Discworld reading order

i just read them in the order they appear in the first few pages in most terry pratchett books.. and the novel i started on was Sourcery am i going wrong? did i throw myself in the deep end???

I read Colour of Magic first. I was immediatley confused, confuzzled, puzzled, whatever, and had no plans of ever reading a Terry Pratchett book again.

Until Thud! came out, and it was highly recommended to me by a friend. I read the book, fell in love, and now have an almost complete collection of Discworld.

But to be honest, it doesn't really matter which order you read them in. Most plot holes that you may miss out on are pretty self-explanatory. The characters may have developed over time, but not so signifigantly that it makes it impossible to read Thud! without reading Nightwatch or the likes first.

(Also, some books center around a character never before featured, such as Making Money, which is Terry's best book yet in my opinion.)

Scratch that, I haven't read Going Postal.
It was almost like he predicted the Recession and threw it int oa medieval/fantasy setting. Bloody brilliant.

Now I'm blabbing, that's why I don't join forums as much nowadays. All I'm trying to say is, read them in whatever order you want. It doesn't really matter. It would be nice to read them in perfect roder, but not necessary. Nice chart by the way

Funnily enough i read Truckers as a kid and hated it so avoided Pratchett for years. I was struck for something in the library one day though so picked up Small Gods and i was hooked!

Have never read them in order and there's one or two of the older ones i can never seem to get my hands on so have missed completely. Missing out on plot links just gives you a good excuse to go back and read an old favourite again

I recommend reading them any old way you can! Then at your leisure go back and start somewhere in the pile again, repeat... ad infinitum!! There is a book for every mood.

Enjoy