# Name that Pratchett novel? {answered}

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [August 29, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669 "2026-08-29T13:32:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669/1 "2026-08-29T13:32:52Z")

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It’s the one where Death fecks off for a bit and goes to live in a little farmhouse. It’s been about 30 years since I read, but I want to say it’s the first one in which the Death of Mice appears as well. And a poor bumbling idiot tries to take over for Death and makes a right bollocks of things.

Or something. Memory quite hazy, need to read it again, but can’t find the right title amid the proliferation of choices.

Anybody know what I’m on about?

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**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669/2 "2026-08-29T13:35:24Z")

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Reaper Man

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**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669/3 "2026-08-29T14:05:19Z")

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There is also _Mort_ where Death becomes a short order cook…

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669/4 "2026-08-29T14:17:43Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669/5 "2026-08-29T14:38:54Z")

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And it’s Death of Rats.

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**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669/6 "2026-08-29T20:14:31Z")

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“SQUEAK”.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669/7 "2026-08-30T01:05:12Z")

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“Actually, I gave you quite a stop.”

One of my favorite lines.