Author guide

Terry Pratchett Books in Order

Sir Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was an English author whose career ranged from science fiction and comic fantasy to children's fiction, nonfiction, short stories, reference works, and collaborations. He created the Discworld universe, co-wrote Good Omens with Neil Gaiman, and co-wrote The Long Earth sequence with Stephen Baxter.

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Catalog record updated August 25, 2026.

Terry Pratchett's Newest Book

A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories

short_story_collection · First published 2023

Twenty early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors, each accompanied by exquisite original woodcut illustrations. These are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. Whilst none are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and go on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork...

Not sure where to begin?

Start with one of these

The Colour of Magic

The first Discworld novel and the natural starting point for publication-order readers.

Guards! Guards!

A widely accessible entry to the Discworld's Ankh-Morpork and City Watch stories.

The Wee Free Men

The first Tiffany Aching novel and a strong young-adult entry point.

Good Omens

A complete standalone collaboration with Neil Gaiman.

The Long Earth

The opening novel of Pratchett's completed science-fiction collaboration with Stephen Baxter.

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Books by series

series · completed

Discworld

A completed sequence of comic fantasy novels set on a flat world carried through space by four elephants on the shell of the Great A'Tuin.

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1
The Colour of Magic
Book 1 · novel · 1983
2
The Light Fantastic
Book 2 · novel · 1986

It needs a hero, and fast. What it doesn't need is Rincewind, an inept and cowardly wizard who is still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world. Or Twoflower, the well-meaning tourist whose luggage has a mind (and…
3
Equal Rites
Book 3 · novel · 1987

‘Persistently amusing, good-hearted and shrewd’ The Sunday Times The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that…
4
Mort
Book 4 · novel · 1987

Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. In the Discworld, the Grim Reaper is a black-robed skeleton with glowing blue eyes and a scythe who’s fond of cats and eternally baffled by humanity. He yearns to…
5
Sourcery
Book 5 · novel · 1988

'It's vital to remember who you really are . . . it isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.' An eighth son of an eighth son is born, a wizard squared, a source of magic. A…
6
Wyrd Sisters
Book 6 · novel · 1988

Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them.
7
Pyramids
Book 7 · novel · 1989

It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun.First, there's the…
8
Guards! Guards!
Book 8 · novel · 1989

Insurrection is in the air in the city of Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to face off. Again. It’s old news to Captain Sam Vimes of the city’s ramshackle Night Watch. But this time, something is different—the Have-Nots…
9
Eric
Book 9 · novella · 1990

Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork's denizens. This would-be Faust is very bad...at his work, that is. All he wants is to fulfill three little wishes:to live…
10
Moving Pictures
Book 10 · novel · 1990

'HOLY WOOD IS A DIFFERENT SORT OF PLACE . . . HERE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO BE IMPORTANT.' A new phenomenon is taking over the Discworld: moving pictures. Created by the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork, the growing 'clicks' industry…
11
Reaper Man
Book 11 · novel · 1991

They say there are only two things you can count on ...But that was before DEATH started pondering the existential. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with…
12
Witches Abroad
Book 12 · novel · 1991

The twelfth Discworld novel — It seemed an easy job . . . After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn’t marry a prince? But for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, travelling to the…
13
Small Gods
Book 13 · novel · 1992

Religion is a competitive business in the Discworld. Everyone has their own opinion and their own gods of every shape and size—all fighting for faith, followers, and a place at the top. So when the great god Om accidentally manifests as a…
14
Lords and Ladies
Book 14 · novel · 1992

The fairies are back - but this time they don't just want your teeth... Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against real elves. It's Midsummer Night. No times for dreaming... With full supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls,…
15
Men at Arms
Book 15 · novel · 1993

Second book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch 'Funny, wise and mock heroic . . . The funniest and best crafted book I have read all year' Sunday Express The Discworld is very much like our…
16
Soul Music
Book 16 · novel · 1994

It’s hard to grow up normal when Grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe — and especially when you have to face the new and addictive music that has entered Discworld. It’s lawless. It changes people. It’s called Music with…
17
Interesting Times
Book 17 · novel · 1994

"May you live in interesting times" is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld -- especially on the distinctly unmagical sorcerer Rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life. But when a request for a…
18
Maskerade
Book 18 · novel · 1995

The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork: a huge rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely familiar evil mastermind in a hideously deformed evening dress. But Granny Weatherwax is in the audience, and…
19
Feet of Clay
Book 19 · novel · 1996

Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, and the rest of the Night Watch as they attempt to unravel the mystery of who poisoned Lord Vetinari the…
20
Hogfather
Book 20 · novel · 1996

'Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.' 'Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house . . . something was missing. Superstition makes things work in the Discworld and…
21
Jingo
Book 21 · novel · 1997

'IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER TO BLAME IT ON THEM. IT WAS BLEAKLY DEPRESSING TO THINK THAT THEY WERE US.' War is brewing on the Discworld. An island has appeared from the ocean depths, right in the middle of the sea which separates the proud…
22
The Last Continent
Book 22 · novel · 1998

"If you are unfamiliar with Pratchett’s unique blend of philosophical badinage interspersed with slapstick, you are on the threshold of a mind-expanding opportunity.” —Financial Times Chaos ensues when Discworld’s deliciously hapless…
23
Carpe Jugulum
Book 23 · novel · 1998

Carpe Jugulum (Latin for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty-third in the Discworld series. It was first published in 1998. In Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett pastiches the traditions…
24
The Fifth Elephant
Book 24 · novel · 1999

'WELL, HE THOUGHT, SO THIS IS DIPLOMACY. IT'S LYING, ONLY FOR A BETTER CLASS OF PEOPLE.' Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is a long way from home. Sent as reluctant ambassador to Uberwald, a mysterious region inhabited…
25
The Truth
Book 25 · novel · 2000

'A lie can run round the world before the truth can get its boots on.' William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork's first newspaper. Well, with a name like that . . . Launched into the world of investigative…
26
Thief of Time
Book 26 · novel · 2001

In Discworld, time is a resource managed by the highly capable Monks of History. Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it. While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is…
27
The Last Hero
Book 27 · illustrated_novel · 2001

Pratchett's perceptive and laugh-out-loud Discworld series is a literary phenomenon. And in The Last Hero, one aging hero with a grudge decides enough is enough. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Paul Kidby. A brand-new paperback…
28
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Book 28 · novel · 2001

Carnegie Medal Winner * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age * VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror * Book Sense Pick In this standalone Discworld novel, bestselling fantasy…
29
Night Watch
Book 29 · novel · 2002

One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. The next, he's lying naked in the street, having been sent back thirty years courtesy of a group of…
30
The Wee Free Men
Book 30 · novel · 2003

A riotous, wise, and gripping junior Discworld novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author and acknowledged master of comic fantasy.Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have been a witch, but…
31
Monstrous Regiment
Book 31 · novel · 2003

In the small yet aggressive country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. For a start, women belong in the kitchen - not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. And certainly not on the front line. Polly Perks has to…
32
A Hat Full of Sky
Book 32 · novel · 2004

Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this!What Tiffany…
33
Going Postal
Book 33 · novel · 2004

A splendid send-up of government, the postal system, and everything that lies in between in this newest entry in Terry Pratchett’s internationally bestselling Discworld series. Convicted con man and forger Moist von Lipwig is given a…
34
Thud!
Book 34 · novel · 2005

“Start with Douglas Adams’s comic science fiction (A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and J.R.R. Tolkien’s alternative worlds, mix in James Ellroy’s gritty realism and Jonathan Swift’s unflinching satire and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get…
35
Wintersmith
Book 35 · novel · 2006

Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance.…
36
Making Money
Book 36 · novel · 2007

Cue Moist von Lipwig, Postmaster General and former con artist. If anyone can rescue the city's ailing financial institution, it's him. He doesn't really want the job, but the thing is, he doesn't have a choice. Moist has many problems to…
37
Unseen Academicals
Book 37 · novel · 2009

The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things--wisdom, magic, teatime--but athletics, not so much. When Lord Vetinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that…
38
I Shall Wear Midnight
Book 38 · novel · 2010

As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone – or something – is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Tiffany must find the…
39
Snuff
Book 39 · novel · 2011

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant…
40
Raising Steam
Book 40 · novel · 2013

As head of the Royal Bank and Post Office of Ankh-Morpork, he doesn't really want or need another job. But when the Patrician, Lord Vetinari, gives you a task, you do it or suffer the consequences. In Moist's case, death. A brand-new…
41
The Shepherd's Crown
Book 41 · novel · 2015

Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength. This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of…

subseries · completed

Tiffany Aching

A Discworld subseries following the young witch Tiffany Aching.

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1
The Wee Free Men
Book 1 · novel · 2003

A riotous, wise, and gripping junior Discworld novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author and acknowledged master of comic fantasy.Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have been a witch, but…
2
A Hat Full of Sky
Book 2 · novel · 2004

Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this!What Tiffany…
3
Wintersmith
Book 3 · novel · 2006

Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance.…
4
I Shall Wear Midnight
Book 4 · novel · 2010

As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone – or something – is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Tiffany must find the…
5
The Shepherd's Crown
Book 5 · novel · 2015

Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength. This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of…

series · completed

The Bromeliad

A trilogy about the nomes, tiny people who live secretly among humans and must find a new home.

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1
Truckers
Book 1 · novel · 1989

Under the floorboards of the Store is a world of four-inch-tall nomes that humans never see. It is commonly known among these nomes that Arnold Bros. created the Store for them to live in, and he declared: "Everything Under One Roof."…
2
Diggers
Book 2 · novel · 1990

A Bright New Dawn is just around the corner for thousands of tiny nomes when they move into the ruined buildings of an abandoned quarry. Or is it? Soon strange things start to happen. Like the tops of puddles growing hard and cold, and…
3
Wings
Book 3 · novel · 1990

When you’re four inches high in a world full of giant people, things never go very well for long. After running into trouble at the quarry, the nomes want to go home. The problem is, ‘home’ is somewhere up in the stars, in some sort of…

series · completed

Johnny Maxwell

A children's trilogy following Johnny Maxwell and his friends through extraordinary encounters with history, war, and video games.

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1
Only You Can Save Mankind
Book 1 · novel · 1992

Twelve-year-old Johnny endures tensions between his parents, watches television coverage of the Gulf War, and plays a computer game called Only You Can Save Mankind, in which he is increasingly drawn into the reality of the alien ScreeWee.
2
Johnny and the Dead
Book 2 · novel · 1993

After twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell suddenly starts seeing and talking to ghosts, he and his friends become involved in a battle to save the local cemetery.
3
Johnny and the Bomb
Book 3 · novel · 1996

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell acquires the neighborhood homeless woman's shopping cart when she is injured and discovers that its contents have the ability to send him back in time from 1996 to 1941 England.

series · completed

The Long Earth

A science-fiction sequence co-written by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter about innumerable parallel Earths.

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1
The Long Earth
Book 1 · novel · 2012

1916: The Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong and the wind in the leaves. Where have the mud, blood, and blasted landscape of no-man's-land gone? For that matter, where…
2
The Long War
Book 2 · novel · 2013

A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is…
3
The Long Mars
Book 3 · novel · 2014

2040-2045: In the years after a cataclysmic eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous work when, out of the blue, Sally is…
4
The Long Utopia
Book 4 · novel · 2015

2045-2059. After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to evolve. Now an elderly and cantankerous…
5
The Long Cosmos
Book 5 · novel · 2016

For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as…

series · completed

The Science of Discworld

A nonfiction series co-written with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, combining Discworld fiction with popular science.

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1
The Science of Discworld
Book 1 · nonfiction · 1999

In the course of an exciting experiment, the wizards of Discworld have accidentally created a new universe. Within this universe is a planet that they name Roundworld. Roundworld is, of course, Earth, and the universe is our own. As the…
2
The Science of Discworld II: The Globe
Book 2 · nonfiction · 2002

"In The Science of Discworld, the wizards of Unseen University unwittingly created Earth (aka Roundworld) and our universe. At the time, they were so concerned with the rules of this new universe that they overlooked its inhabitants…
3
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch
Book 3 · nonfiction · 2005

Ever since a wizardly experiment inadvertently brought about the creation of Roundworld, the wizard scholars of Unseen University have done their best to put things on the right course. In Darwin's Watch they may face their greatest…
4
The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day
Book 4 · nonfiction · 2013

The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett’s brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters)…

series · completed

Discworld and related stage adaptations

Published stage adaptations of Pratchett's Discworld and other novels, principally adapted by Stephen Briggs.

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1
Wyrd Sisters: The Play
Book 1 · play · 1996

A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. A child heir and the royal crown, both missing. Witches don't have these kinds of leadership problems themselves - in fact, they don't have leaders. Granny Weatherwax is…
2
Mort: The Play
Book 2 · play · 1996

Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.
3
Guards! Guards!: The Play
Book 3 · play · 1997

Terry Pratchett's infamous city of Ankh-Morpork is under threat from a 60-foot fire-breathing dragon, summoned by a secret society of malcontented tradesmen. Defending Ank-Morpork against this threat is the entire, underpaid, undervalued…
4
Men at Arms: The Play
Book 4 · play · 1997

Scarcely a year on from the events of Guards! Guards!, the Ankh-Morpork City Night Watch find their services are once more needed to tackle a threat to their city. A threat at least as deadly as a 60-foot dragon, but mechanical and…
5
Johnny and the Dead: The Play
play · 1996

An engaging classroom playscript. Johnny Maxwell, visiting the local cemetery, discovers that he can see the dead. He can talk to them, too - much to his friends' amazement. So when the news breaks that the local council plans to sell the…
6
Lords and Ladies: The Play
Book 6 · play · 2001

The fairies are back - but this time they don't just want your teeth... Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against real elves. It's Midsummer Night. No times for dreaming... With full supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls,…
7
Maskerade: The Play
Book 7 · play · 1998

All is not well in Ankh-Morpork Opera House. A ghost stalks the corridors, leaving strange letters for the management and killing people. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, two Lancre witches, investigate. This is an adaptation of Terry…
8
Carpe Jugulum: The Play
Book 8 · play · 1999

The de Magpyrs are the sort of vampires that would have Count Dracula spinning in his grave: modern, forward-looking and no longer afraid of holy water, garlic, religious symbols or, indeed, of anything else. This makes them very, very…
9
The Fifth Elephant: The Play
Book 9 · play · 2002

Commander Vimes is sent to wild, wintry and Transylvania-like Uberwald to establish trade links with the King of the Dwarfs but he ends up trying to stop and inter-species war. On his side though, is a talking dog, a reformed vampyre and…
10
The Truth: The Play
Book 10 · play · 2002

Discworld's first newspaper editor just wants to get at the truth but unfortunately, like other editors before and after him, many people want him dead for a variety of reasons.
11
Interesting Times: The Play
Book 11 · play · 2002

The Discworld's most inept wizard has been sent from Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to the oppressive Agatean Empire to help some well-intentioned rebels overthrow the Emperor. He's assisted by toy-rabbit-wielding rebels, an army of…
12
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents: The Play
Book 12 · play · 2003

Winner of the 2001 Carnegie MedalOne rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his…
13
Night Watch: The Play
Book 13 · play · 2004

Set in Ankh-Morpork one of the most thoroughly imagined cities in fantasy, Night Watch is the story of Sam Vimes, running hero of the Guards sequence, who finds himself cast back in time to the Ankh-Morpork of his youth. With a psychopath…
14
Monstrous Regiment: The Play
Book 14 · play · 2004

In the twenty-eighth Discworld novel the Discworld goes to war.It began as a sudden strange fancy... Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and…
15
Going Postal: The Play
Book 15 · play · 2005

It was a tough decision. With the help of a golem who has been at the bottom of hole in the ground for over two hundred years, a pin fanatic and Junior Postman Groat, he's got to see that the mail gets through. In taking on the evil…
16
Jingo: The Play
Book 16 · play · 2005

Somewhere in the Circle Sea between Ankh-Morpork and Al-Khali, the Lost Kingdom of Leshp has emerged after hundreds of years beneath the waves. And so with no ships, no army and no money, Ankh-Morpork goes to war against the Klatchian…
17
Feet of Clay: The Play
Book 17 · play · 2015

Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, and the rest of the Night Watch as they attempt to unravel the mystery of who poisoned Lord Vetinari the…
18
Making Money: The Play
Book 18 · play · 2011

The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail is delivered promptly; meetings start and end on time; five out of six letters relegated to the Blind Letter Office ultimately wend…
19
Nation: The Play
Book 19 · play · 2009

The sea has taken everything. Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne...a girl from the other side of the globe — is the…
20
Unseen Academicals: The Play
Book 20 · play · 2015

Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. The prospect of the Big Match draws in a…
21
Dodger: The Play
Book 21 · play · 2014
22
The Rince Cycle
Book 22 · play · 2015

As a punishment, failed wizard Rincewind is given the task of guiding and safeguarding the Disc’s first tourist, Twoflower (with his magical luggage on legs). As they travel the city and beyond, they meet the world’s oldest hero, Cohen…
23
Hogfather: The Play
Book 23 · play · 2021

Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless -- and oddly familiar -- universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. Yet here it is, Hogswatchnight, that most…
24
Lords and Ladies: The Play
Book 24 · play · 2021
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The Shakespeare Codex
Book 25 · play · 2021

Based loosely on The Science of Discworld II: the Globe, Lords & Ladies, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Shakespeare Codex is a new Discworld stage adaptation written to commemorate Terry Pratchett's life and works. Discworld’s motley…

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Discworld graphic works

Published graphic adaptations and comics based on Discworld novels.

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Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic: The Graphic Novel
Book 1 · graphic_novel · 1992
2
Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic: The Graphic Novel
Book 2 · graphic_novel · 1993
3
Mort, a Discworld Big Comic
Book 3 · graphic_novel · 1994

An illustrated version of one of Terry Pratchett's comic science-fiction novels. Mort has been chosen as Death's apprentice. He gets board and lodging, free use of company horse, and doesn't even need time off for his grandmother's…
4
Guards! Guards! A Discworld Big Comic
Book 4 · graphic_novel · 2000
5
Small Gods: A Discworld Graphic Novel
Book 5 · graphic_novel · 2016

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: 'Hey, you!' This is the Discworld, after all, and religion is a controversial business. Everyone has their own opinion, and indeed their own gods, of every shape and size, and all elbowing…

Outside the series

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Novels (9)

The Carpet People
novel · 1971

Now, the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and a new story: the story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet; the story of power-hungry mouls — and of two Munrung brothers who set out on an adventure…
The Dark Side of the Sun
novel · 1976

As heir to a huge fortune, he had an excellent robot servant (with Man-Friday subcircuitry), a planet (the First Syrian Bank) as godfather, a security chief who even ran checks on himself, and on Dom's home world even death was not always…
Strata
novel · 1981

Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one decades of living, and with the help of memory surgery, she is at the top of her profession. Discovering two of her employees have placed a fossilized plesiosaur in the…
The Unadulterated Cat
nonfiction · 1989

Terry Pratchett's funny and very British look at the relationship between humans and cats.
Good Omens
novel · 1990
The Folklore of Discworld
nonfiction · 2008

Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth. Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and…
Nation
novel · 2008

When a giant wave destroys his village, Mau is the only one left. Daphne--a traveler from the other side of the globe--is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Separated by language and customs, the two are united by catastrophe. Slowly, they…
Dodger
novel · 2012

He hunts treasure there – coins and jewels lost in the dark and dirty drains. It’s a good life, if you don’t mind getting your hands (and arms and feet and face) dirty. But one night, Dodger helps a young woman flee two ruffians. Now, a…
A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction
nonfiction · 2014

A collection of essays and other non fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from his early years to the present day. Terry Pratchett has earned a place in the hearts of readers the world over with his…

Nonfiction (5)

The Discworld Companion
reference · 1994

Who taught witchcraft to Granny Weatherwax? What does Death keep on his desk? This is an A-Z guide to the characters, places, flora and fauna of Terry Pratchett's fantasy planet, Discworld, with sketches and maps of the key locations.
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
cookbook · 1999

Steel yourselves - Nanny Ogg is passing on some of her most interesting recipes and her most refined wisdom. 'Probably the best and certainly the tastiest of the Discworld spin-offs' - The Times 'They say that the way to a man's heart is…
The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide
guide · 2012
Dodger's Guide to London
guide · 2013

ROLL UP! ROLL UP! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Ladies and Gents, Sir Jack Dodger brings you a most excellent Guide to London! Did you know . . . ? If a Victorian couldn't afford a sweep, they might drop a goose down their chimney to clean it! A…
Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook
guide · 2014

Authorised by Mr Moist von Lipwig of the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway himself, Mrs Georgina Bradshaw's invaluable guide to the destinations and diversions of the railway deserves a place in the luggage of any traveller, or…

Short fiction (7)

Once More with Footnotes
short_story_collection · 2004

A collection of Terry Pratchett's short works, fiction and non-fiction, with annotations by Pratchett and by the editors.
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction
short_story_collection · 2012

A must-have collection of shorter fiction from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld novels. A brilliant collection of short stories and short form fiction from the…
Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Stories
short_story_collection · 2014

Luckily, there’s a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who’s willing to fill it. Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard, Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers. But there's a…
The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories
short_story_collection · 2016

The second fabulously funny short story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Terry Pratchett. New Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, and delight, and loyal listeners will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on…
Father Christmas's Fake Beard and Other Stories
short_story_collection · 2017

Turkey and carols, presents and crackers - they all start to feel a bit . . . samey. How about a huge exploding mince pie, a pet abominable snowman, or a very helpful partridge in a pear tree? What if Father Christmas went to work at a…
The Time-Travelling Caveman and Other Stories
short_story_collection · 2020

It can take you to the top of the highest mountain, or down to the bottom of the deepest depths of the sea. This where it took Doggins on his Awfully Big Adventure: a quest full of magic and flying machines. (And the world's best joke -…
A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories
short_story_collection · 2023

Twenty early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors, each accompanied by exquisite original woodcut illustrations. These are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and…

Essays and speeches (1)

Shaking Hands with Death
speech · 2015

‘Most men don’t fear death. They fear those things – the knife, the shipwreck, the illness, the bomb – which precede, by microseconds if you’re lucky, and many years if you’re not, the moment of death.’ When Terry Pratchett was diagnosed…

Children's books (2)

Where's My Cow?
picture_book · 2005

At six o'clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, Sam Vimes must go home to read Where's My Cow?, with all the right farmyard noises, to his little boy. There are some things you have to do.It is the most loved and chewed book in…
Miss Felicity Beedle's The World of Poo
picture_book · 2012

Other (10)

The Streets of Ankh-Morpork
map · 1993

The city celebrated in the bestselling Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett has been meticulously mapped for the first time. It's all here - from Unseen University to the Shades, from major landmarks like the Patrician's Palace to…
The Discworld Mapp
map · 1995

After years of research, cunningly contrived in as many minutes, the Discworld has its map. It takes full account of the historic and much documented expeditions of the Discworld's fêted (or at least fated) explorers: General Sir Roderick…
The Pratchett Portfolio
art_book · 1996

Terry Pratchett's incredible Discworld, floating through space on the backs of four elephants* standing on a giant turtle, supports some of the most popular characters ever imagined in the world of fantasy fiction. But the Discworld…
A Tourist Guide to Lancre
map · 1998

Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick live there. Lancre could hardly be somwhere ordinary, could it? Magic glues the Discworld together and a lot of it ends up in Lancre, principal Kingdom of the Ramtop Mountains. Between…
Death's Domain
map · 1999

Everyone needs a place to relax after a long day, after all. So here is the place where the Grim Reaper can kick back and take the load off his scythe. Here's the golf course that's not so much crazy as insane, and the useless maze, and…
The Art of Discworld
art_book · 2004

The Discworld floats through space on the backs of four elepants standing on a giant turtle (once there were five elephants, but that's another story). It's a world bursting with magic, a land of contrasts and extremes, from the bustling…
The Compleat Discworld Atlas
atlas · 2015

In this noble endeavour, drawing upon the hard won knowledge of many great and, inevitably, late explorers, one may locate on a detailed plan of our world such fabled realms as the Condiment Isles, trace the course of the River Kneck as…
The Josh Kirby Poster Book, As Inspired by Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels
art_book · 1989
Ankh-Morpork City Watch Warrant Card
ephemera · 2005
Famous Footballers of Ankh-Morpork Series 3: The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame
ephemera · 2009

Frequently asked questions about Terry Pratchett

Who was Terry Pratchett?

Terry Pratchett was an English fantasy author, humorist, and satirist best known as the creator of the Discworld novels. He lived from 1948 to 2015.

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What did Terry Pratchett do before becoming a full-time writer?

He worked as a journalist for local newspapers, including the Bucks Free Press, Western Daily Press, and Bath Evening Chronicle. He later became a press officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board before leaving in 1987 to write full time.

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What influenced Terry Pratchett’s writing?

Pratchett cited Jerome K. Jerome as an influence, and his books drew on wide-ranging interests including folklore, science, astronomy, and Morris dancing. He used fantasy conventions as a vehicle for humor and social satire.

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What awards and honors did Terry Pratchett receive?

He won the 2001 Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, was appointed an OBE in 1998, and was knighted for services to literature in 2009.

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What is Terry Pratchett’s legacy?

Pratchett left a lasting mark on comic fantasy by combining imaginative world-building with humane, often pointed social satire; his work has been translated and adapted widely. After announcing his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, he also became a prominent advocate for dementia awareness and research, donating $1 million to Alzheimer’s Research UK in 2008.

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