Terry Pratchett

Book 40 of 2026: Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Pratchett takes on religion, belief, godhood, corruption, holy wars, goodness, and compassion, and does it all with style, humor, and heart. The Turtle moves.

Book 39 of 2026: Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: A Discworld look at stories, fairy tales, and what happens when someone is a little too intent on making sure they go just the way they should.

Book 38 of 2026: Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Death gets fired, and explores life as a mortal being (more or less), while the rest of the Discworld has to figure out what’s going on when Death isn’t doing Death’s job anymore. It’s easy to see why Death is a favorite character in the Discworld series, as Pratchett continues to do a masterful job of using the character to look at life and make death (the concept) a bit less intimidating.

Book 35 of 2026: Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: A fun send-up of Hollywood and our tendency to lose ourselves in the “magic” of cinema, as told through the magic of Discworld. Got quite a few laughs out of this entry in the series.

Book 33 of 2026: Eric by Terry Pratchett

⭐️⭐️⭐️: A shorter book, this is a relatively quick romp through a mashup of three wishes, Discworld’s version of The Odyssey (rather amusing, as I read this just as Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey film was in the theaters), and the joys of mid-level bureaucracy. Not bad, but not a standout.

Book 32 of 2026: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

⭐️⭐️⭐️: Dragons large and small, guards of somewhat questionable repute, and, of course, evil schemes for power. Another fun adventure with Pratchett’s undercurrent of social commentary throughout.

Book 34 of 2025: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This one didn’t grab me as much as others in the series have so far. Not bad at all, and certainly has its amusing moments, but more of a “sure, this was fine” than a “I can see why so many people are so into this series” entry.

58/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Shakespeare, more or less, by way of Pratchett’s Discworld, and quite a lot of fun. Particularly enjoyed the recognition of the power of the word, and how it can bend history out of joint if used unscrupulously.

43/2023 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Back to the wizards of Discworld. Last time (in Equal Rites) we had the eighth child of an eighth child, this time we have the eighth son of an eighth son of an eighth son, all wizards, making them a “sourcerer” — someone who can tap into the very source of magic to create new magic. This does not go well for the Discworld, or for hapless reluctant participant (not really a hero) Rincewind. Once again, somehow, while not necessarily doing much, the Luggage is a standout character.

42/2023 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Death has made appearances in every Discworld book so far (my understanding is that this continues throughout the series), but this is the first where Death is more of a central character — though most of what we learn is through Death’s apprentice, Mort. A neat way to really start to flesh out Pratchett’s cosmology and how he approaches Death (and death) on the Discworld.