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Showing 69 of 69 released stories.

  1. NovelCanon

    The Colour of Magic (1983 · 2008 TV · Novel)

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    A failed wizard escorts Discworld’s first tourist through a fast, chaotic tour of the setting. Graphic adaptations stay attached to this novel rather than becoming additional chronology events.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1983 · 2008 TVPlacement confidenceApproximate
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    The Light Fantastic

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    The first book’s cliffhanger continues as the Disc approaches an apocalyptic celestial event. Graphic adaptations stay attached to this novel rather than becoming additional chronology events.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1986 · 2008 TVPlacement confidenceApproximate
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    Equal Rites

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    Granny Weatherwax challenges the idea that wizardry belongs only to men.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1987Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Mort

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    Death takes an apprentice, and Mort discovers that changing one fate can bend reality. Graphic adaptations stay attached to this novel rather than becoming additional chronology events.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1987Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Sourcery

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    Rincewind returns when a child with nearly unlimited magic threatens a new age of wizard wars.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1988Placement confidenceApproximate
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  6. NovelCanon

    Wyrd Sisters (1988 · 1997 animation · Novel)

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    Three witches confront royal murder, theatre and the dangerous power of stories.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1988 · 1997 animationPlacement confidenceApproximate
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    Pyramids

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    An assassin inherits a desert kingdom whose pyramids have been storing more time than they should.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1989Placement confidenceApproximate
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  8. NovelCanon

    Guards! Guards!

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    Sam Vimes and the Night Watch face a summoned dragon and begin one of Discworld’s richest long arcs. Graphic adaptations stay attached to this novel rather than becoming additional chronology events.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1989Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Eric

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    Rincewind is summoned as a demon by a teenage would-be Faust with three very bad wishes.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1990Placement confidenceApproximate
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  10. NovelCanon

    Moving Pictures

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    Ankh-Morpork discovers cinema, celebrity and something ancient behind the silver screen.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1990Placement confidenceApproximate
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  11. NovelCanon

    Reaper Man

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    Death is dismissed from his job and mortality begins overflowing into the world.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1991Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Witches Abroad

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    The witches travel to Genua to stop a fairy-tale ending from being imposed on real people.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1991Placement confidenceApproximate
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  13. NovelCanon

    Small Gods

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    A powerless god and his only true believer expose faith, institutions and certainty. Graphic adaptations stay attached to this novel rather than becoming additional chronology events.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1992Placement confidenceApproximate
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  14. NovelCanon

    Lords and Ladies

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    The witches defend Lancre when the elves behind the old stories return.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1992Placement confidenceApproximate
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  15. NovelCanon

    Men at Arms

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    The Watch expands while a new weapon threatens Ankh-Morpork’s fragile civic order.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1993Placement confidenceApproximate
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  16. NovelCanon

    Soul Music (1994 · 1997 animation · Novel)

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    Music with rocks in takes over the Disc while Death’s granddaughter inherits the family responsibility.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1994 · 1997 animationPlacement confidenceApproximate
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  17. NovelCanon

    Interesting Times

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    Rincewind is sent to the Counterweight Continent during a revolution powered by conflicting myths.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1994Placement confidenceApproximate
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  18. NovelCanon

    Maskerade

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    The witches investigate an opera house haunted by murder, masks and theatrical excess.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1995Placement confidenceApproximate
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  19. NovelCanon

    Feet of Clay

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    A poisoning plot and a wave of golem crimes test what personhood means in the city.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1996Placement confidenceApproximate
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  20. NovelCanon

    Hogfather (1996 · 2006 TV · Novel)

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    Death fills in for the missing Hogfather while Susan investigates an attack on belief itself.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1996 · 2006 TVPlacement confidenceApproximate
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  21. NovelCanon

    Jingo

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    A newly surfaced island pushes Ankh-Morpork and Klatch toward a very manufactured war.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1997Placement confidenceApproximate
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  22. NovelCanon

    The Last Continent

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    Rincewind lands in XXXX, where time, rain and national mythology are behaving strangely.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1998Placement confidenceApproximate
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  23. NovelCanon

    Carpe Jugulum

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    Modern, organised vampires arrive in Lancre believing they have outgrown every old weakness.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1998Placement confidenceApproximate
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  24. NovelCanon

    The Fifth Elephant

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    Vimes becomes an unwilling diplomat amid dwarfish succession, werewolves and international politics.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release1999Placement confidenceApproximate
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  25. NovelCanon

    The Truth

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    The Disc’s first newspaper collides with movable type, public opinion and a political conspiracy.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2000Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Thief of Time

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    A perfect clock threatens to stop time, drawing Susan and the History Monks into the same crisis. The graphic-novel adaptation released on 2 April 2026 stays attached to this same underlying story rather than becoming a duplicate card.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld Graphic Novel UniverseIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2001 novel · 2026 graphic novelPlacement confidenceApproximate
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  27. NovelCanon

    The Last Hero

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    Cohen the Barbarian plans to return fire to the gods in a lavishly illustrated Discworld adventure.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2001Placement confidenceApproximate
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  28. NovelCanon

    The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

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    A talking cat and intelligent rats run a profitable scam until they reach a town with a real evil beneath it.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2001 · 2022 moviePlacement confidenceApproximate
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  29. NovelCanon

    Night Watch

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    Vimes is thrown into the city’s revolutionary past and must become the mentor he once had.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2002Placement confidenceApproximate
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  30. NovelCanon

    The Wee Free Men

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    Young Tiffany Aching arms herself with a frying pan and the Nac Mac Feegle against a fairy queen.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2003Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Monstrous Regiment

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    Polly disguises herself to join a war and discovers nearly everyone is hiding something.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2003Placement confidenceApproximate
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  32. NovelCanon

    A Hat Full of Sky

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    Tiffany begins formal witch training while an ancient bodiless threat searches for a self.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2004Placement confidenceApproximate
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  33. NovelCanon

    Going Postal (2004 · 2010 TV · Novel)

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    A condemned con artist is ordered to revive the city’s post office and compete with the clacks monopoly.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2004 · 2010 TVPlacement confidenceApproximate
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  34. NovelCanon

    Thud!

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    A historic dwarf–troll battle echoes into the present as Vimes investigates a politically explosive murder.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2005Placement confidenceApproximate
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  35. NovelCanon

    Wintersmith

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    Tiffany accidentally joins an elemental dance and attracts the dangerously literal attention of winter.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2006Placement confidenceApproximate
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  36. NovelCanon

    Making Money

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    Moist is moved from the Post Office to a bank that distrusts him almost as much as it needs him.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2007Placement confidenceApproximate
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  37. NovelCanon

    Unseen Academicals

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    Unseen University enters football and discovers the game is inseparable from class, crowds and identity.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2009Placement confidenceApproximate
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  38. NovelCanon

    I Shall Wear Midnight

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    Tiffany faces suspicion spreading through the Chalk and the return of a witch-hunting force.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2010Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Snuff

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    Vimes’s country holiday becomes an investigation into exploitation and the rights of goblins.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2011Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Raising Steam

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    The railway arrives, and Moist must help the city survive the speed of technological change.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2013Placement confidenceApproximate
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    The Shepherd’s Crown

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    The final Discworld novel asks Tiffany to face grief, responsibility and a renewed fairy threat.

    Story era41-NOVEL SPINEContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementTHE 41-NOVEL SPINEFirst release2015Placement confidenceApproximate
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  42. Short storyCanon unclearC/A

    Troll Bridge

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    Placed Cohen the Barbarian; placement late in his career. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSHORT DISCWORLD FICTIONContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementCohen the Barbarian; placement late in his careerFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
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  43. Short storyCanon unclearC/A

    Theatre of Cruelty

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    Placed City Watch / Ankh-Morpork era. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSHORT DISCWORLD FICTIONContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementCity Watch / Ankh-Morpork eraFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  44. Short storyCanon unclearC/A

    Death and What Comes Next

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    Placed Death vignette; date loose. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSHORT DISCWORLD FICTIONContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementDeath vignette; date looseFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  45. NovellaCanon

    The Sea and Little Fishes

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    Placed Witches / Granny Weatherwax era. Source status: C.

    Story eraSHORT DISCWORLD FICTIONContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementWitches / Granny Weatherwax eraFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  46. Short storyCanon unclearC/A

    A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices

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    Placed Unseen University era. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSHORT DISCWORLD FICTIONContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementUnseen University eraFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  47. Short-form in-universe textCanon unclearC/A

    Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts

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    Placed later Ankh-Morpork. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSHORT DISCWORLD FICTIONContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementlater Ankh-MorporkFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
  48. Short fictionCanon unclearC/A / split children

    Various Discworld miscellany in A Blink of the Screen

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    Overlapping storyMulti-Era
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    Placed Multi-Era. Source status: C/A / split children.

    Story eraSHORT DISCWORLD FICTIONContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementMulti-EraFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
  49. Hybrid novel/nonfictionCanon unclearC/A

    The Science of Discworld

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    Placed Unseen University creates/observes Roundworld. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSCIENCE OF DISCWORLD — FICTIONAL DISCWORLD SECTIONSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementUnseen University creates/observes RoundworldFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  50. Hybrid novel/nonfictionCanon unclearC/A

    The Science of Discworld II: The Globe

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    Placed Roundworld continuation. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSCIENCE OF DISCWORLD — FICTIONAL DISCWORLD SECTIONSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementRoundworld continuationFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  51. Hybrid novel/nonfictionCanon unclearC/A

    The Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch

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    Placed Roundworld continuation. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSCIENCE OF DISCWORLD — FICTIONAL DISCWORLD SECTIONSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementRoundworld continuationFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  52. Hybrid novel/nonfictionCanon unclearC/A

    The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day

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    Placed Roundworld / Omnian legal conflict. Source status: C/A.

    Story eraSCIENCE OF DISCWORLD — FICTIONAL DISCWORLD SECTIONSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementRoundworld / Omnian legal conflictFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  53. In-universe companionCanon unclearC/A artifact

    Nanny Ogg’s Cookbook

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    ReadBook / comicCanon unclear

    Placed Witches / later Discworld. Source status: C/A artifact.

    Story eraIN-UNIVERSE / COMPANION NARRATIVE WORKSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementWitches / later DiscworldFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
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  54. In-universe children’s bookCanonC artifact

    Where’s My Cow?

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    Placed associated with Thud!. Source status: C artifact.

    Story eraIN-UNIVERSE / COMPANION NARRATIVE WORKSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementassociated with Thud!First releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
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  55. In-universe children’s bookCanon unclearC/A artifact

    The World of Poo

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    Placed associated with later Ankh-Morpork / Snuff-era publishing. Source status: C/A artifact.

    Story eraIN-UNIVERSE / COMPANION NARRATIVE WORKSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementassociated with later Ankh-Morpork / Snuff-era publishingFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
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  56. In-universe railway guideCanon unclearC/A artifact

    Mrs Bradshaw’s Handbook

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    Placed after Raising Steam infrastructure. Source status: C/A artifact.

    Story eraIN-UNIVERSE / COMPANION NARRATIVE WORKSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementafter Raising Steam infrastructureFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
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  57. In-universe/reference guideCanon unclearC/A reference

    The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide

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    Placed later Ankh-Morpork. Source status: C/A reference.

    Story eraIN-UNIVERSE / COMPANION NARRATIVE WORKSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementlater Ankh-MorporkFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
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  58. Maps/guidesCanonReference / lore

    The Discworld Mapp / Streets of Ankh-Morpork / Death’s Domain / Tourist Guide to Lancre

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    Overlapping storyMulti-Era
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    Placed Multi-Era. Source status: Reference / lore.

    Story eraIN-UNIVERSE / COMPANION NARRATIVE WORKSContinuityDiscworld literary continuityIn-world placementMulti-EraFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
  59. Animated miniseriesAdaptation continuityX/R

    Wyrd Sisters (1988 · 1997 animation · Animated miniseries)

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    Three witches confront royal murder, theatre and the dangerous power of stories.

    Story eraCosgrove Hall animationContinuityDiscworld screen adaptation continuitiesIn-world placementadaptationFirst release1988 · 1997 animationPlacement confidenceStrong
  60. Animated miniseriesAdaptation continuityX/R

    Soul Music (1994 · 1997 animation · Animated miniseries)

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    WatchTV / streamingAdaptation continuity

    Music with rocks in takes over the Disc while Death’s granddaughter inherits the family responsibility.

    Story eraCosgrove Hall animationContinuityDiscworld screen adaptation continuitiesIn-world placementadaptationFirst release1994 · 1997 animationPlacement confidenceStrong
  61. TV miniseriesAdaptation continuityX/R

    Hogfather (1996 · 2006 TV · TV miniseries)

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    Death fills in for the missing Hogfather while Susan investigates an attack on belief itself.

    Story eraSky / live-action faithful adaptationsContinuityDiscworld screen adaptation continuitiesIn-world placementadaptationFirst release1996 · 2006 TVPlacement confidenceStrong
  62. TV miniseriesAdaptation continuityX/R

    The Colour of Magic (1983 · 2008 TV · TV miniseries)

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    WatchTV / streamingAdaptation continuity

    A failed wizard escorts Discworld’s first tourist through a fast, chaotic tour of the setting. Graphic adaptations stay attached to this novel rather than becoming additional chronology events.

    Story eraSky / live-action faithful adaptationsContinuityDiscworld screen adaptation continuitiesIn-world placementadapts Colour of Magic + Light FantasticFirst release1983 · 2008 TVPlacement confidenceStrong
  63. TV miniseriesAdaptation continuityX/R

    Going Postal (2004 · 2010 TV · TV miniseries)

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    A condemned con artist is ordered to revive the city’s post office and compete with the clacks monopoly.

    Story eraSky / live-action faithful adaptationsContinuityDiscworld screen adaptation continuitiesIn-world placementadaptationFirst release2004 · 2010 TVPlacement confidenceStrong
  64. TV seriesAlternate continuityX/I — radical alternate adaptation

    The Watch — Season 1

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    WatchTV / streamingAlternate continuity

    Source status: X/I — radical alternate adaptation.

    Story eraWatchContinuityDiscworld screen adaptation continuitiesIn-world placementThe WatchFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
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  65. Animated filmAdaptation continuityX/R

    The Amazing Maurice

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    WatchMovieAdaptation continuity

    Source status: X/R.

    Story eraAmazing MauriceContinuityDiscworld screen adaptation continuitiesIn-world placementThe Amazing MauriceFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceApproximate
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  66. GameAdaptation continuityR/I

    The Colour of Magic (1983 · 2008 TV · Game)

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    PlayGameAdaptation continuity

    A failed wizard escorts Discworld’s first tourist through a fast, chaotic tour of the setting. Graphic adaptations stay attached to this novel rather than becoming additional chronology events.

    Story eraEarly adaptationContinuityDiscworld game continuitiesIn-world placementEarly adaptationFirst release1983 · 2008 TVPlacement confidenceApproximate
  67. Adventure gameCanonI

    Discworld

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    PlayGameCanon

    Placed original/remixed Ankh-Morpork story. Source status: I.

    Story eraPoint-and-click game continuityContinuityDiscworld game continuitiesIn-world placementoriginal/remixed Ankh-Morpork storyFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
  68. Adventure gameCanonI

    Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?

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    PlayGameCanon

    Placed sequel game continuity. Source status: I.

    Story eraPoint-and-click game continuityContinuityDiscworld game continuitiesIn-world placementsequel game continuityFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong
  69. Adventure gameCanonI

    Discworld Noir

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    PlayGameCanon

    Placed original noir story in Ankh-Morpork. Source status: I.

    Story eraPoint-and-click game continuityContinuityDiscworld game continuitiesIn-world placementoriginal noir story in Ankh-MorporkFirst releaseRelease year not listed in sourcePlacement confidenceStrong

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Game entries stay in the same researched timeline, with adaptations and side stories labelled so they do not distort the play sequence.

Discworld Books Books in Order

Books, comics and other reading material are placed by story chronology while publication order remains available as a separate view.

Discworld Books Release Order

Release order re-sorts the same mapped stories by first publication or release instead of creating a duplicate guide page.

What Order Should You Read the Discworld Books?

Start with the guide’s recommended route if this is your first time. Use the full chronology when you want the complete cross-media timeline.

Quick answers

Common Discworld order questions

Direct answers based on the same chronology, continuity labels and coverage notes used in the guide.

What Order Should You Read the Discworld Books?

There is no single required order. Start with Guards! Guards!, Mort, The Colour of Magic or Going Postal depending on the kind of story you want.

Should you use chronological or release order for Discworld?

Use chronological order to follow events as they happen. Use release order when you want to preserve the sequence of the original reveals. Both views use the same researched stories.

What does this Discworld order guide include?

All-media guide: 69 ordered records covering the 41-novel spine, short fiction, Science of Discworld, narrative companions, screen adaptations and game continuities. Audiobooks stay attached to the novels. Coverage is current through released and confirmed story material available by 22 September 2026.

Suggested routes

Choose a way in.

Use the full chronology or follow a shorter route.

01 · City Watch

Guards! Guards!

Move through the Watch novels as Ankh-Morpork grows around them.

02 · Death route

Mort

A compact way into one of Discworld’s most beloved recurring casts.

03 · No homework route

Start anywhere

Pick a sub-series and follow its internal order; the universe rewards wandering.

Abstract branching map representing separate story continuities

Story versions

Choose how to experience it.

Researched editions and adaptations stay together under one story.

See how stories are organised

Sources

What anchors this order.

Official franchise, creator and publisher sources anchor the chronology. Conflicts and uncertain placements are labelled.

The official Terry Pratchett site ↗Discworld reading order ↗

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