It doesn't really seem like you need any more recommendations, but:
City Watch books:
Guards! Guards! (most re-read), Men at Arms, Feet of Clay (this is the weakest, but it's still worth a look), Jingo, Fifth Elephant, Night Watch (Possibly the best of the lot), and then they proceed to mentioned in quite a few books, but Thud! is the last official Watch book (anti-war, kinda preachy).
They really suffer from not being read in order. I read Jingo, and then Men at Arms, and it almost ruined Guards! Guards! for me
Witches books:
Equal Rites (skip it), Wyrd Sisters (It's like MacBeth, but fun!), Witches abroad (fabulous fairy tale parody), Lords and Ladies (my favourite! Mythology, mostly elves and Faery), Maskerade (Phantom of the Opera and Opera in general, you could skip it entirely imo), Carpe Jugulum (Vampire send up)
The Tiffany Aching books:
Wee Free Men, Hatful of Sky, Wintersmith
All equally fantastic. Add Tiffany to your list of practical women/girls.
Death/Susan
Mort, Reaper Man (This is the best! Death of Rats, Death working on a farm, spoiler, spoiler, spoiler.), Soul Music, Hogfather, Thief of Time
I don't really like Susan. I wish he'd kept Ysabell.
You can skip Rincewind. It' not that I don't like him, he's just extraordinarily boring compared to just about every other Discworld character.
Stand Alones of Note:
Pyramids was the first Discworld book I read, and it's much funnier after reading 'Tom Brown's schooldays' and it's nice to get out of Ankh-Mopork every now and then.
The Truth Free press in Discworld, what's not love. I hope this continues as a series.
Going Postal No longer a stand-alone, since Making Money is coming out this year. But it's pretty easy to get into with little to no previous Discworld knowledge. The lead character's name is Moist, and not a lot is made of it.
Small Gods everyone else loves it. I was put off because although it's based on the Spanish inquisition to an extent, the explicit othering of the barbaric religion got to me.
Look here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld#Lists_of_Novels) for a more comprehensive list of what all the novels are about.
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Thu, Jul. 12th, 2007 12:42 pm (UTC)City Watch books:
Guards! Guards! (most re-read), Men at Arms, Feet of Clay (this is the weakest, but it's still worth a look), Jingo, Fifth Elephant, Night Watch (Possibly the best of the lot), and then they proceed to mentioned in quite a few books, but Thud! is the last official Watch book (anti-war, kinda preachy).
They really suffer from not being read in order. I read Jingo, and then Men at Arms, and it almost ruined Guards! Guards! for me
Witches books:
Equal Rites (skip it), Wyrd Sisters (It's like MacBeth, but fun!), Witches abroad (fabulous fairy tale parody), Lords and Ladies (my favourite! Mythology, mostly elves and Faery), Maskerade (Phantom of the Opera and Opera in general, you could skip it entirely imo), Carpe Jugulum (Vampire send up)
The Tiffany Aching books:
Wee Free Men, Hatful of Sky, Wintersmith
All equally fantastic. Add Tiffany to your list of practical women/girls.
Death/Susan
Mort, Reaper Man (This is the best! Death of Rats, Death working on a farm, spoiler, spoiler, spoiler.), Soul Music, Hogfather, Thief of Time
I don't really like Susan. I wish he'd kept Ysabell.
You can skip Rincewind. It' not that I don't like him, he's just extraordinarily boring compared to just about every other Discworld character.
Stand Alones of Note:
Pyramids was the first Discworld book I read, and it's much funnier after reading 'Tom Brown's schooldays' and it's nice to get out of Ankh-Mopork every now and then.
The Truth Free press in Discworld, what's not love. I hope this continues as a series.
Going Postal No longer a stand-alone, since Making Money is coming out this year. But it's pretty easy to get into with little to no previous Discworld knowledge. The lead character's name is Moist, and not a lot is made of it.
Small Gods everyone else loves it. I was put off because although it's based on the Spanish inquisition to an extent, the explicit othering of the barbaric religion got to me.
Look here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld#Lists_of_Novels) for a more comprehensive list of what all the novels are about.