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Originally Posted by Superlucky
I've read a lot of people here raving about Pratchett, but I've not read any. Is this an okay book to start with?
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I would say probably not, though I concede the same lack of favour as PieOPah.
In my opinion, the Discworld books are read best in
published order, due to the development of some of the jokes/characters/events that occur. It's not essential (and certainly some disagree), and some folk find they prefer to follow
character arcs rather than published order (eg. reading all the Witches-centric ones).
I'll note, however, that my suggestion of "published order" might leave the first two in your path, ones that some folk find are a bit "slow" to get going. I didn't find them so, (not in the least) but some did. We'd likely both agree, however, that they're easy to get through considering how short they are.
(I'm already smirking at memories of the Luggage though - all those feet, and that unstoppable loyalty...makes me giggle remembering 
).
My favourites...probably
Hogfather,
Small Gods and possibly
Night Watch. Death and Susan are probably my favourite characters. This helps you not in the least.
Cheers,
Marc