The Novels

1971 The Carpet People

Terry was 17 when he wrote this, his first novel, and he even drew the cover himself. It tells the story of tiny tribes living in the weave of a carpet. The rewrite in 1992 is different enough to be considered a separate novel.

 

1976 The Dark Side of the Sun

A curious sci-fi novel with hints of Asimov. The original has another Terry Pratchett cover, but the re-print in the late 1980's was given a Josh Kirby cover.

 

1981 Strata

Another sci-fi novel, but this one parodies Larry Niven's Ringworld. There is a Discworld in the book, but not as we know it!

 

1983 The Colour of Magic

The first Discworld novel features Rincewind, TwoFlower and the Luggage. If you own a first edition, you might expect to sell it for 500 UK pounds.

 

1986 The Light Fantastic

Follows on directly from TCOM. Terry's ideas of the Discworld were not fully matured at this stage, so the first two novels have a slightly different flavour to them.

 

1987 Equal Rites

The series had started to take off when Equal Rites was published. Terry introduced us to Granny Weatherwax and Esk, the first female wizard. Esk has not been mentioned in any subsequent book.

 

1987 Mort

Death had become a popular figure in the early novels and in Mort he developed real character.

 

1988 Sourcery

The wizards return in a story about a Sourcerer - a wizard with limitless power.

 

1988 Wyrd Sisters

Granny is back and is joined by fellow witches Magrat and Nanny Ogg. Who is the rightful heir to the Lancre crown? This novel was serialised by Radio 4 in 1995.

 

1989 Pyramids

One of those unusual Discworld novels without a sequel, Pyramids is set in the desert regions of Djelibeybi. The oustanding feature of this book is the description of the assassins' final examination which parodies the UK's driving test and is one of the best passages that Terry has written.

 

1989 Guards! Guards!

Introducing the city watch and Corporal Carrot in a battle against a dragon that has taken over Ankh-Morpork. Another novel to be serialised by Radio 4 back in 1991. Large elements of the story were also used in the Discworld game.

 

1989 The Unadulterated Cat

Not a Discworld novel, this book takes a humorous look at the behaviour of the feline species.

 

1989 Truckers

First in the Gnomes trilogy - supposedly for children, but with plenty of interest for adults. The gnomes in question face eviction with the demolition of the department store where they live.

 

1990 Diggers

Second in the Gnomes trilogy. The gnomes find a new home under ground, but some gnomes have more ambition.

 

1990 Eric

What happened to Rincewind after Sourcery banished him to the Dungeon Dimensions. This book was originally published with illustrations by Josh Kirby and is much shorter than the other DW novels.

 

1990 Good Omens

Terry co-wrote this with Neil Gaiman and it has a flavour of both authors. Heaven and Hell prepare for the final battle, but a mix up at the birth of the anti-Christ has strange results.

 

1990 Moving Pictures

Ankh-Morpork gets movie fever and CMOT Dibbler gets his biggest role yet. Unfortunately, the creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions are at it again. A noteable book because Gaspode the Wonder Dog makes his first appearance.

 

1990 Wings

Third in the Gnomes trilogy. The gnomes take to the skies and discover their true ancestry.

 

1991 Reaper Man

Death goes awol in the sequel to Mort. One of the most popular in the Discworld series.

 

1991 Witches Abroad

The witches in foreign parts in a battle against Grannies evil sister.

 

1992 Lords and Ladies

A classic witches novel in a parody of A Midsummer's Night Dream. Magrat and Verence make wedding preparations, but evil is afoot.

 

1992 Only You Can Save Mankind

The first of Terry's stories about Johnny Maxwell which his publishers market as childrens' books. What do you do when the Space Invaders surrender?

 

1992 Small Gods

A tale of religion in the Discworld's desert regions. Brutha finds god - in the cabbage patch.

 

1992 The Carpet People

Terry's reworking of his first novel.

 

1993 Johnny and the Dead

This second Johnny Maxwell book was made into a TV series by LWT. The local graveyard is to be sold as a building site, and its inhabitants are none too happy.

 

1993 Men At Arms

Following on from Guards! Guards! this novel is the Discworld equivalent of a crime novel.

 

1994 Soul Music

Death is missing again, and a new craze has gripped Ankh Morpork.

 

1994 Interesting Times

Rincewind and TwoFlower in a reunion on the Counterweight Continent. It's interesting to see Terry handle characters he hasn't mentioned since The Light Fantastic.

 

1995 Maskerade

A witches novel based around the Opera House in Ankh Morpork. Fans of Phantom of the Opera will particularly like this one.

 

1995 Johnny and the Bomb

The third Johnny Maxwell book and the best to date. Johnny time travels back to the second world war using an old shopping trolley belonging to bag lady Mrs Tachyon. With help from his trusty friends (Yoless, Bigmac and Wobbler), he tries to change history and prevent the terrible carnage wreaked by a stray bomb.

 

1996 Feet of Clay

After Men At Arms, another crime novel. Someone is poisoning the Patrician, but who? And how?

 

1996 Hogfather

It was the night before Hogswatch... but the Hogfather is missing. HO, HO, HO. A terrible crime is planned against the children of the Discworld to get rid of the Hogfather. And an excess of 'belief' slopping around causes some very strange results.

 

1997 Jingo

Ankh Morpork is at war with Klatch. This is another Watch book very much in the style of Feet of Clay. Tensions mount over a territorial dispute and ugly racism rears its head.

 

1998 The Last Continent

Rincewind finds himself in the inhospitable terrain of XXXX where every plant and animal is out to kill him. Back at Unseen University, the Librarian is ill and the Library is running amok. To cure the Librarian, the wizards need to know his real name, and the only person who knows that is busy falling into waterholes in XXXX!

 

1998 Carpe Jugulum

The Witches face their toughest adversaries yet - the Vampyres! A dark and sinister novel at times which really brings into question Granny's future in Lancre. The villains are beautiful but terrifying! Some excellent incidental characters litter the plot with a hilarious reprise for HodgesAaargh!

 

1999 The Fifth Elephant

The Patrician sends a diplomatic party to Uberwalde for the coronation ceremony of a new chief dwarf with Vimes at their head. Sir Samuel discovers the world of diplomacy a struggle as he meets a Vampyre who is 'on the wagon' and Angua's family of Werewolf miscreants.

2000 The Truth

Ankh Morpork has its first newspaper and headline news is that The Patrician has been framed for attempted murder.

2001 Thief of Time

The grey Auditors are meddling with the Discworld again as Time itself stands threatened. Susan is once more plucked from her semi-normal existence to help where DEATH can't.

2001 The Last Hero

Cohen the Barbarian decides to take his revenge out on the Gods - lavishly illustrated by Paul Kidby.

2002 The Last Hero - paperback edition with new illustrations by Paul Kidby.

 

2001 The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Ostensibly a Discworld novel for the younger readers, this story twists the old pied piper myth in a satisfying way.

2002 Night Watch

Sam Vimes goes back to his own past to track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion. There's a problem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future.

2003 The Wee Free Men

The first Tiffany Aching story. Tiffany's little brother has been stolen by the Queen of the Fairies and she has got to get him back, To help her she has her granny's magic book and the Nac Mac Feegle, the Wee Free Men, the fightin', thievin', tiny blue-skinned pictsies who were thrown out of Fairyland for being Drunk and Disorderly.

 

2003 Monstrous Regiment

Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry, and now she's enlisted in the army, and is searching for her lost brother. But there's a war on and Polly is suddenly in the thick of it, without any training. All she and her fellow recruits have on their side is the most artful segeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well.... they have a secret.

 

2004 A Hatful of Sky

The second book about Tiffany Aching. The young witch develops her powers with the help of the strange Miss Level and escapes another disaster with the help of the Wee Free men,

 

2005 Thud

Sam Vimes & the Watch fight to prevent the Battle of Kroom Valley, taking place on the streets of Ankh-Morpork and Sam has to get home by 6pm every night to read to his son.

2005 Where’s My Cow?

A children’s book and the very same book Sam Vimes has to read his son, every night at 6pm.

2005 Going Postal

Moist Von Lipwig runs the new postal service in Ankh-Morpork. It’s either that or face execution for his crimes. The Patrician needs someone to sort the problems of undelivered mail and sets a Gollum to make sure Lipwig sticks at his task.

2006 Wintersmith

The third adventure of Tiffany Aching. Working with another old witch, Miss Treason, Tiffany causes the personification of winter to fall in love with her and winter to persist past the season’s time. The small blue men are around to help their kelda and Nanny Ogg helps too.

2007 Making Money

A second tale of Mist Von Lipwig is expected.

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