Theres no such thing as a bad Discworld novel, but which are Sir Pterrys very best?
But it is a nice farewell to many of the Discs most beloved characters all the same.
Read it as a curiosity after youve read all the other books, maybe.
It only comes just ahead ofSourcerybecause without it, none of the rest of the Discworld series would exist.
(And yes, we know there are some of you out there whose favourite will beRaising SteamorSourcerytoo).
All we can do is explain why weve placed any individual book where it is.
Theres nothing reallywrongwithThe Truth.
Its low placement is down to two main factors.
If you really enjoy stories about con-men, move this higher up the list.
For some of us older fans, that was a really special moment.
The whole feel of the society painted here is so incredibly real.
26.FaustEric(1990)
The best two books featuring Rincewind are the two Discworld graphic novels.
But that plot thread also gave us the wonderful childrens picture bookWheres My Cow?
But it is still a great read nonetheless.
Youll never go near a stone circle again!
This was the novel that changed the Discworld forever with the introduction of the Clacks.
The most interesting character in this story, though, is Carrot.
When Carrot was introduced inGuards!
16.The Shepherds Crown(2015)
The Shepherds Crownis a difficult book to rate or rank.
They are Sam Vimes and Granny Weatherwax.
The series is much richer for having them.
Meanwhile, Deaths granddaughter Susan is forced to take over the family business when her grandfather goes AWOL again.
This is one of the books most often cited as a good place for new readers to start.
Pratchetts visualisation of Deaths home and family life is a thing of gothic beauty.
There are other good starting-points too, but this is one of the best.
11.Jingo(1997)
The other Discworld war novel, pre-datingMonstrous Regiment.
This book also features a household ghost and a very different key in of witch trials.
Luckily Vimes and the City Watch are on the case.
We make no apologies for the dominance of the City Watch series at the top of this list.
Death temporarily takes over the Hogfathers duties while Susan goes after the Assassins.
One to re-read every winter.
Wyrd Sistersis largely a pastiche ofHamletandMacbethmashed up together, along with some swipes at theatre in general.
There are also some clever twists near the end that we wont spoil.
This is the classic City Watch or Night Watch, as they still are here at its height.
LikeFeet of Clay, this features a really well-plotted murder mystery alongside solid character development for the Watch.
But we would hazard to say that the story works anyway.
We like it a lot.
Picking a single Discworld book to sit at number one will always be controversial.
Just about any of them will be put in this spot by someone.
Night Watchis different from the rest of the Discworld series.
It has fewer gags of the broad, laugh-out-loud variety, and it is darker in tone.
PerhapsPyramidsorWyrd Sistersmight be a better reflection, tonally and thematically, of the series as a whole.
But Pratchett once commented, long before writingNight Watch, that he had sometimes been accused of literature.
