This option is a bit chaotic, but if that’s how you best enjoy your books, it is totally possible to read the Discworld books in order of your choosing. The first way you can approach the Discworld reading order is in whatever order you choose. Three Ways to Help you Decode the Discworld Reading Order #1. He balances humor with sincerity which results in beautifully evocative writing. These books are perfect for readers both young and old.

Pratchett does all of this while transporting the reader into a world full of magic, mystery, and intrigue.

Even though the Discworld setting is much different from our own, the series explores incredibly human issues, such as feminism, social disparity, and relationships. Some fans have even refrained from reading this final book to keep one unread Pratchett novel on their shelves.įans adore this world which balances on the backs of four elephants atop a giant turtle. His final Discworld novel, The Shepherd’s Crown, was published posthumously. Pratchett wrote 41 novels set within this world before his death in 2015 and his legacy lives on through his beloved books. This is the setting for Terry Pratchett’s adored series, which is estimated to have sold more than 85 million copies and been translated into 37 languages. The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Small Gods is a standalone novel.Standing on the back of this giant star turtle are four elephants and atop the backs of the four elephants is the flat, circular Discworld. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast: for the Great God Om, Brutha the novice is the Chosen One – or at least the only One available. So it’s certainly not helpful to be reduced to appearing in the form of a tortoise, a manifestation far below god-like status in anyone’s book. In such a competitive environment, shape and size can be pretty crucial to make one’s presence felt. And the Word was: ‘Hey, you!’ This is the Discworld, after all, and religion is a controversial business.Įveryone has their own opinion, and indeed their own gods, of every shape and size, and all elbowing for space at the top. ‘Just because you can’t explain it, doesn’t mean it’s a miracle.’ The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is. ‘Deftly weaves themes of forgiveness, belief and spiritual regeneration’ The Times

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