Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett are responsible for 80% of my sense of humor.
I really love Douglas Adams books and just going through the middle of the colour of magic… Not feeling like the best book ever, but enjoying It so far. Any recommendations for the next one from Terry Pratchett’s discworld saga? Too many to choose from… 😔
Edit: didn’t expect so many replies, thank you all!!
There’s a reading order guide. Take your pick! I agree that The Color of Magic is one of the worse starting points. I liked the Watch novels (starting with Guards! Guards!).
You people are insane, I tried the ebook for the first one from my library: 7 copies, 37 people waiting
So which series do you start on? Rincewind, Witches, Death, or Watch? Does it matter?
Colour of magic and light fantastic are 2 of the worst books in the discworld series. They’re not bad books, but nothing compared to what comes later. I read the series in chronological order and don’t regret it, so don’t give up on it. You can also follow the story arcs, if one particularly appeals to you.
Witches is a significant step up, and it only gets better from there, as Pratchett hits his stride.
I disagree, they set the scene for what’s to come.
We see ankh morpork and the wider discworld through the eyes of rincewind (lives it, knows it, mostly hates and/or scared of it) and twoflower (all new, loves it all, naive).
So it sets the stage for all the other characters to enter and exit from there onwards.
I just wanted to recommend Dimension of Miracles by Robert Sheckley Its a very similar style of humor and was actually written before Hitch Hikers. The audiobook is particularly exceptional.
I’ve never read any Pratchett. Any suggsstions on what would be a good startingpoint (as a particularly good example of his writing)?
E: It seems this question was mostly answered in other comments.
There are whole website that are dedicated to advising the reading order of his books. But if you want something from his main book series I suggest Guards Guards, read all the books in that series and then read Making Money, read all the books in that series and then you’ll want to start on anything with the Wizards, possibly not Sorcery despite that being the first one because it’s kind of an early book and sort of weak, and not funny like the later books in the series.
But this guide should help you. Pick something start on the left and go to the right.
Why is there a key in the top left of types of stories designated with shapes. And not a single point in the infographic matches any of those symbols. Which are starter novels? And which are YA?