I am not a child, im 43, and I just started with discworld … and I don’t know why I did this, I read all the time big complicated very mature books (fake snotty tone) but I started off with The Wee Free Men. And I LOVED it! I really love reading children’s books every once in a while, good ones. And I guess I really needed something soothing and lovely in these horrific days (October 28, 2023. Hell.) . I listened to it, read by the wonderful Stephen Briggs. And now I’m here trying to figure out how to read the rest of these books. So thank you. I guess I’m moving to discworld for the next two years (so many books). Just what I needed.

You can't really go wrong when it comes to a starting point with the Discworld. It's all so good. The only mistake a person can make is to not start it at all. Hope you have a wonderful birthday 🎂

I was literally googling where to start with Terry Pratchett yesterday! This video came out at the perfect time for me, I can’t wait to start reading his books!

I always think about sir Terry as a distant uncle, whom I love dearly, but who is kinda weird, and so my family doesn't really visit him, but I spend my summers at his cottage going on adventures with him. Is it too strange? I mean... he's like Bilbo Baggins, in a way. I adore his books so much! Can reread them endlessly. Read all of them twice by this point. I'm so glad you love him as well.

The way you speak about Terry Pratchett is so sweet 🥰

Your hat is so giving. I love it!! I will definelty give his work a try. Your recommendations never disappoint.

started reading going postal last week after realizing I'd never read a Pratchett book. still only about halfway through but I'm head over heels with the writing, characters, setting etc etc. great video, and great hat.

my first discworld was monsteous regiment. excellent excellent book. completely stand alone, with its own unique set of characters

The colour of magic remains my favourite. Admittedly, I'm only a few novels into Discworld, but the dynamic between Rincewind and Twoflower was perfection. It always hurts my heart a little when Discworld readers say Rincewind is the worst character. I love him!

I’ve been waiting for this kind of video for YEARS, thank you for your service!! I was too insecure to start with a random book but this year I have no more excuses 😂❤

Last year I started reading Pratchett . I’ve read 28 so far and his biography. Joyful addictive books.

Just what I needed to know. If this writer equates bullying with punching down, and satire with punching up, I just bought 3 more books, while pausing your review here to make sure I selected the right titles. I'd bought the first book in the series after you'd brought this kind and witty writer up a bit ago. That hat is a hoot.

Happy Birthday to Terry Pratchett too! A beautiful coincidence of the universe? Wonderful call for new readers.

i implicitly trust anyone who loves pratchett and his work, i feel like it immediately tells me so much about someone!

I just love the way you talk about books. And now I feel so much better (more informed, really) about starting the series. It always felt kind of daunting. Thank you, Willow. A very Happy Birthday to you 🥳

Thank you For giving me a reason to read these, I found them today and a friend of mine gave them to me probably 8 to 10 years ago and they've been sitting on my shelf. I just didn't feel any pull to read them and you've given me a great reason to start. He gave me Color of magic Light Fantastic and Equal Rites. He really encouraged me to read them because he said that I was the kind of person that would really resonate with these books and this world.. Thank you for your wonderful review. I have subscribed to your channel!

Also…That crochet hat you are wearing is fabolous gives off sorting hat vibes !

Thank you so much for creating another wonderful video! Terry Pratchett and the Discworld hold such a special place in my heart, and I especially love the Witches because they are so relatable. Thank you for offering different starting points for jumping into the Discworld. This really helps, especially as I find it difficult to suggest where to start, so I will definitely be recommending your video to anyone who is unsure where to start with the Discworld. Plus love the hat!

I LOOOOOOOve your hat! So Discworldy (is that a word?). I suffer from minor OCD, so I had to read them in publication order. Read the first 7, and will go on eventually.

'Small Gods' was my introduction to the Discworld and you rightly credit it as being one of the best, it's still one of my favourites (favourite books overall, not just within the Discworld.) 'The Amazing Maurice..' would be another good one for young readers to start with. That hat is giving perfect vibes for this video!

Those covers are gorgeous!!

The Mort books sound cool.

This video is so helpful! I am reading Pratchett's short story collection now "A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories" and I am thoroughly enjoying them. They have piqued my interest enough that I want to explore the Disc World books; I am thinking I might start with the witches :)

I've been wanting to get into this series for years, but did find it quite overwhelming on knowing where to start. Everyone tells you something different. I'm also the type of person who would never typically read or watch anything out of order, it just hurts my brain and feels wrong. I started watching your channel back in December and you had made a video recommending Hogfather and that was my push to finally get started on the series. So a few months back, I did some research and made a list of the reading order. I ended up finding a youtuber named Unseen Library, who recommended this list, and had a good pitch for this specific order. So that's what I've chosen. I haven't started yet, but I plan to read the first 10 books this year, ending the year with Hogfather cause you had recommended it as a cozy Christmas read. I have read other works by Terry Pratchett and love him, so I know I'll love discworld. And almost all of these books are on scribd, so that makes it easy for me and my wallet. I can't wait to get started. Hoping this is a good order. Also, that is one of the most adorable hats I've ever seen.

Thank you for this. So helpful.

I started reading the Discworld-series a little while ago. Going chronologically, and that works well for me, but it is hardly ever recommended. I knew going in that the first books were not the best, and that helped. Really enjoying it so far, and I'm only on "Wyrd Sisters". Granny Weatherwax is my favorite :)

I started Discworld many years ago with Equal Rites and read up to Guards! Guards! Then for some reason I stopped reading them. I’ve recently started reading them again, this time starting with the first one, with the intention reading them all, in order of publication

I started reading the series with Mort ❤ blew me away Death is an Amazing character and the Wyrd Sisters are quite charming! Making my way through the series finished Equal Rites and am reading Lords and Ladies! Wish me luck!

I've had Mort for years on my shelf. I love a positive depiction of the reaper. I need to get to it. I'm obssessed with your channel lately haha.

i started with the colour of magic (book 1) and am reading them all in order. i like them like this!

Great video! I'm a Discworld fan already, but videos like this are really helpful since it is a mountain of a series. Plus, LOVE the hat!!

I'm going to some concerts next month (hooray!), and once I get home from the second one I'll request Equal Rites and Witches Abroad from the library :)

Tiffany Aching is the protagonist of 5 books, introduced in Wee Free Men. i would call them YA rather than children's books but they are great for adults as well. i think Moist Von Lipwig is worth mentioning. He is in Raising steam, Making Money and Going Postal.

Yayyy! Thank you so much for doing this! I think I’m going to start with the witches, or the color of magic 🎉

That’s a very fun looking hat

Having been one of those kids with an inordinately strong Warrior Cats phase, "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" was a great child-friendly starting point for me. Off to try "Guards! Guards!" now I can stomach a human protagonist in my old age tho, cheers!

Thank you for a wonderful review. I recently finished reading my first Discworld book, Mort. I liked it didn’t love it but I will keep reading a few more books. Might pick up Guards Guards next or Equal Rights or Small Gods xx

Love your hat. It's super cute

I agree with your list, would just add one more starting point. That would be going postal or the moist trilogy. Specifically for people who are interested in the industrialization theme or in con man, this is another option to start, even though it spoiles some of the watch book developments. Love your content.

thank you for this video :) i've been meaning to start the discworld for ages but was always kind of scared of the amount of books. now i'm a little less scared, haha

If you like fairy tails and witches: Wyrd Sisters is a great jumping off point. The book that introduced me to the series, Going Postal is I think an underrated starting point if you like a good redemption story. My personal reccomendation would be Guards! Guards! as I believe that Vimes is Pratchett's most well developed character.

Thank you so much

I started with Equal Rites and I can say that Granny Weatherwax somewhat helped shaping my feminism 😅

Excellent choices for your starting points! Have you read Reaper Man yet? Or followed the City Watch books through to Night Watch/Thud! yet? Also, Hogfather makes a great introduction point (during the Christmas season)

Very useful. Thanks. I wish to allocate one whole year for all the Discworld books. It is always on my cards.

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I would pick Guards, Guards or Equil Rites. It's not as important where you start reading Pratchett as where you stop. The last thing he wrote that didn't read like increasingly bad fanfiction was Unseen Academicals. It's easy for me to say but he shouldn't have kept writing when the Alzheimer's really kicked in.

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My first Discworld novel was Going Postal and I loved it!! I was part of a Discworld readalong where we read the first book in each subseries. I've read 9 Discworld novels at this point, my favorites being The Last Hero, Wee Free Men, and Equal Rites! I loved reading Equal Rites as a trans allegory 🏳‍⚧