Discworld

Discworld is a series of fantasy books by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948-2015). There are 41 novels in total as well as short stories and guidebooks. All of them are set on the Discworld, which is a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants who stand on the back of a giant turtle. Make believe creatures like dragons, dwarves and elves live on the Discworld.^[1]

Discworld

List of books
Author	Terry Pratchett
Cover artist	Josh Kirby (1983–2001) Paul Kidby (2001–2015)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Doubleday Random House
Published	1983–2015
Media type	Print: Hardback, paperback
No. of books	41 novels

Storylines

The Discworld books follow lots of different characters and storylines. Sometimes, the same main characters are used in several books to create a story arc:

Rincewind

Rincewind was the first main character in Discworld books. He is a wizard who does not know any spells and tries to run away from everything. Even though he is a coward, he saves the world several times by accident.

Death

Death is seen in all the Discworld books except for The Wee Free Men and Snuff. He is a seven foot tall skeleton who appears when people die to take their souls to the afterlife. Even though he is seen as frightening, he is sometimes kind to people. He especially likes cats.

City Watch

The City Watch is a police force in one of the main cities on the Discworld. At the beginning of the series, there are only a few members of the City Watch and they are lazy and useless. Later in the series, they grow to have many members and stop crimes around the city.

Witches

The main witch in the series is Granny Weatherwax. She seems not to like most people but still helps to heal them when they are sick and deliver babies.

Novels

No.	Title	Published	Subseries	Notes
1	The Colour of Magic	1983	Rincewind	93rd in the Big Read.
2	The Light Fantastic	1986		Continues from The Colour of Magic
3	Equal Rites	1987	Witches
4	Mort		Death	65th in the Big Read
5	Sourcery	1988	Rincewind
6	Wyrd Sisters		Witches	135th in the Big Read
7	Pyramids	1989	Djelibeybi	British Science Fiction Award winner, 1989[2]
8	Guards! Guards!		City Watch	69th in the Big Read
9	Eric	1990	Rincewind	Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by Josh Kirby
10	Moving Pictures		Industrial Revolution
11	Reaper Man	1991	Death	126th in the Big Read
12	Witches Abroad		Witches	197th in the Big Read
13	Small Gods	1992	Omnia	102nd in the Big Read
14	Lords and Ladies		Witches
15	Men at Arms	1993	City Watch	148th in the Big Read
16	Soul Music	1994	Death	151st in the Big Read
17	Interesting Times		Rincewind
18	Maskerade	1995	Witches
19	Feet of Clay	1996	City Watch
20	Hogfather		Death	137th in the Big Read; British Fantasy Award nominee, 1997[3]
21	Jingo	1997	City Watch
22	The Last Continent	1998	Rincewind
23	Carpe Jugulum		Witches
24	The Fifth Elephant	1999	City Watch	153rd in the Big Read; Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 2000[4]
25	The Truth	2000	Industrial Revolution	193rd in the Big Read
26	Thief of Time	2001	Death	152nd in the Big Read; Locus Award nominee, 2002[5]
27	The Last Hero		Rincewind	Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by Paul Kidby
28	The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents		Überwald	A YA (young adult or children's) Discworld book; winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal
29	Night Watch	2002	City Watch	Received the Prometheus Award in 2003; came 73rd in the Big Read; Locus Award nominee, 2003[6]
30	The Wee Free Men	2003	Tiffany Aching	The second YA Discworld book; also published in larger format and fully illustrated by Stephen Player
31	Monstrous Regiment		Industrial Revolution	The title is a reference to The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women;[7] 2004 nominee for Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.[8]
32	A Hat Full of Sky	2004	Tiffany Aching	The third YA Discworld book
33	Going Postal		Moist von Lipwig	Locus and Nebula Awards nominee, 2005[9]
34	Thud!	2005	City Watch	Locus Award nominee, 2006[10]
35	Wintersmith	2006	Tiffany Aching	The fourth YA book.
36	Making Money	2007	Moist von Lipwig	Locus Award winner, Nebula nominee, 2008[11]
37	Unseen Academicals	2009	Rincewind	Locus Award Nominee, 2010
38	I Shall Wear Midnight	2010	Tiffany Aching	The fifth YA book, Andre Norton winner, 2010[12]
39	Snuff	2011	City Watch	Third fastest selling book in first week of publication[13]
40	Raising Steam	2013	Moist von Lipwig
41	The Shepherd's Crown	2015	Tiffany Aching	The sixth YA book, Completed mid-2014 and published posthumously in 2015[14]