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Shannon asked this question about The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5):
Do these books (discworld) need to be read in order? Or are they stand along stories?
Nicola They don't need to be read in strict order but it helps if you have some idea of the structure of the world and who the people are for the later books…moreThey don't need to be read in strict order but it helps if you have some idea of the structure of the world and who the people are for the later books otherwise I've heard it can be quite confusing.

Terry Pratchett has several sub-series' inside the over arching series of 'Discworld' and they are: 1. Rincewind the cowardly and inept wizard (he starts off the series with books #1 and #2); 2. The Witches (start with Wyrd sisters for this one; 3; The Guards (start with Guards! Guards!) and 4. Death (start with Mort) and possibly 5. The Wizards although these often concern other characters as well. He also has the Tiffany Aching series which is aimed more at junior readers but I personally love them.

Quite a few of his books overlap characters so there are very few entirely stand alone books even if they aren't from one of the 4 main groups. Probably the best stand alone would be Small Gods.(less)
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