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.

## 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

|width=2%|No.|Title|width=8%|Published|Subseries|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|_The Colour of Magic_|1983|rowspan=2|Rincewind|93rd in the Big Read.||
|2|_The Light Fantastic_|1986|Continues from _The Colour of Magic_||||
|3|_Equal Rites_|rowspan=2|1987|Witches|||
|4|_Mort_|Death|65th in the Big Read||||
|5|_Sourcery_|rowspan=2|1988|Rincewind|||
|6|_Wyrd Sisters_|Witches|135th in the Big Read||||
|7|_Pyramids_|rowspan=2|1989|Djelibeybi|British Science Fiction Award **winner**, 1989||
|8|_Guards! Guards!_|City Watch|69th in the Big Read||||
|9|_Eric_|rowspan=2|1990|Rincewind|Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by Josh Kirby||
|10|_Moving Pictures_|Industrial Revolution|||||
|11|_Reaper Man_|rowspan=2|1991|Death|126th in the Big Read||
|12|_Witches Abroad_|Witches|197th in the Big Read||||
|13|_Small Gods_|rowspan=2|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_|rowspan=2|1994|Death|151st in the Big Read||
|17|_Interesting Times_|Rincewind|||||
|18|_Maskerade_|1995|Witches||||
|19|_Feet of Clay_|rowspan=2|1996|City Watch|||
|20|_Hogfather_|Death|137th in the Big Read; British Fantasy Award nominee, 1997||||
|21|_Jingo_|1997|City Watch||||
|22|_The Last Continent_|rowspan=2|1998|Rincewind|||
|23|_Carpe Jugulum_|Witches|||||
|24|_The Fifth Elephant_|1999|City Watch|153rd in the Big Read; Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 2000|||
|25|_The Truth_|2000|Industrial Revolution|193rd in the Big Read|||
|26|_Thief of Time_|rowspan=3|2001|Death|152nd in the Big Read; Locus Award nominee, 2002||
|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|||
|30|_The Wee Free Men_|rowspan=2|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_; 2004 nominee for Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.||||
|32|_A Hat Full of Sky_|rowspan=2|2004|Tiffany Aching|The third YA Discworld book||
|33|_Going Postal_|Moist von Lipwig|Locus and Nebula Awards nominee, 2005||||
|34|_Thud!_|2005|City Watch|Locus Award nominee, 2006|||
|35|_Wintersmith_|2006|Tiffany Aching|The fourth YA book.|||
|36|_Making Money_|2007|Moist von Lipwig|Locus Award **winner**, Nebula nominee, 2008|||
|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|||
|39|_Snuff_|2011||City Watch|Third fastest selling book in first week of publication||
|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||

## Infobox (book series)

- **books**: Discworld#Bibliography, List of books
- **author**: Terry Pratchett
- **cover artist**: Josh Kirby (1983–2001)
Paul Kidby (2001–2015)
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **language**: English
- **publisher**: Transworld Publishers
Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday
Random House
- **media type**: Print: Hardback, paperback
- **genre**: Fantasy
- **pub date**: 1983–2015
- **number of books**: 41 novels