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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

The best way to find the chronological order of ANY books written is www.fantasticfiction.com

You enter an author, or book, and everything done by that author is listed. Here is the Terry Pratchett page.....

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/terry-pratchett/

Well stated. That will help anyone wanting to start with the proper reading order of Discworld.

The reason to read the Discworld series in order is that the way it's written, you lose out by not knowing what came before. Pratchett does not summarize what came before. So you can miss out on something that helps you get the reference or joke because you don't know what is being referenced. So reading in order will give the best reading pleasure.

I know some don't think much of The Colour of Magic, but it does introduce Rincewind and the sapient luggage which really does need to come first.