[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Quoth

I have read it in full, but there books that could be skipped, and if you are re-reading some sub-series in it work well and better than widely separated, like all the Witches books including Wee Free Men and the other Tiffany Aching books.
Or all the books with Death/Susan/Susan's Parents (Starting with Mort).

Some are very much standalone.

I bought most of it on paper as it was released after the first few. I've repurchased some on ebook that were reduced and on my "list to re-read".

While most of those standalone books may seems standalone, they aren't. If there is a single reference to anything from previous books like a person, place, or thing. it's not standalone.

I disagree with reading out-of-order when reading for the first time. After the first read, read in the order you want. You will spoil/ruin the series if your first read is out-of-order.

I have all of "Wheel of Time" and was increasingly fed-up with it and never read the last few. I now don't care how it ends. Ditto with all of the Thomas Covenant trilogies and Shanara.

I've read some of the Wheel of Time series. I'm not sure if I'll ever give it a go to try to read it all. I've read (I think) most of Shanara and do plan to get back to it. As for Thomas Covenant, I've read all but the last series. I remember when I read the first two series, I really devoured them.