# Terry Prachett books **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771 "2003-07-11T18:26:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771/21 "2003-07-12T09:41:25Z")
I have forced copies of _Reaper Man_ and _Good Omens_ (co-authored with Neil Gaiman) upon people. I have told folks how their lives have been Void and Without Meaning up til now, and only after they read these books will they know True Enlightenment. I’m obnoxious about it, but everyone I’ve recommended these books to have thanked me afterwards. I knew that my brother had found Ms. Right when his then-girlfriend rhapsodized about Pterry. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771/22 "2003-07-12T12:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > **I have forced copies of _Reaper Man_ and _Good Omens_ (co-authored with Neil Gaiman) upon people. I have told folks how their lives have been Void and Without Meaning up til now, and only after they read these books will they know True Enlightenment.** My sentiments, exactly. The problem is that I always force _my_ copy on them and they never return it, so I have to go out and buy a new one. But hey, it’s for a good cause. Oh, and one more thing: :: shakes tiny fist at **Little Plastic Ninja** :: Damn you for telling us (sob)… ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771/23 "2003-07-12T13:10:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\* > > I knew that my brother had found Ms. Right when his then-girlfriend rhapsodized about Pterry. \*\* Then-girlfriend? I hope that means they got married! 🙂 There’s a new one coming out in Oct? Didn’t Night Watch and Wee Free Men both just come out? What is he, a machine? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771/24 "2003-07-12T14:25:57Z")
He puts out a book every six months now, on the dot. Once in…April, I think, and once in November. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771/25 "2003-07-12T15:28:06Z")
_Good Omens_ is great (so good I own three copies!), but my favorites of the Discworld series are probably _Soul Music_ (my first Pratchett novel!), _Hogfather_, _Small Gods_, _Lords and Ladies_, and _The Fifth Elephant_. I don’t think I could possibly pick just one. ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771/26 "2003-07-12T16:02:18Z")
Night Watch. Vimes is also my favourite character. Was fairly surprised to see that no-one’s mentioned The Amazing Maurice, I love that book. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771/27 "2003-07-14T04:16:19Z")
I’m reading the books all out of order, as I find them in used bookstores, or as I can justify picking up one at B&N. My current favories are _Guards! Guards!_ and _Mort_, but _Witches Abroad_ has a special place in my heart for Greebo’s scenes. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771/28 "2003-07-14T10:23:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by raisinbread \* > \*\*I’ve read Small Gods and found to to be enjoyable and in my top twenty books but the rest of his works are pure rubbish. \*\* Only in your opinion raisinbread. I have read ALL of Pterry’s books (most of them many times), and the only 2 I didn’t like were Strata and Dark Side of the Sun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-prachett-books/187771.md?page=1)