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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
Just to really throw a simian spanner in the setup, although I don't regret reading them in publication order, my Discworld mantra is "if you only read one, make it Small Gods" - I must be triskaidekaphilic.  |
Given all the different suggestions, I think it would just be easier to read in order. This way, you get a mix of locations, main characters, and secondary characters.
I feel that the locations and the secondary characters is what makes reading in order better. You do get lines in the books that you would not get had you not read in order.
Terry Pratchett is very subtle and that subtlety gets lots if you don't know what's going on. While you can read out of order, you lose a lot by doing so on the first read.