The Truth
The Truth is a standalone Discworld novel set in Ankh-Morpork, and it begins with the city’s first newspaper taking shape almost by accident. At the center is William de Worde, who finds himself becoming an editor and, very quickly, a…
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The Fifth Elephant
The Fifth Elephant is a Discworld novel centered on Sam Vimes and the City Watch, but much of the action takes Vimes beyond Ankh-Morpork and into the political tensions of Uberwald. Sent abroad as a diplomat, he is pulled into…
Carpe Jugulum
Carpe Jugulum is a Discworld novel set in Lancre and centered on the witches, especially Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat, and Agnes. The story begins when a modern, self-assured vampire family arrives in the kingdom and quickly proves far more…
The Last Continent
The Last Continent is a Discworld novel centered on Rincewind, Terry Pratchett’s famously reluctant wizard, who finds himself stranded on the Discworld’s version of Australia. The setting is harsh, strange, and deeply funny from the start: a blazing, drought-stricken land…
Jingo
Jingo is a Discworld novel set in Ankh-Morpork and centered on Sam Vimes and the City Watch, but its real subject is what happens when politics, pride, and public feeling start pushing ordinary tensions toward war. The story begins when…
Hogfather
Hogfather is a Discworld novel built around Death and Susan Sto Helit, and it uses the festive season of Hogswatch as the starting point for a much stranger crisis. When belief in the Hogfather begins to fail, Death steps in…
Feet of Clay
Feet of Clay is a Discworld novel set in Ankh-Morpork and centered on Commander Sam Vimes and the City Watch. The story opens with a pair of linked mysteries: someone is killing seemingly harmless old men, and Lord Vetinari has…
Maskerade
Maskerade is a Discworld novel that brings the witches into the world of opera, performance, and backstage intrigue. The story centers on Agnes Nitt, a young woman from Lancre who goes to Ankh-Morpork hoping to make a career with her…
Interesting Times
Interesting Times is a Discworld novel built around Rincewind, the chronically unwilling wizard who keeps finding himself at the center of events he would much rather avoid. This time he is drawn into turmoil in the Agatean Empire, where political…
Soul Music
Soul Music is one of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels and the third book in the Death sequence, though it can still be read on its own. It brings the series into collision with “music with rocks in,” Pratchett’s comic fantasy…