Characters
The Discworld novels feature many wonderful characters, but some are particularly famous and popular, especially Rincewind the wizard, the Witches, the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, Moist von Lipwig and, of course, Death. Listed below are the books to date in which these characters star.
Featuring Rincewind the Wizard
The Colour of Magic - Introducing Discworld through the eyes of its first tourist.
The Light Fantastic - Only a singularly hapless wizard can save Discworld from destruction.
Sourcery - Can Rincewind prevent the death of all wizardry?
Eric - The disc’s only demonology hacker calls up a demon.
Interesting Times - Workers of Discworld unite.
The Last Continent - Only a hero can prevent a parched country from dying.
Featuring The Witches
Equal Rites- Meet Discworld’s first female wizard.
Wyrd Sisters - Three witches on a lonely heath decide to right the wrongs of a bloody Discworld kingdom.
Witches Abroad - A fairy godmother has to ensure that a servant girl doesn’t marry a prince.
Lords and Ladies - It’s Midsummer Night, and the fairies are back.
Carpe Jugulum - Mightily Oats gets caught up in a war between vampires and witches.
Featuring The Ankh-Morpork City Watch
Guards! Guards! - Imposing Law and Order in Ankh Morpork.
Men at Arms - The City Watch have only twenty-four hours to clean up the streets of Ankh-Morpork.
Feet of Clay - Commander Vimes of the Watch must find out whodunnit, howdunnit, and what they dun.
Jingo - Discworld goes to war.
The Fifth Elephant - Dwarfs, diplomacy, intrigue and big lumps of fat.
Night Watch -Commander Vimes is cast back in time.
Thud! - An ancient feud between dwarves and trolls threatens to erupt again.
Featuring Moist von Lipwig
Going Postal - A conman tries to revive Ankh Morpork’s ailing postal service.
Making Money - Discworld’s financial system is shown to be almost as idiotic as our own.
Featuring Death
Mort - Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.
Reaper Man - Death takes a break from the job.
Soul Music - A music-loving teenager whose Grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe.
Hogfather - ‘Tis the night before Hogwatch: a festive feast of darkness, Death and tinsel.