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Discworld audiobooks in order

Forty-one novels set on a flat world carried through space on the back of a giant turtle. Discworld is famously not a series you have to start at the beginning: it is several overlapping sub-series sharing a world.

Terry PratchettTerry PratchettNarrated by A different lead actor per book, with Peter Serafinowicz on the footnotes and Bill Nighy as Death · 41 booksPhoto: Luigi Novi · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Which order should you listen in?

Publication order is listed below, but it is not the usual recommendation. Most listeners start with a sub-series instead — Guards! Guards! for the City Watch, Wyrd Sisters for the Witches, Mort for Death, or Going Postal for Moist von Lipwig. The first two books are the weakest and put a lot of people off entirely. One warning about recordings: almost every Discworld recommendation you will read online names Nigel Planer or Stephen Briggs, who narrated the series for decades. Those readings are no longer sold on Audible UK — the current set is the 2022-onward re-recording with a different lead actor per book. Do not go hunting for the old ones.

Discworld in publication order

  1. 1The Colour of MagicThe Colour of Magic (1983)
  2. 2The Light FantasticThe Light Fantastic (1986)
  3. 3Equal RitesEqual Rites (1987)
  4. 4MortMort (1987)
  5. 5SourcerySourcery (1988)
  6. 6Wyrd SistersWyrd Sisters (1988)
  7. 7PyramidsPyramids (1989)
  8. 8Guards! Guards!Guards! Guards! (1989)
  9. 9EricEric (1990)
  10. 10Moving PicturesMoving Pictures (1990)
  11. 11Reaper ManReaper Man (1991)
  12. 12Witches AbroadWitches Abroad (1991)
  13. 13Small GodsSmall Gods (1992)
  14. 14Lords and LadiesLords and Ladies (1992)
  15. 15Men at ArmsMen at Arms (1993)
  16. 16Soul MusicSoul Music (1994)
  17. 17Interesting TimesInteresting Times (1994)
  18. 18MaskeradeMaskerade (1995)
  19. 19Feet of ClayFeet of Clay (1996)
  20. 20HogfatherHogfather (1996)
  21. 21JingoJingo (1997)
  22. 22The Last Continent (1998)
  23. 23Carpe JugulumCarpe Jugulum (1998)
  24. 24The Fifth ElephantThe Fifth Elephant (1999)
  25. 25The TruthThe Truth (2000)
  26. 26Thief of TimeThief of Time (2001)
  27. 27The Last Hero (2001)
  28. 28The Amazing Maurice and His Educated RodentsThe Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (2001)
  29. 29Night WatchNight Watch (2002)
  30. 30The Wee Free MenThe Wee Free Men (2003)
  31. 31Monstrous RegimentMonstrous Regiment (2003)
  32. 32A Hat Full of SkyA Hat Full of Sky (2004)
  33. 33Going PostalGoing Postal (2004)
  34. 34Thud!Thud! (2005)
  35. 35WintersmithWintersmith (2006)
  36. 36Making MoneyMaking Money (2007)
  37. 37Unseen AcademicalsUnseen Academicals (2009)
  38. 38I Shall Wear MidnightI Shall Wear Midnight (2010)
  39. 39SnuffSnuff (2011)
  40. 40Raising SteamRaising Steam (2013)
  41. 41The Shepherd's CrownThe Shepherd's Crown (2015)

Which recording should you buy?

Several books in this series are sold as more than one recording, with very different running times:

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