Where readers stop
Most readers who start it read to book 2.
Open Library readers, to September 2026.
Book series
Discworld books in order
41 books, 1983 to 2015, by Terry Pratchett
In the order they came out.
- 1
The Colour of Magic
This is where it all begins--with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.
- 2
The Light Fantastic
In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision.
- 3
Equal Rites
In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born.
- 4
Mort
Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.
- 5
Sourcery
When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world.
- 6
Wyrd Sisters
- 7
Pyramids
It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do.
- 8
Guards! Guards!
- 9
Eric
Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork's denizens.
- 10
Moving Pictures
Discworld's pesky alchemists are up to their old tricks again.
- 11
Reaper Man
But that was before DEATH started pondering the existential.
- 12
Witches Abroad
- 13
Small Gods
For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One.
- 14
Lords and Ladies
Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against real elves.
- 15
Men at Arms
He’s now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork, Discworld’s greatest city, from Barbarian Tribes, Miscellaneous Marauders, unlicensed Thieves, and such.
- 16
Soul Music
Death goes walk-about and tries everything, including joining the French Foreign Legion, to forget a tragic carriage accident at dead man's curve.
- 17
Interesting Times
Chaos threatens to follow the impending demise of the Agatean Empire's current ruler.
- 18
Maskerade
The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork.
- 19
Feet of Clay
- 20
Hogfather
Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless -- and oddly familiar -- universe, but the Hogfather is one of them.
- 21
Jingo
It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea -- just a few square miles of silt and some old ruins.
- 22
The Last Continent
A professor is missing—but a search party is on the way!
- 23
Carpe Jugulum
- 24
The Fifth Elephant
Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants.
- 25
The Truth
The denizens of Ankh-Morpork fancy they've seen just about everything.
- 26
Thief of Time
In Discworld, time is a resource managed by the highly capable Monks of History.
- 27
The Last Hero
- 28
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his magical rat pipe.
- 29
Night Watch
One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork.
- 30
The Wee Free Men
- 31
Monstrous Regiment
In the twenty-eighth Discworld novel the Discworld goes to war.
- 32
A Hat Full of Sky
- 33
Going Postal
Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into...
- 34
Thud!
That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls.
- 35
Wintersmith
It follows The Wee Free Men and Hat Full of Sky.
- 36
Making Money
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like.
- 37
Unseen Academicals
The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many thingswisdom, magic, and their love of teatimebut athletics is most assuredly not on the list.
- 38
I Shall Wear Midnight
As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy.
- 39
Snuff
At long last, Lady Sybil has lured her husband, Sam Vimes, on a well-deserved holiday away from the crime and grime of Ankh-Morpork.
- 40
Raising Steam
- 41
The Shepherd's Crown
Also in the series (12)
Box sets, companions and books with no number.
- Strata1981
- Terry Pratchett's the Light Fantastic1992
- The Streets of Ankh-Morpork1993
- The Discworld Companion1994
- The Discworld Mapp1995
- A Tourist Guide to Lancre1998
- Death's Domain1998
- Nanny Ogg's Cookbook2000
- The Art of the Discworld2004
- Where's My Cow?2005
- The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld2007
- Miss Felicity Beedles The World Of Poo2012
When people read it
Read most in 2025, by 709 Open Library readers.
Open Library readers, to September 2026.
The wait between books
The longest wait was 3 years, for The Light Fantastic in 1986.
How long it is
- Pages
- 13,949
- Hours
- 349
- Longest
- Unseen Academicals
13,949 pages in all, about 349 hours at 40 pages an hour.
No page count for 3 of the books.
Ratings
Rated highest: Going Postal, 4.6 out of 5.
1,280 Open Library ratings, to September 2026.
More by Terry Pratchett
The Long Earth5 books
The Science of Discworld4 books
Bromeliad Trilogy3 books
Johnny Maxwell Trilogy3 books
Good Omens1990
Nation1998
Dodger2012
The Carpet People1971
Series with the same subjects
By the subjects they share: fantasy, science fiction and young adult.
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From Open Library’s data, September 2026.