
We’re also introduced to the city patrician Lord Vetinari, along with a whole host of visiting characters from other story arcs in the series. These books all center around The City Watch, a police force in the city of Ankh-Morpork. The whole Discworld series can be broken down into the following collections: 1st. Most of the books in the series also form part of a subseries or collection that share the same theme or character arc. The list above is the traditional reading order, but many diehard fans of Pratchett’s work recommend that new readers began their Discworld journey with a collection. The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents.Here’s the full list of Discworld books in the order they were first published:


Reading them in chronological order this way means you can be sure you don’t miss a thing plus, it takes the guesswork out of which book to read next. The first book, The Color of Magic, was published in 1983, and the final book, The Sheperd’s Crown, was published in 2015, the same year the author sadly passed away. Night Watch is the sixth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.Many, if not most people, like to approach these books in the order they were written. 'The best Discworld book in the whole world ever. But he must survive, because he has a job to do: track down the murderer and change the outcome of the rebellion.Īnd get back to the future before his wife gives birth, of course.

It's a case of wrong place, very wrong time.įor Vimes finds himself back in his own rough, tough past with only a killer for company and a city on the brink of revolution to contend with. When a notorious serial killer emerges from hiding, the chase leads the Watch to the roofs of Unseen University where a magical storm is brewing.

The twenty-fifth of May is an important, sombre day in Ankh-Morpork - the anniversary of one of the city's bloodiest rebellions.īut crime stops for nothing, as Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch knows.
