Before his untimely death in 2015, Terry Pratchett had written over 70 books spanning novels, non-fiction, and collaborative works - selling upwards of 100 million copies in 43 languages.
He’s perhaps best known for 41 Discworld comic fantasy novels, the first of which was published in 1983, that display a dazzling talent for world-building and a wicked sense of humour.
Pratchettt also wrote the novel Good Omens alongside Neil Gaiman, which was recently turned into a popular television series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
For most of his life Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year so, with so many to choose from, it’s hard for a Pratchett beginner to know where to begin.
To help out, we’ve had a look at how the millions of readers of book website Goodreads have rated his books.
Here are the top 13.
13. The Wee Free Men
Published in 2003, The Wee Free Men is the 30th Discworld novel and the first in the Tiffany Aching series. It scores an average rating of 4.29 from 112,582 reviews. "A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality. Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle – aka the Wee Free Men – a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men. Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself..." | Contributed