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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 2118 times as humour)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,029,556 ratings — published 1979
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 1421 times as humour)
avg rating 4.25 — 829,209 ratings — published 1990
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 1135 times as humour)
avg rating 3.99 — 424,806 ratings — published 1983
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
by (shelved 1019 times as humour)
avg rating 4.20 — 318,245 ratings — published 1980
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
by (shelved 905 times as humour)
avg rating 4.24 — 274,191 ratings — published 1987
Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
by (shelved 854 times as humour)
avg rating 4.16 — 251,860 ratings — published 1982
Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)
by (shelved 803 times as humour)
avg rating 4.34 — 237,972 ratings — published 1989
Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches, #1)
by (shelved 793 times as humour)
avg rating 4.07 — 201,154 ratings — published 1987
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
by (shelved 739 times as humour)
avg rating 4.08 — 186,323 ratings — published 1984
The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2)
by (shelved 736 times as humour)
avg rating 4.01 — 169,985 ratings — published 1986
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 694 times as humour)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,059,771 ratings — published 2011
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches, #2)
by (shelved 683 times as humour)
avg rating 4.16 — 132,275 ratings — published 1988
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 674 times as humour)
avg rating 4.01 — 722,689 ratings — published 2000
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 665 times as humour)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,594 ratings — published 2014
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
by (shelved 655 times as humour)
avg rating 3.82 — 305,305 ratings — published 2009
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
by (shelved 633 times as humour)
avg rating 3.97 — 149,134 ratings — published 1987
Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)
by (shelved 620 times as humour)
avg rating 3.96 — 140,037 ratings — published 1992
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
by (shelved 604 times as humour)
avg rating 3.83 — 80,808 ratings — published
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by (shelved 604 times as humour)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,026,784 ratings — published 1996
Small Gods (Discworld, #13)
by (shelved 602 times as humour)
avg rating 4.32 — 134,415 ratings — published 1992
Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind, #3)
by (shelved 588 times as humour)
avg rating 3.92 — 111,430 ratings — published 1988
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (Paperback)
by (shelved 583 times as humour)
avg rating 4.17 — 216,529 ratings — published 2013
Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)
by (shelved 581 times as humour)
avg rating 4.28 — 113,748 ratings — published 1991
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 575 times as humour)
avg rating 4.01 — 597,841 ratings — published 2013
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 572 times as humour)
avg rating 3.99 — 890,802 ratings — published 1961
Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
by (shelved 565 times as humour)
avg rating 3.93 — 95,205 ratings — published 1989
Hogfather (Paperback)
by (shelved 557 times as humour)
avg rating 4.26 — 105,599 ratings — published 1996
Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch, #2)
by (shelved 556 times as humour)
avg rating 4.41 — 113,611 ratings — published 1993
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 537 times as humour)
avg rating 4.17 — 408,212 ratings — published 1895
Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches, #3)
by (shelved 528 times as humour)
avg rating 4.26 — 98,746 ratings — published 1991
Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1)
by (shelved 526 times as humour)
avg rating 4.41 — 136,614 ratings — published 2004
Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)
by (shelved 513 times as humour)
avg rating 4.50 — 119,367 ratings — published 2002
Moving Pictures (Discworld, #10; Industrial Revolution, #1)
by (shelved 500 times as humour)
avg rating 3.97 — 89,213 ratings — published 1990
Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
by (shelved 494 times as humour)
avg rating 4.06 — 87,573 ratings — published 1994
The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 490 times as humour)
avg rating 4.27 — 951,660 ratings — published 1973
Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19; City Watch, #3)
by (shelved 487 times as humour)
avg rating 4.33 — 93,796 ratings — published 1996
Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
by (shelved 481 times as humour)
avg rating 3.79 — 82,166 ratings — published 1990
Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches, #4)
by (shelved 475 times as humour)
avg rating 4.21 — 86,484 ratings — published 1992
Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)
by (shelved 460 times as humour)
avg rating 4.14 — 69,495 ratings — published 1995
Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)
by (shelved 451 times as humour)
avg rating 4.19 — 74,039 ratings — published 1997
The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5)
by (shelved 448 times as humour)
avg rating 4.31 — 80,118 ratings — published 1999
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
by (shelved 441 times as humour)
avg rating 3.86 — 514,722 ratings — published 2011
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)
by (shelved 439 times as humour)
avg rating 4.03 — 89,640 ratings — published 1988
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 437 times as humour)
avg rating 3.85 — 558,198 ratings — published 2014
The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
by (shelved 427 times as humour)
avg rating 4.20 — 30,697 ratings — published 1923
Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)
by (shelved 425 times as humour)
avg rating 4.28 — 78,186 ratings — published 2001
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6)
by (shelved 424 times as humour)
avg rating 4.19 — 68,401 ratings — published 1998
Red Russia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 418 times as humour)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,359 ratings — published 2017
The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
by (shelved 409 times as humour)
avg rating 4.30 — 121,295 ratings — published 2003
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (Paperback)
by (shelved 401 times as humour)
avg rating 4.22 — 182,845 ratings — published 2002
“I walked past Malison, up Lower Main to Main and across the road. I didn’t need to look to know he was behind me. I entered Royal Wood, went a short way along a path and waited. It was cool and dim beneath the trees. When Malison entered the Wood, I continued eastward.
I wanted to place his body in hallowed ground. He was born a Mearan. The least I could do was send him to Loric. The distance between us closed until he was on my heels. He chose to come, I told myself, as if that lessened the crime I planned. He chose what I have to offer.
We were almost to the cemetery before he asked where we were going. I answered with another question. “Do you like living in the High Lord’s kitchens?”
He, of course, replied, “No.”
“Well, we’re going to a better place.”
When we reached the edge of the Wood, I pushed aside a branch to see the Temple of Loric and Calec’s cottage. No smoke was coming from the chimney, and I assumed the old man was yet abed. His pony was grazing in the field of graves. The sun hid behind a bank of clouds.
Malison moved beside me. “It’s a graveyard.”
“Are you afraid of ghosts?” I asked.
“My father’s a ghost,” he whispered.
I asked if he wanted to learn how to throw a knife. He said, “Yes,” as I knew he would. He untucked his shirt, withdrew the knife he had stolen and gave it to me. It was a thick-bladed, single-edged knife, better suited for dicing celery than slitting a young throat. But it would serve my purpose. That I also knew. I’d spent all night projecting how the morning would unfold and, except for indulging in the tea, it had happened as I had imagined.
Damut kissed her son farewell. Malison followed me of his own free will. Without fear, he placed the instrument of his death into my hand. We were at the appointed place, at the appointed time. The stolen knife was warm from the heat of his body. I had only to use it. Yet I hesitated, and again prayed for Sythene to show me a different path.
“Aren’t you going to show me?” Malison prompted, as if to echo my prayer.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
I wanted to place his body in hallowed ground. He was born a Mearan. The least I could do was send him to Loric. The distance between us closed until he was on my heels. He chose to come, I told myself, as if that lessened the crime I planned. He chose what I have to offer.
We were almost to the cemetery before he asked where we were going. I answered with another question. “Do you like living in the High Lord’s kitchens?”
He, of course, replied, “No.”
“Well, we’re going to a better place.”
When we reached the edge of the Wood, I pushed aside a branch to see the Temple of Loric and Calec’s cottage. No smoke was coming from the chimney, and I assumed the old man was yet abed. His pony was grazing in the field of graves. The sun hid behind a bank of clouds.
Malison moved beside me. “It’s a graveyard.”
“Are you afraid of ghosts?” I asked.
“My father’s a ghost,” he whispered.
I asked if he wanted to learn how to throw a knife. He said, “Yes,” as I knew he would. He untucked his shirt, withdrew the knife he had stolen and gave it to me. It was a thick-bladed, single-edged knife, better suited for dicing celery than slitting a young throat. But it would serve my purpose. That I also knew. I’d spent all night projecting how the morning would unfold and, except for indulging in the tea, it had happened as I had imagined.
Damut kissed her son farewell. Malison followed me of his own free will. Without fear, he placed the instrument of his death into my hand. We were at the appointed place, at the appointed time. The stolen knife was warm from the heat of his body. I had only to use it. Yet I hesitated, and again prayed for Sythene to show me a different path.
“Aren’t you going to show me?” Malison prompted, as if to echo my prayer.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master












