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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle
I started with Small Gods and that was perfect for me, since it convinced me that Pratchett was a very funny author who had to be taken very seriously.
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I agree with that.
Small Gods was my first Discworld book as well, and in hindsight it seems perfect for beginners.
It contains his well-established writing, his typical humour, and yet none of the more widely used characters, so it doesn't matter that you don't know anything about them.
Once you decide to continue, I'd recommend a reading order based on storyline - no use switching from Watch to Witches and back, unless you know what to expect, it'll merely give you whiplash because the characters are suddenly so different.