Discworld is one of the most wonderful book series out there.

It’s perfect for a few reasons:

1. You can read pretty much whichever book, whenever, and not worry about the order.
2. There’s a book for everyone. Every genre is covered.
3. It’s got a lot of books in the series. 40+, depending on who’s counting what.
4. Each book is pretty reasonable on time it takes to read.

Here we have a well thought out break down of where to start and a much deeper look into the Discworld Universe.

Highlights:

• Which book to start with. (Harketh votes Mort or Small Gods)
• A break down of what might interest you in each rough grouping of books.
  1. Rincewind and the Wizards- More Straightforward Fantasy
  2. The Witches- Romance and Fairy Tales
  3. Death- Philosophy
  4. The City Watch- Crime and Social Constructs
  5. Moist von Lipwig- Con Men and Politics
  6. Tiffany Aching- Coming of Age and Scottish Pixies
  7. Standalones- Everything. Ever.
• A quick summary for most of the novels.
• Cool pictures.
• Terry Pratchett’s background.
• The “What Is” of discworld.

The io9 Guide to Discworld via io9