Terry Pratchett Books

Mort started, as most of us do, in confusion. He had no special talent, no calling, and certainly no bright prospects. His father, Lezek, took him to a hiring fair hoping someone—anyone—would find something useful for the boy to do. But when the stalls closed and the merchants packed up, only the co...

From Mort

Within Death’s home, Mort discovers other truths. There is Ysabell, Death’s adopted daughter, locked in the curiosity of eternal adolescence, between resentment and affection. There is Albert, the ancient, cantankerous servant whose true identity as a powerful wizard remains hidden until much later....

From Mort

When I began designing the Discworld, I wanted a cosmos that felt simultaneously mythic and ridiculous, where grand concepts could be poked with a stick just to see what would happen. The Discworld rests upon four elephants that in turn stand on the shell of the great turtle Great A’Tuin, who swims ...

From The Color of Magic

Rincewind is not your traditional hero. Expelled from Unseen University for knowing just one powerful spell he dare not use, he represents the everyman trapped in a world that demands expertise he simply doesn’t have. When Twoflower arrives—the Disc’s first tourist from the distant Agatean Empire—Ri...

From The Color of Magic

It began, as revolutions often do, by accident. William de Worde was a man of modest habits and genteel background, earning a tidy living by handwriting a small newsletter for a handful of noble clients. He thought of himself as efficient, not visionary—an observer who copied the world, not one who ...

From The Truth

What, after all, is truth? In Ankh-Morpork, a city that thrives on rumor and survival, truth is rarely pure and never simple. As *The Times* gathers momentum, its pages begin to challenge the delicate balance of lies that keeps the city functioning. William, joined by Sacharissa Cripslock—a sharp, a...

From The Truth