The titles are:
“Reaper Man”, “Small Gods”, “Wyrd Sisters”, “Moving Pictures”

Went to an adorable book shop and found these guys. I haven’t read Pratchett yet but I feel it’ll be right up my alley

I’m pretty sure I see “Small Gods” and “Wyrd Sisters” recommended a lot and I know you can’t really go wrong, but of these which would you recommend the most? Since this is what I have I’ll read them all eventually

Regardless I’m excited to have gotten physical copies because my library has long wait lists for his books

Edit: Thanks for all of the discussion! This post brought me a lot of positive on an otherwise rough day. I’ve decided to start with “Small Gods”

I just want to say again thank you to everyone who responded to me or to someone else. It’s been a joy hearing what each person has to contribute to the conversation

Even if they fall flat (which I highly doubt) all of your enthusiasm came through and that really in itself means so much. It was truly touching

  • lime!@feddit.nu
    5·
    3 months ago

    he took a while to find his footing. going back to the early works after reading the later ones you can appreciate the roots of the tone he eventually settled into. if you’re interested in giving it a second go (and i completely get it if not) i’d recommend trying one of the later ones rather than going in release order. i have a real soft spot for small gods, personally, and it’s basically completely standalone. same goes for monstrous regiment.

    • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      3 months ago

      I appreciate people in this community not just blasting me for daring to have a different opinion xD

      I did try and read in release order, as I generally try to do for books, maybe I will five those two you mentioned a try because on the face of it it is a setting and an idea that I should like. I just couldn’t get into it before.

      • Eq0@literature.cafe
        2·
        2 months ago

        I friking love Pratchett. But he has very much his own style. As the other commenter, I would gently nudge you towards later books if you want to try, but it’s fine to like different things.

        Unrelated: the only reason why I didn’t start in publication order is because as a teen I read them translated and they had only translated the night watch series at the time. So there I went. I still have a soft spot for those books ^^

        • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          1·
          2 months ago

          When I have a space in my reading to fit one in I am going to try out one of the books the previous person replied suggesting to me to see if I like them a bit more.

          I’m going to go in with an open mind but I have a rather large back log as well as being very into a long series at the moment so I don’t think I will get to them for a while :)

          • Eq0@literature.cafe
            2·
            2 months ago

            No book is running away ;)

            I do very poorly with backlogs. I end up impulse buying and/or borrowing a “fresh” book and postpone the whole pile for a while

            • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              2·
              2 months ago

              I keep acquiring more because I think I want a break from the series I’m deep into but then I start something new and realise I don’t want a break at all xD

              I burn through many many hours in a week though so a time will come when I can slot one in, it isn’t like they are super long books, at least the first few of Discworld weren’t.

              I think most hobbies have a backlog in some way, shape or form xD

      • lime!@feddit.nu
        2·
        3 months ago

        i just want people to enjoy things, personally. criticizing people’s tastes is unproductive.