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What follows is a guide to the major sub-series, with the books listed in reading order.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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For example, the City Watch have their own arc or sub-series, but will generally turn up to one degree or another in most books set in Ankh-Morpork, such as a Wizards book, a Rincewind one or one of the Moist von Lipwig novels.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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These are books which feature no major recurring characters or elements (aside from the requisite Death cameo) and can be read independently, although it's worth noting that Moving Pictures is set in Ankh-Morpork and features a cross-over with the Unseen University Wizards (who, by some counts, have their own sub-series, but I haven't counted because their appearances cross over with way too many other characters), the City Watch and several other cameos.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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With that sub-series due to close with I Shall Wear Midnight, it will be interesting to see if they return in a main series novel.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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However, recently the Witches have become less frequently used, relegated to supporting characters in the Tiffany Aching YA sub-series.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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Perhaps more acceptable is to start with the City Watch sub-series, which is longer, more compelling and stands alone better.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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After this, a solid idea might be to start with the Death sub-series.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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The Ankh-Morpork City Watch sub-series is almost certainly the most popular of the various ongoing narratives in the Discworld books.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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The setting encompasses several dozen novels published out of chronological order and divided into confusing sub-series, making it perhaps the serious SF counterpart to Terry Pratchett's Discworld work in being slightly daunting for newcomers.
Archive 2010-07-01 Adam Whitehead 2010
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There are also some grey areas, such as Monstrous Regiment where Commander Vimes of the City Watch sub-series is a prime mover of the plot and action, but only appears briefly.
Where to Start? - Terry Pratchett (Discworld) Adam Whitehead 2010
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