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Every book in the discworld series is great. Here's a reading order guide. Again, they're all great on their own, but I did find that world building adds to the experience if you manage to follow the order somewhat.
Pyramids and Mort are two of my favourite books.
Jesus, has it been ten years since his death? Time flies.
I've only read the Colour of Magic. I'm playing through the first Discworld point and click, and I've got Guards Guards on my list.
IMHO The Colour of Magic, is his worst book. You are missing out, if it's the only one you have read.
If new people ask me were to start, I always say choose either the watch or witches series. They an wonderful, the watch series has my favorite book (The Fifth Elephant), and the witches has my favorite character (Esmarelda Weatherwax).
That's a great chart, thanks! Someone else gave me a very helpful link but if I start working through more books that will help tie everything together
I mentioned it before but I appreciate the fact you can drop in to any book; it makes it so much more approachable as a returning reader. I get a little daunted by some aspects of "just choosing" a book
Just FYI you can find the same diagram on the Wikipedia page about the Discworld in much higher quality
Thank you! I'm sure at some point in the future I'll need to seek it out again. And I'm sure the wiki has troves of information (which I will delve into after getting at least a book under my belt)