Discworld

41 primary works • 52 total works

The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

Published 1 January 1900

Since the publication of this title in 1983, Pratchett's Discworld series now has many best-selling titles in print, every one of which has received rapturous reviews. "The plot is so ridiculous and so much fun that it shouldn't be revealed in a serious

The Light Fantastic

by Terry Pratchett

Published 26 May 1986

Published in Britain at the end of 1986, this and its "prequel" (The Colour of Magic, above) were among the top five best-selling books on the 1986 Andromeda list. Moreover, Pratchett was Andromeda's best-selling author for the same year. It was also cho

Equal Rites

by Terry Pratchett

Published 15 January 1987

The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby's sex...

A third hilarious adventure by the author of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic.

Mort

by Terry Pratchett

Published 12 November 1987

Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.

After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...

Sourcery

by Terry Pratchett

Published 19 May 1988

There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son... a wizard squared...a source of magic...a Sourcerer.

SOURCERY SEES THE RETURN OF RINCEWIND AND THE LUGGAGE AS THE DISCWORLD FACES ITS GREATEST - AND FUNNIEST - CHALLENGE YET.

Wyrd Sisters

by Terry Pratchett

Published 10 November 1988

When King Verence of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, his baby son is rescued by three witches. They are Granny Weatherwax, whose normal state of being is one of barely controlled rage, the extremely earthy Nanny Ogg, and the downtrodden Magrat Garlick.

Pyramids

by Terry Pratchett

Published 15 June 1989

'"LOOK AFTER THE DEAD," SAID THE PRIESTS, "AND THE DEAD WOULD LOOK AFTER YOU."'

Young Prince Teppic is sent far away from his desert homeland to the city of Ankh-Morpork for the best education money can buy. Which just so happens to be at the Assassins' Guild.

But when Teppic's father dies suddenly, fate takes him away from assassination to something far more unsavoury: politics. Teppic returns home to the small, penniless kingdom of Djelibeybi to take his place as ruler.

It isn't easy, being a teenage pharaoh. As tradition dictates, the new king must build a monumental pyramid to honour his dead father. But this one might just bankrupt the kingdom, and warp the very fabric of time and space itself . . .

'Pratchett remains a consistently clever, charming and funny voice' - Independent

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Pyramids is a standalone.

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

Published 9 November 1989

This is the story of mysterious night-time prowling in Ankh-Morpork, the greatest city of Discworld: someone is turning the citizens into something resembling small charcoal biscuits.

Eric

by Terry Pratchett

Published August 1990

Thirteen-year-old Eric and Rincewood the wizard have many adventures trying to escape from the equally horrifying and ludicrous beings and places of the magical Dungeon Dimension.

Moving Pictures

by Terry Pratchett

Published November 1990

The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of the Holy Wood hill? It's up to Victor Tugelbend and Theda Withel to find out.

Reaper Man

by Terry Pratchett

Published May 1991

A Discworld novel. Death is missing. Dead Rights activist Reg Shoe suddenly has more work than he'd ever dreamed of, and newly-deceased wizard Windle Poons wakes up in his coffin to find that he has come back as a corpse.

Witches Abroad

by Terry Pratchett

Published 7 November 1991

This is an audio version of Terry Pratchett's 10th Discworld novel, read by Tony Robinson.

Small Gods

by Terry Pratchett

Published 21 May 1992

Brutha is a simple lad. He can't read or write, but he's pretty good at growing melons, and his wants are few. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love, but most of all he wants his god, who's currently in the shape of a tortoise, to choose someone else.

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

Published November 1992

It's a hot midsummer night and the crop circles are appearing everywhere. The Lancre All-Comers Morris Team have got drunk on a fairy mound and the elves have come back, bringing with them cruelty, kidnapping, malice and evil. Now Granny Weatherwax and her coven have really got their work cut out.

Men at Arms

by Terry Pratchett

Published November 1993

The City Watch needs men, but what it has is a dwarf, a troll, a woman and Captain Nobbs (disqualified from the human race). There's evil in the air and murder afoot and something very nasty in the streets, so they need all the help they can get, especially when Captain Vimes is retiring.

Soul Music

by Terry Pratchett

Published 19 May 1994

A Discworld novel. It's hard to grow up normally when grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe - especially when you have to take over the family business, everyone thinks you're the Tooth Fairy, and you have to face the new and addictive music that has reached the Discworld.

Interesting Times

by Terry Pratchett

Published 2 November 1994

A novel in the humorous fantasy Discworld series. The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil caused by the revolutionary treatise, What I Did on My Holidays. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes, and warlords are struggling for power.

Maskerade

by Terry Pratchett

Published 2 November 1995

Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, the Discworld's greatest witches, are back for an "innocent" night at the opera. Naturally there's going to be trouble, but at the same time there'll be a good evening's entertainment with murders that you can really hum to.

Feet Of Clay

by Terry Pratchett

Published 6 June 1996

As autumn fogs hold Ankh-Morpok in their grip, the City Watch must find a murderer who can't be seen. The golems may know something, but they've all started to commit suicide. And on top of all this, the Watch have other problems to deal with, such as a werewolf suffering from Pre-Lunar Tension.

Hogfather

by Terry Pratchett

Published 7 November 1996

It's the night before Hogswatch, the Discworld festival, and the Hogfather has been kidnapped. There's only possible stand-in who can be everywhere at once and negotiate the thinnest chimney. He's just got to remember to leave his scythe behind. That's right. HO, HO, HO, EVERYONE.