This is my first time trying out a Discworld novel and I’m super happy I did. I’m not far into the novel, but I’m already loving it. It takes high fantasy and mixes in hillarity, something I’ve not really found in high fantasy. I’m a Terry Brooks Shannara fan, since the '90’s, and it takes itself so serious. Discworld is just silly fun like Douglas Adams doing Fantasy or Monty Python writing a book. I’m absolutely loving it and assuming it continues I’m absolutely checking out other Discworld books.
Anyone have any suggestions on other fun silly fantasy books like Discworld, or is Discworld the top of the pile?
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In case you arent aware, there are smaller “series” within discworld that you can read through, but because Sir Terry Pratchett wrote whatever he wanted whenever it can be hard to know which books to read in what order. If you’re like me and liked Vimes and Carrot enough to read book two, check out this link for more info on reading order: https://www.discworldemporium.com/reading-order/
I read all of Discwoeld in the order in which where they were published. I always felt that Guards Guards was where the discworld really came together and the world building had matured and given rise to the most incredible stories. I love all of the discworld books, but I am especially fond of the ones about the nightwatch.
is Discworld the top of the pile?
This.
I reread Guards! Guards! last week. (I have lost count of how many times I have read it.)
I am actually envious of you as you have so much joy ahead pf you getting to know the diskworld.
I am a massive fan of Discworld and found that, while Discworld is the cream of the crop, the NPCs series by Drew Hayes and Greg Costikyan’s “One Quest, Hold The Dragons” , and “Another Day, Another Dungeon” really hit the humorous fantasy sweet spot for me.
Same author but not Discworld: check out the Bromeliad trilogy.
Sir Terry was the best, but there are some other really solid ones out there. I suggest the Dark Profit series by J. Zachary Pike, which starts with Orconomics, or A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher.
Are they similarly funny? Or more serious?
My first Terry Prattchett books were the Wee Free Men series of books. I just loved reading the thick accent of the characters. (Took me a long while to figure out at this ‘ship’ they were taking about was a sheep)
Going Postal is my favorite of the books, although I think I’ve missed out of Guards! Guards! somehow.
That was my first Discworld book also. Good times. Terry Pratchett was an amazing writer and a great human in general.
