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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
When it comes to leisure reading, no one HAS TO do anything, least of all what you tell them they HAVE TO do. I did read all of them in publication order, and once again you are quite simply, WRONG. Purely as an example, not given as a definitive list, two books of the Discworld series that can easily be read as standalones are Pyramids (meh, but probably the most "isolated" of them all) and Small Gods (sublime). There are several suggested reading order lists online, and there is absolutely no need to read from book 1-40 (as I actually did). The Wee Free Men have no real connexion to Rincewind, reading their stories separately from the Wizards arc will not impair the reading experience at all.
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I disagree. Reading out of order will impair the reading experience. While the main characters change, the settings may not and there are background characters that evolve. So you do get spoilers. That's why it's best to read a series in order because you don't know what you might spoil. All it takes is one paragraph to spoil previous books. Those reading lists are only good if you've already read Discworld and want to reread.