vampires

26.   The Sea and Little Fishes (1998) (Short story)

27.   The Fifth Elephant (1999) (City Watch) - Werewolves

28.   The Truth (2000) (One-off) – newspaper publishing

29.   Thief of Time (2001) (Death) – monks in saffron robes

30.   The Last Hero (2001) (Rincewind, although this is debatable) – Conan the Barbarian!

31.   The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents (2001) (One-off)

32.   Night Watch (2002) (City Watch) – Time travel, policing

33.   Death and What Comes Next (2002) (Short story)

34.   The Wee Free Men (2003) (Wee Free Men) – Tiffany Aching, Picts and Scots

35.   Monstrous Regiment (2003) (One-off) – Feminism, warfare

36.   A Hat Full of Sky (2004) (Wee Free Men) – Tiffany Aching

37.   Going Postal (2004) (Post Office) – Most wonderful book in the world

38.   Once More* With Footnotes (2004) (Compilation of short works)

39.   Thud! (2005) (City Watch) – Trolls and Drawfs, eternal warfare

40.   Wintersmith (2006) (Wee Free Men) – Tiffany Aching

41.   Making Money (2007) (Post Office) – Moist Von Lipwig from ‘Going Postal’

42.   Unseen Academicals (2009) (The Wizards, Rincewind) - Football

43.   I Shall Wear Midnight (2010) (Wee Free Men) – Tiffany Aching

44.   Snuff (2011) (City Watch / Sam Vimes) – A sad, sad book

45.   Raising Steam (2013) (Railways) – An even sadder book

46.   The Shepherd's Crown (2015) (Wee Free Men) – Do not read this book

For anyone wanting to read just one Discworld novel , I would recommend ‘Going Postal’.