Here is a list of the Discworld Books Books Ranked, According to Goodreads.
Night Watch
Goodreads Rating: 4.49
From the blurb:
The twenty-fifth of May is an important, sombre day in Ankh-Morpork – the anniversary of one of the city’s bloodiest rebellions.
But crime stops for nothing, as Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch knows. When a notorious serial killer emerges from hiding, the chase leads the Watch to the roofs of Unseen University where a magical storm is brewing. It’s a case of wrong place, very wrong time.…
Men at Arms
Goodreads Rating: 4.40
From the blurb:
Times are a-changing in Ankh-Morpork’s Night Watch.
New recruits have been hired to reflect the city’s diversity, including Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), and Lance-constable Angua (a woman … full moons aside)….
The Truth
Goodreads Rating: 4.40
From the blurb:
William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork’s first newspaper. Well, with a name like that . . .
Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography….
Going Postal
Goodreads Rating: 4.40
From the blurb:
Imprisoned in Ankh-Morpork, con artist Moist von Lipwig is offered a choice: to be executed or to accept a job as the city’s Postmaster General.
It’s a tough decision, but he’s already survived one hanging and isn’t in the mood to try it again….
The Shepherd’s Crown
Goodreads Rating: 4.38
From the blurb:
Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.
This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad….
I Shall Wear Midnight
Goodreads Rating: 4.35
From the blurb:
As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone – or something – is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches.…
Thud!
Goodreads Rating: 4.34
From the blurb:
In the city of Ankh-Morpork, tension is rising between dwarf and troll communities.
A dwarven fanatic has been stoking the flames of an old hatred born of the Battle of Koom Valley -an ancient war between the races that neither side has quite got over. When the dwarf is murdered, with a troll the only witness, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch must solve the case before history repeats itself….
Guards! Guards!
Goodreads Rating: 4.33
From the blurb:
The city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. Again.
A shadowy secret brotherhood has summoned a dragon to spread terror throughout the city, intent on overthrowing the Patrician and ruling in his place. Too bad the dragon has ideas of its own …
Small Gods
Goodreads Rating: 4.31
From the blurb:
Religion is a competitive business in the Discworld. Everyone has their own opinion and their own gods, of every shape and size – all fighting for faith, followers, and a place at the top.
So when the great god Om accidentally manifests himself as a lowly tortoise, stripped of all divine power, it’s clear he’s become less important than he realised….
Feet of Clay
Goodreads Rating: 4.31
From the blurb:
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is used to trouble. There’s always trouble in Ankh-Morpork.
But this is new: people are being brutally murdered and there’s no evidence of anything alive having been at the crime scene. At the same time, the most powerful man in the city has been poisoned and is clinging on to life by a thread.…
A Hat Full of Sky
Goodreads Rating: 4.31
From the blurb:
Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic, but life isn’t exactly what she thought it would be.
She expects spells and magic – not chores and ill-tempered goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this?…
The Fifth Elephant
Goodreads Rating: 4.29
From the blurb:
Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is a long way from home.
Sent as reluctant ambassador to Uberwald, a mysterious region inhabited by dwarfs, vampires and werewolves, Vimes must learn the art of diplomacy. Fast. But when he uncovers a mystery with ties back home, the policeman in him can’t help but investigate. What could possibly go wrong?…
Reaper Man
Goodreads Rating: 4.28
From the blurb:
Death has been fired by the Auditors of Reality for the heinous crime of developing . . . a personality. Sent to live like everyone else, Death takes a new name and begins working as a farmhand. He’s got the scythe already, after all.…
The Wee Free Men
Goodreads Rating: 4.28
From the blurb:
A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . .
Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle – aka the Wee Free Men – a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men….
Thief of Time
Goodreads Rating: 4.27
From the blurb:
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it must be managed. You can let it move fast or slowly, but what you mustn’t do is allow it to stop.
On the Discworld, the History Monks have the important job of ensuring that tomorrow always comes. But the construction of the world’s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well . . . time….
Hogfather
Goodreads Rating: 4.25
From the blurb:
Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house . . . something was missing.
Superstition makes things work in the Discworld and undermining it can have consequences. When Death realizes that belief in the Hogfather is dangerously low, he decides to take on the job. But it’s just not right to find a seven-foot skeleton creeping down your chimney and trying to say ‘ho, ho, ho’….
Making Money
Goodreads Rating: 4.25
From the blurb:
he Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork is facing a crisis and needs a shake-up in management. Cue Moist von Lipwig, Postmaster General and former con artist. If anyone can rescue the city’s ailing financial institution, it’s him. He doesn’t really want the job, but the thing is, he doesn’t have a choice.…
Wintersmith
Goodreads Rating: 4.24
From the blurb:
‘Crivens!’
Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made just one little mistake . . .
And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs and showers her with snowflakes, which is tough when you’re thirteen, but also just a little bit . . . cool.…
Witches Abroad
Goodreads Rating: 4.24
From the blurb:
‘You can’t go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise, it’s just a cage.‘
There’s power in stories. The Fairy Godmother is good. The servant girl marries the Prince. Everyone lives happily ever after . . . don’t they?…
Mort
Goodreads Rating: 4.24
From the blurb:
Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.
Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he’ll need to hire some help….
Monstrous Regiment
Goodreads Rating: 4.22
From the blurb:
‘That’s the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! They’re all guys!’
In the small yet aggressive country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. For a start, women belong in the kitchen – not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. And certainly not on the front line.…
Lords and Ladies
Goodreads Rating: 4.20
From the blurb:
On Midsummer Night, dreams are especially powerful. So powerful, in fact, that they can cause the walls between realities to come crashing down. And some things you really don’t want to break through.…
Jingo
Goodreads Rating: 4.18
From the blurb:
War is brewing on the Discworld.
An island has appeared from the ocean depths, right in the middle of the sea which separates the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork. Of course, no one would dream of starting a war with the neighbours without a perfectly good reason . . . such as a ‘strategic’ piece of old rock, for instance….
Snuff
Goodreads Rating: 4.18
From the blurb:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse.
At long last, Lady Sybil has lured her husband, Sam Vimes, on a well-deserved and long-overdue holiday. But for the commander of the City Watch, a vacation in the country is anything but relaxing. The balls, the teas, the muck—not to mention all that fresh air and birdsong—are more than a bit taxing on a cynical city-born and -bred copper….
The Last Hero
Goodreads Rating: 4.17
From the blurb:
It stars the legendary Cohen the Barbarian, a legend in his own lifetime. Cohen can remember when a hero didn’t have to worry about fences and lawyers and civilisation, and when people didn’t tell you off for killing dragons. But he can’t always remember, these days, where he put his teeth…
Carpe Jugulum
Goodreads Rating: 4.17
From the blurb:
Vampires have come to Lancre, but they’re not what you’d expect. Sure, they drink blood and view humans as dinner, but they’re modern and sophisticated. They’ve got style and fancy waistcoats. And they’re not a bit afraid of garlic.…
Wyrd Sisters
Goodreads Rating: 4.15
From the blurb:
Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. A child heir and the royal crown, both missing.
Witches don’t have these kinds of leadership problems themselves – in fact, they don’t have leaders….
Interesting Times
Goodreads Rating: 4.15
From the blurb:
‘There is a curse. They say: may you live in interesting times . . .’
This is the worst thing you can wish on a citizen of Discworld. Especially for the magically challenged Rincewind, who has already had far too much excitement in his life.…
Maskerade
Goodreads Rating: 4.11
From the blurb:
‘There’s a kind of magic in masks. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The one that only comes out in darkness . . .’
The Opera House in Ankh-Morpork is home to music, theatrics and a harmless masked Ghost who lurks behind the scenes. But now a set of mysterious backstage murders may just stop the show.…
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Goodreads Rating: 4.06
From the blurb:
Even wizards produce leftovers.
But a wizard’s rubbish is laced with magic, and for the rats that forage this rubbish, the magic has changed them – they can speak and read, and have rather grand ambitions for a comfortable retirement.…
Equal Rites
Goodreads Rating: 4.05
From the blurb:
‘They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.’
Everybody knows there’s no such thing as a female wizard. So when the wizard Drum Billet accidentally passes on his staff of power to an eighth daughter of an eighth son, a girl called Eskarina (Esk, for short), the misogynistic world of wizardry wants nothing to do with her.…
Soul Music
Goodreads Rating: 4.05
From the blurb:
‘This didn’t feel like magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.’
Being sixteen is always difficult, but it’s even more so when there’s a Death in the family. Susan hasn’t exactly had a normal upbringing, with a skeletal grandfather who rides a white horse and wields a scythe.…
Raising Steam
Goodreads Rating: 4.00
From the blurb:
Mister Simnel has produced a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all the elements—earth, air, fire, and water—and it’s soon drawing astonished crowds. To the consternation of Ankh-Morpork’s formidable Patrician, Lord Vetinari, no one is in charge of this new invention. Who better to take the lead than the man he has already appointed master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank?…
Unseen Academicals
Goodreads Rating: 4.00
From the blurb:
‘We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.’
Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match without using magic . . . so they’re in the mood for trying everything else.…
The Color of Magic
Goodreads Rating: 4.00
From the blurb:
Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course.…
The Light Fantastic
Goodreads Rating: 4.00
From the blurb:
It’s just one of those days when nothing seems to go right—and a most inopportune time for the first tourist ever to set foot in Discworld—accompanied by the carnivorous Luggage—to extend his already eventful vacation, even if it’s not quite by choice. A monstrous red star is on a direct collision course with the Discworld and the future appears uncertain at best.…
The Last Continent
Goodreads Rating: 3.99
From the blurb:
Rincewind, inept wizard and reluctant hero, has found himself magically stranded on the Discworld’s last continent.
It’s hot. It’s dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in any more. Practically everything that’s not poisonous is venomous. But it’s the best bloody place in the world, all right?…
Moving Pictures
Goodreads Rating: 3.96
From the blurb:
A new phenomenon is taking over the Discworld: moving pictures. Created by the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork, the growing ‘clicks’ industry moves to the sandy land of Holy Wood, attracted by the light of the sun and some strange calling no one can quite put their finger on…
Pyramids
Goodreads Rating: 3.92
From the blurb:
‘”LOOK AFTER THE DEAD,” SAID THE PRIESTS, “AND THE DEAD WOULD LOOK AFTER YOU.”‘
Young Prince Teppic is sent far away from his desert homeland to the city of Ankh-Morpork for the best education money can buy. Which just so happens to be at the Assassins’ Guild.…
Sourcery
Goodreads Rating: 3.91
From the blurb:
An eighth son of an eighth son is born, a wizard squared, a source of magic. A sourcerer.
Unseen University, the Discworld’s most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. You’d think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for . . .
Eric
Goodreads Rating: 3.78
From the blurb:
Eric calls up a demon to grant him three wishes – but what he gets is the Discworld’s most incompetent wizard…
Eric is the Discworld’s only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he’s not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff.…
