# Three Favorite and Three Most Disliked Pratchett Novels **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257 "2008-10-23T21:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/1 "2008-10-23T21:11:45Z")
Over in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=488900) it has been noted that Pratchett fans have some wildly divergent views especially on the later novels. So why not poll on it? Which three Pratchett novels are your favorite and which three are your least favorite? Favorite three: [ul] [li] **Wyrd Sisters** [/li][li] **Night Watch** [/li][li] **Good Omens** [/li][/ul] Most Disliked: [ul] [li] **Fifth Elephant** [/li][li] **Monstrous Regiment** [/li][li] **Thief of Time** [/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/2 "2008-10-23T21:16:08Z")
Most Liked: Hogfather Good Omens Small Gods Least Liked: The Colour of Magic Equal Rites The Lost Continent ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/3 "2008-10-23T21:22:11Z")
Favo **u** rites… Nightwatch Going Postal The Truth Least Favo **u** rite… The Colour of Magic (I have not read any others that I dislike. And of the ones I have read it’s impossible to pick the ‘worst’ apart from CoM) ---
**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:** [October 23, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/4 "2008-10-23T21:27:26Z")
Favorites: **Night Watch Hogfather Small Gods** Least favorite: \*\* Monstrous Regiment\*\* (by far) **Pyramids** (except Teppic’s Assassin training) **Equal Rites** (the early Granny is…wrong. As is Esk.) **Good Omens** is _not_ a Pratchett novel, and therefore isn’t included on my list of faves. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/5 "2008-10-23T21:34:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Good Omens** is _not_ a Pratchett novel, and therefore isn’t included on my list of faves. Um… It is a Pratchett Novel (And Gaiman) What it _isn’t_ is a Discworld novel. And the OP didn’t specify Discworld. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/6 "2008-10-23T21:39:17Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Um… It is a Pratchett Novel (And Gaiman) > > What it _isn’t_ is a Discworld novel. And the OP didn’t specify Discworld. Yep, mainly so people could toss in _Good Omens_ or _Nation_ or complain about _Strata_ (with squirrely British spellings or otherwise 😉 ). ---
**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:** [October 23, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/7 "2008-10-23T21:44:37Z")
**GO** wasn’t written by Pratchett. It was, as noted, written by Pratchett and Gaiman. Which makes it outside the OP as written. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/8 "2008-10-23T21:45:41Z")
Favorites: **Going Postal** **The Fifth Elephant** **Sourcery** Least Favorite: **Monstrous Regiment** **Eric** Those were the only two I finished and didn’t immediately want to reread, so… they’ll work. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/9 "2008-10-23T21:49:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **GO** wasn’t written by Pratchett. It was, as noted, written by Pratchett and Gaiman. Which makes it outside the OP as written. 😃 Semantics. If it was written by P and G then the statement “wasn’t written by Pratchett”, to my mind, is false. It was written by Pratchett. And it was written by Gaiman. If you had said “wasn’t written exclusively by Pratchett” then I’d forgive you, but then the op didn’t use the word ‘exclusive’ anywhere. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/10 "2008-10-23T21:55:46Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Semantics. If it was written by P and G then the statement “wasn’t written by Pratchett”, to my mind, is false. > > It was written by Pratchett. > And it was written by Gaiman. > If you had said “wasn’t written exclusively by Pratchett” then I’d forgive you, but then the op didn’t use the word ‘exclusive’ anywhere. > > 😉 Let’s not fight. Let’s all come together in out mutual enjoyment of _Good Omens_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/11 "2008-10-23T21:59:28Z")
Most Favorite: **Night Watch Lords and Ladies** **Small Gods** or \*\*Going Postal \*\*(can’t decide). Least: **Eric** **Monsterous Regiment** That Australia one, or maybe **Carpe Jugulum**. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/12 "2008-10-23T22:03:12Z")
> [@Just\_Some\_Guy](#): > > Let’s not fight. Let’s all come together in out mutual enjoyment of _Good Omens_. 🙂 Well, My two favourite authors (excluding David Mitchell) are TP and NG so this is like the perfect book. They need to do more collaborations. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/13 "2008-10-23T22:19:44Z")
Favorites: Small Gods Lords and Ladies The Fifth Elephant Least Favorite Thud Eric Making Money ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/14 "2008-10-23T22:33:24Z")
Most favourite: Night Watch Thud! Going Postal Least favourite: Eric Soul Music Colour of Magic FWIW I liked Monstrous Regiment, the Tiffany Aching books and Nation. Good Omens has a special place in my heart for the version of the “Grand Old Duke of York” that Nanny Ashtaroth sings… ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/15 "2008-10-23T22:41:13Z")
Tough to say - it has changed over the years, but at the moment Favorites: Going Postal Hogfather Lords and Ladies Least favorites: Making Money Eric Interesting Times Also, Mr. Cake wanted to mention his: Favorites: Guards! Guards! The Fifth Elephant Wyrd Sisters Least Favorites: Moving Pictures Pyramids Eric ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/16 "2008-10-23T22:54:36Z")
**Favorites** Small Gods Guards! Guards! Pyramids **Least Favorite** Moving Pictures (a big disappointment since it had so much potential) Reaper Man Sourcery. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/17 "2008-10-23T23:01:42Z")
**Favorites** Thief of Time Going Postal Men at Arms **Least Favorites** Maskerade Moving Pictures Sourcery ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/18 "2008-10-23T23:34:15Z")
**Favourite** Maskerade The Truth The Last Continent **Least Favourite** Night Watch Fifth Elephant Carpe Jugulum My tastes seem to run counter to the majority’s. Story of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/19 "2008-10-23T23:49:43Z")
I just can’t narrow either category down to three. There’s four of each that instantly popped into my head. **Favorite:** Small Gods Night Watch Going Postal Thief of Time **Disliked:** Monstrous Regiment Equal Rites The Color of Magic The Light Fantastic (the entire Rincewind serious actually, except the scenes with Ridcully and the other senior wizards) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257/20 "2008-10-24T00:48:25Z")
I’ve only read 8 or 9 so far, so I don’t have a big pool to work from, but mine are: Top 3: Guards! Guards! Men at Arms Hogfather Lords and Ladies (I can’t count, you know) Bottom 3: The Color of Magic The Light Fantastic Small Gods (and I don’t know why. I should like this book!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-favorite-and-three-most-disliked-pratchett-novels/469257.md?page=2)