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The titles are:
"Reaper Man", "Small Gods", "Wyrd Sisters", "Moving Pictures"

Went to an adorable book shop and found these guys. I haven't read Pratchett yet but I feel it'll be right up my alley

I'm pretty sure I see "Small Gods" and "Wyrd Sisters" recommended a lot and I know you can't really go wrong, but of these which would you recommend the most? Since this is what I have I'll read them all eventually

Regardless I'm excited to have gotten physical copies because my library has long wait lists for his books

Edit: Thanks for all of the discussion! This post brought me a lot of positive on an otherwise rough day. I've decided to start with "Small Gods"

I just want to say again thank you to everyone who responded to me or to someone else. It's been a joy hearing what each person has to contribute to the conversation

Even if they fall flat (which I highly doubt) all of your enthusiasm came through and that really in itself means so much. It was truly touching

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[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Point one: you can’t go wrong with Pratchett.

I only read Small Gods, you’ll have to give me feedback on the others after you are done!

Small tangential comment: never skip Pratchett’s footnotes!

[–] lennee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

and also dont skip the footnote's footnotes

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Nested footnotes, I love it! Those are so fun when authors add extra flavor to an already rich story

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 6 points 1 week ago

The deeper the stack of footnotes the more jewels there are hidden in there

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just gave a thumb through of one and there certainly are footnotes. I didn't generally skip them but I'll give these more heed!

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

A lot of the best humour is in the footnotes.