Salman Rushdie is one of the world’s most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include Midnight’s Children – for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary – Shame, The Satanic Verses, Quichotte and Victory City. His latest book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.

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Salman Khan is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. His lessons on YouTube have revolutionized learning, garnering billions of views globally. Recognized as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, Khan is also the founder of schoolhouse.world, Khan Lab School, and Khan World School, and the author of The One World Schoolhouse. He holds three degrees from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Terry Pratchett

The Discworld is undoubtedly Sir Terry Pratchett's most famous creation. A universe teeming with dwarves, trolls, witches, and social and cultural issues that parallel those in our own world, all wrapped up in Pratchett's inimitable comic delivery. This iconic series will make you laugh, then make you think.

*The book that inspired the big-hit new film starring Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, David Tennant and Joe Sugg, coming 16th December. Read before you see! With amazing content, from scripts to film art* 
 
 
Join the world of The Amazing Maurice, the Carnegie Medal winning novel by Terry Pratchett. 
 
Even wizards produce leftovers. 
 
But a wizard's rubbish is laced with magic, and for the rats that forage this rubbish, the magic has changed them - they can speak and read, and have rather grand ambitions for a comfortable retirement. 
 
Which is perfect for a con-cat like Maurice. He has his own magical talents, and wants to get rich quick. Together with the rats, and young Keith, the 'piper', they work the towns to create their very own plague of rats - then lure them away for cash. 
 
But in the run-down town Bad Blintz, this little con goes wrong, and suddenly these educated rodents aren't playing to the piper's tune . . . 
 
'An astonishing novel' Financial Times

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

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(Discworld Novel 28)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the second book in the Witches series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'Pratchett's Discworld books have made millions of people happy' Guardian 
 
‘Comedy fantasy at its very best’ 5-star reader review 
 
'Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.' 
 
Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. 
 
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 the most highly regarded of the leaders they don't have. But even she finds that meddling in royal politics is a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe. 
 
Particularly when the blood on your hands just won't wash off . . . 
 
Wyrd Sisters is the second book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Wyrd Sisters

(Discworld Novel 6)

Introduction by Joanne Harris

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel. 
 
'Funny, delightfully inventive, and refuses to lie down in its genre' Observer 
 
‘Fantastic, funny fantasy from the master. I enjoyed it from start to finish’ 5-star reader review 
 
'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 moves to the sandy land of Holy Wood, attracted by the light of the sun and some strange calling no one can quite put their finger on... 
 
Also drawn to Holy Wood are aspiring young stars Victor Tugelbend, a wizarding student dropout, and Theda 'Ginger' Withel, a small-town girl with big dreams. 
 
But behind the glitz and glamour of the clicks, a sinister presence lurks. Because belief is powerful in the Discworld, and sometimes downright dangerous... 
 
The magic of movies might just unravel reality itself. 
 
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Moving Pictures is a standalone. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Moving Pictures

(Discworld Novel 10)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel. 
 
'Pratchett remains a consistently clever, charming and funny voice' Independent 
 
‘One of my favourite Discworld books’ 5-star reader review 
 
'"Look after the dead," said the priests, "and the dead would look after you."' 
 
Young Prince Teppic is sent far away from his desert homeland to the city of Ankh-Morpork for the best education money can buy. 
 
Which just so happens to be at the Assassins' Guild. 
 
But when Teppic's father dies suddenly, fate takes him away from assassination to something far more unsavoury: politics. Teppic returns home to the small, penniless kingdom of Djelibeybi to take his place as ruler. 
 
It isn't easy, being a teenage pharaoh. As tradition dictates, the new king must build a monumental pyramid to honour his dead father. 
 
But this one might just bankrupt the kingdom, and warp the very fabric of time and space itself . . . 
 
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Pyramids is a standalone. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Pyramids

(Discworld Novel 7)

Brought to you by Penguin. 
 
The audiobook of Eric is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan. 
 
Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. 
 
All he wants is his three wishes granted. Nothing fancy - to be immortal, rule the world, have the most beautiful woman in the world fall madly in love with him, the usual stuff. 
 
But instead of a tractable demon, he calls up Rincewind, probably the most incompetent wizard in the universe, and the extremely intractable and hostile form of travel accessory known as the Luggage. 
 
With them on his side, Eric's in for a ride through space and time that is bound to make him wish (quite fervently) again - this time that he'd never been born. 
 
Eric is the fourth book in the Wizards series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this. 
 
© Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1990 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Eric

(Discworld Novel 9)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Witches series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George RR Martin 
 
‘One of Pratchett's finest’ 5-star reader review 
 
'You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise, it's just a cage.' 
 
There's power in stories. The Fairy Godmother is good. The servant girl marries the Prince. Everyone lives happily ever after . . . don't they? 
 
The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick are travelling to far-distant Genua to stop a wedding and save a kingdom. 
 
But how do you fight a happy-ever-after, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a power-hungry Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse? 
 
It's hard to resist a good story, even when the fate of the kingdom depends on it . . . 
 
Witches Abroad is the third book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Witches Abroad

(Discworld Novel 12)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel. 
 
'An unmitigated delight . . . very, very funny' The Times 
 
‘A political thriller set in a fantasy world and a fantasy novel involving a political thriller…. A classic from a master storyteller’ 5-star reader review 
 
'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 journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography. 
 
It's a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader. 
 
And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story . . . 
 
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but The Truth is a standalone. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

The Truth

(Discworld Novel 25)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fourth book in the City Watch series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld' Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Terry Pratchett was a genius’ 5-star reader review 
 
‘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 empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork. Of course, no one would dream of starting a war with the neighbours without a perfectly good reason . . . such as a 'strategic' piece of old rock, for instance. 
 
But when a Klatchian Prince is almost assassinated, peace talks break down and violent nationalism begins to spread. Ankh-Morpork prepares to fight. Only thing is, they don't have an army. Or much in the way of weapons. 
 
Commander Sam Vimes and the 'officially disbanded' City Watch get caught up in a deadly political game where the enemy appears to be on both sides, and no one will listen to reason. 
 
And if they don't stop this absurd war, no one will . . . 
 
Jingo is the fourth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Jingo

(Discworld Novel 21)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the second book in the City Watch series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'Funny, wise and mock heroic . . . the best-crafted book I have read all year' Sunday Express 
 
‘Pratchett at his best’ 5-star reader review 
 
'People ought to think for themselves ... The problem is, people only think for themselves if you tell them to.' 
 
Times are a-changing in Ankh-Morpork's Night Watch. 
 
New recruits have been hired to reflect the city's diversity, including Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), and Lance-constable Angua (a woman ... full moons aside). 
 
What's more, Captain Sam Vimes is getting married and retiring from the Watch. For good. Which is a shame, because no one knows the streets of Ankh-Morpork or its criminal underworld better than him. 
 
And someone armed and dangerous has been getting ideas about power and destiny and lost kings, committing a string of seemingly random murders across the city. 
 
The new recruits will need to learn fast ... 
 
Men At Arms is the second book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Men At Arms

(Discworld Novel 15)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the second book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
‘Clever, engaging and laugh-out-loud funny’ The Times 
 
‘Fantasy at its best’ 5-star reader review 
 
'Darkness isn't the opposite of light, it is simply its absence . . . what was radiating from the book was the light that lies on the far side of darkness, the light fantastic.' 
 
The Discworld is in danger, heading towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, its magic fading. 
 
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 legs) of its own. 
 
Which is a shame, because that's all there is . . . 
 
The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

The Light Fantastic

(Discworld Novel 2)

Paul Kidby

Enter master story-teller Terry Pratchett’s incredible Discworld in this fifth book in the Tiffany Aching series and the very final Discworld novel . . . 
 
Tiffany Aching has finally got her wish . . . 
 
She is a witch (and a respected one, at that). Overworked and underpaid, that’s for certain, but a witch nonetheless. 
 
But 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. 
 
And while Tiffany might be a fully-fledged witch now, she’s going to need help. So as the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany turns to the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land. 
This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. 
 
There will be a reckoning . . . 
 
'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?’ Guardian 
‘This isn't just a great Discworld book, it's extraordinary . . . A magnificent sign-off.’ Daily Telegraph 
 
‘Brilliant . . . This is a book worth reading twice in quick succession’ Daily Mail 
 
DISCOVER THE FULL TIFFANY ACHING SERIES, THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO DISCWORLD: 
The Wee Free Men 
A Hat Full of Sky 
Wintersmith 
I Shall Wear Midnight 
The Shepherd’s Crown

The Shepherd's Crown

A Tiffany Aching Novel

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel. 
 
'An intriguing satire on institutionalized religion corrupted by power . . .' Independent 
 
‘Thought-provoking comic fantasy…Sir Terry is a master satirist’ 5-star reader review 
 
'You should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.' 
 
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 himself as a lowly tortoise, stripped of all divine power, it's clear he's become less important than he realised. 
 
In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast. Enter Brutha, the Chosen One - or at least the only One available. 
 
He wants peace, justice and love - but that's hard to achieve in a world where religion means power, and corruption reigns supreme . . . 
 
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Small Gods is a standalone. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Small Gods

(Discworld Novel 13)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Industrial Revolution series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch, The Guardian 
 
‘Truly a classic novel from the master of meaningful comic fantasy’ 5-star reader review 
 
'The world lives between those who say it cannot be done and those who say that it can . . . it's just a matter of thinking creatively.' 
 
Moist von Lipwig is a con man turned civil servant. 
 
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 invention has come to the city: a steam locomotive named Iron Girder, to be precise. With the railway's introduction and rapid expansion, Vetinari enlists Moist to represent the government and keep things on track. 
 
But as with all new technology, some people have objections, and Moist will have to use every trick in his arsenal to keep the trains running . . . 
 
Raising Steam is the third and final book in the Industrial Revolution series, but the Discworld novels can be read in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Raising Steam

(Discworld novel 40)

Enter master story-teller Terry Pratchett’s incredible Discworld in this second book in the Tiffany Aching series . . . 
 
Something is coming after Tiffany Aching . . . 
 
Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic, but life isn't exactly what she thought it would be. She expects spells and magic – not chores and ill-tempered goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this? 
 
But when a sinister creature starts pursuing her, Tiffany realises that she’ll need her magic more than ever to fight it off. And this time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six-inch-high Wee Free Men can protect her. In the end, it will take all of Tiffany's inner strength to save herself. 
 
Will she succeed? 
 
‘If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?’ Guardian 
‘Oodles of dry wit, imagination and shrewdly observed characters’ Independent on Sunday 
‘Fantastically inventive and humorous’ The Sunday Times 
 
 
DISCOVER THE FULL TIFFANY ACHING SERIES, THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO DISCWORLD: 
The Wee Free Men 
A Hat Full of Sky 
Wintersmith 
I Shall Wear Midnight 
The Shepherd’s Crown

A Hat Full of Sky

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Witches series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'A master storyteller' A. S. Byatt 
 
‘An excellent mystery whodunnit…Terry Pratchett at his very best - wonderful humour combined with a really good read’ 5-star reader review 
 
'There's a kind of magic in masks. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The one that only comes out in darkness . . .' 
 
The Opera House in Ankh-Morpork is home to music, theatrics and a harmless masked Ghost who lurks behind the scenes. 
 
But now, a set of mysterious backstage murders may just stop the show. 
 
Agnes Nitt has left her rural home of Lancre in the hopes of launching a successful singing career in the big city. The only problem is, she doesn't quite look the part. And there are two witches who would much rather she return home to join their coven. 
 
Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg have travelled to Ankh-Morpork to convince Agnes that life as a witch is much better than one on the stage. Only now they're caught up in a murder mystery featuring masks and maniacal laughter. 
 
And the show MUST go on . . . 
 
Maskerade is the fifth book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Maskerade

(Discworld Novel 18)

Enter master story-teller Terry Pratchett’s incredible Discworld in this fourth book in the Tiffany Aching series . . . 
 
Tiffany Aching is discovering it’s not easy being a witch . . . 
 
People respect witches, but also fear them, and sometimes Tiffany Aching wishes that being a witch was more in-line with the having fun whizzing around on broomsticks that she’d imagined. 
 
Then something evil awakens that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, and suddenly Tiffany starts to think that even just wearing a pointy hat seems like a very bad idea . . . 
 
Worse still, this ghost from the past is searching for one witch in particular. He's hunting for Tiffany – and he's found her . . . 
 
 
‘If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian 
‘Writing at the height of his powers . . . [Sir Terry Pratchett] makes us laugh a lot’ Sunday Times 
 
DISCOVER THE FULL TIFFANY ACHING SERIES, THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO DISCWORLD: 
The Wee Free Men 
A Hat Full of Sky 
Wintersmith 
I Shall Wear Midnight 
The Shepherd’s Crown

I Shall Wear Midnight

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'This is the best Pratchett I've read' Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Maybe the best Discworld book’ 5-star reader review 
 
'The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew . . . The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' 
 
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it must be managed. You can let it move fast or slowly, but what you mustn't do is allow it to stop. 
 
On the Discworld, the History Monks have the important job of ensuring that tomorrow always comes. But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well . . . time. 
 
Monk Lu-Tze, his apprentice Lobsang Ludd and Death's granddaughter Susan must stop the clockmaker before he completes his task. Because a truly accurate clock will stop time completely. 
 
And then, there really will be no tomorrow . . . 
 
Thief of Time is the fifth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Thief Of Time

(Discworld Novel 26)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the second book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'One taste, and you'll scour bookstores for more' Daily Mail 
 
‘So smart and funny - I can't recommend them highly enough’ 5-star reader review 
 
'Inside every living person is a dead person waiting to get out.' 
 
Death has been fired by the Auditors of Reality for the heinous crime of developing . . . a personality. 
 
Sent to live like everyone else, Death takes a new name and begins working as a farmhand. He's got the scythe already, after all. 
 
And for humanity, Death is just . . . gone. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. If Death doesn't come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime? 
 
You can't have the undead wandering about like lost souls - there's no telling what might happen. Particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living . . . 
 
Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Reaper Man

(Discworld Novel 11)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the second book in the Industrial Revolution series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'Clever, engaging and laugh-out-loud funny' The Times 
 
‘Pratchett at his finest’ 5-star reader review 
 
'Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one.' 
 
The Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork is facing a crisis and needs a shake-up in management. 
 
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 solve as part of his new role: the chief cashier is almost certainly a vampire, the chairman needs his daily walkies, there's something strange happening in the cellar, and the Royal Mint is running at a loss. 
 
Moist begins making some ambitious changes . . . and some dangerous enemies. 
 
Because money is power and certain stakeholders will do anything to keep a firm grip on both . . . 
 
Making Money is the second book in the Industrial Revolution series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Making Money

(Discworld Novel 36)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the seventh book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe and everything' The Times 
 
‘Another brilliant and funny book from a master storyteller’ 5-star reader review 
 
'We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.' 
 
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. 
 
To do this, they recruit an unlikely group of players: Trev, a street urchin with a talent for kicking a tin can; Glenda, the night chef who makes a mean pie; Juliet, the kitchen hand turned world's greatest fashion model; and the mysterious Mr Nutt, who has something powerful, and dark, locked away inside him . . . 
 
And the thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football. Here we go, here we go, here we go! 
 
Unseen Academicals is the seventh book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Unseen Academicals

(Discworld Novel 37)

A paperback edition with the original cover art of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel. 
 
'You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realising that you are in the presence of a true original' The Times 
 
‘Another marvellous tale by the king of fantasy’ 5-star reader review 
 
'That's the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! They're all guys!' 
 
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 become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Going to war however, is not. 
 
Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of a losing battle. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. 
 
It's time to make a stand. 
 
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard 
 
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Monstrous Regiment

(Discworld Novel 31)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'Pratchett is a comic genius' Daily Express 
 
‘A brilliant book by the master of the fantasy genre’ 5-star reader review 
 
'There is a curse. They say: may you live in interesting times . . .' 
 
This is the worst thing you can wish on a citizen of Discworld. 
 
Especially for the magically challenged Rincewind, who has already had far too much excitement in his life. Unfortunately, the unlucky wizard always seems to end up in the middle of, well, absolutely everything. 
 
So, when a request for a 'Great Wizzard' arrives from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it's obviously Rincewind who's sent. For one thing, he's the only one who spells wizard that way. 
 
Once again Rincewind is thrown headfirst into a dangerous adventure. For the oldest empire on the Disc is in turmoil and Chaos is building. 
 
And, for some reason, someone believes Rincewind will have a vital role in the coming war . . . 
 
Interesting Times is the fifth book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Interesting Times

(Discworld Novel 17)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the first book in the Industrial Revolution series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'One of the best expressions of his unstoppable flow of comic invention' The Times 
 
‘If you only read one Terry Pratchett book, read this one. You WILL be hooked’ 5-star reader review 
 
'Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you.' 
 
Imprisoned in Ankh-Morpork, con artist Moist von Lipwig is offered a choice: to be executed or to accept a job as the city's Postmaster General. 
 
It's a tough decision, but he's already survived one hanging and isn't in the mood to try it again. 
 
The Post Office is down on its luck: beset by mountains of undelivered mail, eccentric employees, and a dangerous secret order. To save his skin, Moist will need to restore the postal service to its former glory, with the help of tough talking activist Adora Belle Dearheart. Who happens to be very attractive, in an 'entire womanful of anger' kind of way. 
 
But there's new technology to compete against and an evil chairman who will stop at nothing to delay Ankh-Morpork's post for good . . . 
 
Going Postal is the first book in the Industrial Revolution series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Going Postal

(Discworld Novel 33)

The hilarious novel from the fantastically funny Terry Pratchett

Enter master story-teller Terry Pratchett’s incredible Discworld in this third book in the Tiffany Aching series . . . 
 
Tiffany Aching is starting to realize that some witches are a bit odd . . . 
 
When the Spirit of Winter takes a fancy to young witch Tiffany Aching, he decides he wants her to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever. 
 
But forever is a long time, so right now Tiffany is just trying to make it through the Winter and hopefully find a way to escape. 
 
It will take all of Tiffany’s skill and cunning, as well as some help from the legendary Granny Weatherwax and the irrepressible Wee Free Men – to survive until Spring. And survive she must, because according to the other witches, if Tiffany doesn't make it to Spring . . . Spring won't come at all. 
 
'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian 
‘Characteristically entertaining’ Sunday Times 
'In every sense fantastic' Independent 
 
DISCOVER THE FULL TIFFANY ACHING SERIES, THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO DISCWORLD: 
The Wee Free Men 
A Hat Full of Sky 
Wintersmith 
I Shall Wear Midnight 
The Shepherd’s Crown

Wintersmith

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the first book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 MOST INSPIRING NOVELS 
 
'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian 
 
‘The best fantasy writer ever’ 5-star reader review 
 
'It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination . . .' 
 
Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. 
 
Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course. 
 
Rincewind is the world's worst wizard who has just been handed a very important job: to look after the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Unfortunately, their journey across the Disc includes facing robbers, monsters, mercenaries, and Death himself. 
 
And the whole thing's just a game of the gods that might send them over the edge . . . 
 
The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

The Colour Of Magic

(Discworld Novel 1)

The first book in Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld series

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fourth book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'Our best comic novelist' New Scientist 
 
‘A great Christmas tale that's as silly as it is deep in the way few authors cam achieve’ 5-star reader review 
 
'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 undermining it can have consequences. 
 
When Death realizes that belief in the Hogfather is dangerously low, he decides to take on the job. But it's just not right to find a seven-foot skeleton creeping down your chimney and trying to say 'ho, ho, ho'. 
 
It's the last night of the year, the time is turning, and if Susan, gothic governess and Death's granddaughter, doesn't sort everything out by morning, there won't be a morning. Ever again . . . 
 
Hogfather is the fourth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Hogfather

(Discworld Novel 20)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the seventh book in the City Watch series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘Entertaining, funny and thought provoking…I could not put it down’ 5-star reader review 
 
'For the enemy is not troll, nor is it dwarf, but it is the baleful, the malign, the cowardly, the vessels of hatred, those who do a bad thing and call it good ...' 
 
In the city of Ankh-Morpork, tension is rising between dwarf and troll communities. 
 
A dwarven fanatic has been stoking the flames of an old hatred born of the Battle of Koom Valley -an ancient war between the races that neither side has quite got over. 
 
When the dwarf is murdered, with a troll the only witness, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch must solve the case before history repeats itself. 
 
With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war drums sounding, Vimes must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. But darkness is following him ... 
 
And at six o'clock every day he must go home to read a bedtime story to his son. There are some things you have to do. 
 
Thud! is the seventh book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Thud!

(Discworld Novel 34)

Discover master story-teller Terry Pratchett’s incredible Discworld in this first book in the Tiffany Aching series . . . 
 
Tiffany Aching wants to be a witch when she grows up . . . 
 
A proper one, with a pointy hat. And flying, Tiffany has always dreamed of flying (though it's cold up there, and you have to wear really thick pants, two layers). 
 
And as the twentieth granddaughter of her Granny Aching: shepherdess extraordinaire, and protector of the land, Tiffany knows the most important thing a real witch can do is protect others with their magic. So, when the monsters of Fairyland kidnap her brother, Tiffany decides it’s up to her to defend her home, even if she’s only armed with a frying pan and her common sense. 
 
Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle – a.k.a the Wee Free Men – a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men. Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself . . . 
 
This edition includes a special introduction from Rhianna Pratchett. 
 
'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian 
'Quite, quite brilliant' Starburst 
 
DISCOVER THE FULL TIFFANY ACHING SERIES, THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO DISCWORLD: 
The Wee Free Men 
A Hat Full of Sky 
Wintersmith 
I Shall Wear Midnight 
The Shepherd’s Crown

The Wee Free Men

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the eighth book in the City Watch series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'Effortlessly, generously funny' Sunday Times 
 
‘Pratchett at his best’ 5-star reader review 
 
'The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.' 
 
Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is having some time off. Apparently. 
 
But crime doesn't take a break - it's a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman on holiday would barely have time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. 
 
In the seemingly peaceful countryside, Vimes discovers much more than a body in the wardrobe. For the local nobles are hiding a deep, dark secret. There are many, many bodies - and an ancient atrocity more terrible than murder. 
 
Vimes is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth and out of his mind. But never out of ideas. Where there is a crime there must be a punishment. 
 
They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. This might be the exception ... 
 
Snuff is the eighth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Snuff

(Discworld Novel 39)

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels. 
 
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 
 
'May well be considered his masterpiece . . . Humour such as his is an endangered species' The Times 
 
'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 sourcerer. 
 
Unseen University, the Discworld's most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. You'd think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for . . . 
 
As the sourcerer takes over the University and sets his sights on the rest of the world, only one wizard manages to escape his influence. Unfortunately for everyone, it's Rincewind. 
 
Once again the cowardly wizard must embark on a quest: to deliver a precious artefact - the very embodiment of magic itself - halfway across the Disc to safety. If he doesn't make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand. 
 
And the end of the world, depending on who you listen to. 
 
Sourcery is the third book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 
 
Praise for the Discworld series: 
 
'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday 
 
‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian 
 
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch 
 
‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction 
 
‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times 
 
‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph 
 
‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune 
 
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX 
 
‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Sourcery

(Discworld Novel 5)

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