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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 24
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tamal3 lemmy.world tamal3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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In an attempt to preserve my own sanity I’ve been reading the entire Discworld series since about October. Just finished Lords and Ladies, which I don’t think I read before and am now re-reading Mort for maybe the 5th or 6th time.

You are the expert I need.... I've read a few books from Discworld, but I'd like to read more Pratchett. Should I read Discworld in order, or is that only for super fans?

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artifex piefed.social artifex@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-10
#53 · Quote Reply

You are the expert I need.... I've read a few books from Discworld, but I'd like to read more Pratchett. Should I read Discworld in order, or is that only for super fans?

Most of the novels are made to stand-alone, though character and world lore grows. Of all the reading orders, I think this path is my favorite - you can decide if you want to go start-to-finish with a particular theme (e.g. all the Rincewind novels), or if you want to read them semi-chronologically (first few Rincewind, first few Witches, first few Watch, etc.). There's no wrong way to do it though :)

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IceSoup sopuli.xyz IceSoup@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-07-29
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I finished the three Dunk and Egg novels by G.R.R Martin. Overall I found them pretty good, but I was not as impressed as many other seem to be. Some nice little tales, but after re-reading A Game of Thrones recently I had kinda hoped for more. I did like the third book, The Myster Knight, a lot more though, so it did seem to ramp up a bit, and it is a shame he stopped writing them.

Currently finishing up Leviathan Wakes by James Corey (The Expanse #1). Great book, watched the show many years ago and really liked that too, but thankfully there is a lot of the plot I don't remember anymore.

Afterwards I'll continue reading the next Expanse book, or maybe continue my A song of ice and fire re-read with A Clash of Kings, not quite sure yet. I am not really a binger, prefer to spread them out a bit. Also wanted to check out the Mistborn series by Brandon Sandersson, but maybe I'll wait a bit before I start.

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RunJun lemmy.dbzer0.com RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-03-09
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I am reading Circe by Madeline Miller. I was never a big greek lore nerd but the author makes it easy to understand - really enjoying it so far!

I’m not Greek lore fan either and I really enjoyed Circe. One of my favorite books the year I read it.

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