As the title says, I’m reaching the milestone of reading 150 books and I’d love you all to help me choose my 150th book to read!
I’m not bound to a particular genre though romantasy, heavy horror or romance books are not my preferred genres to read. Everything else works! My favorite genres are thrillers, sci-fi, adventures, detective mysteries though I can read pretty much everything except the three genres I mentioned above. So you can recommend a wide range of books.
The book that gets the most upvotes will be my next pick! If I already read that one, it will be the next most upvoted one and so on. If your book suggestion got few upvotes, worry not! I have a plan for it too. I’ll gather all the options that got fewer upvotes into a list and randomly choose a book from it as my next read.
I think 3 days is enough to let everyone make their suggestions, so that’s when I’ll pick the book!
“Guards! Guards!” by Terry Pratchett. It’s a good starting point to the wonderful Discworld series. And after that you have 40 other books in the series to enjoy.
Here’s a nice chart of how all the books relate:
Loved this one! I’ve read it first because it was recommended as a good standalone book. I tried reading Color Of Magic after it because I wanted to start in order but didn’t enjoy it that much at the timr. I still want to read more of the Discworld but not sure how to proceed yet.
The Discworld is a weird series in that regard… It doesn’t really make sense for a new person to read it in release order… unless you really want to explore how Terry Pratchett evolved as an author over his career. Even Terry Pratchett himself doesn’t recommend that people start with The Colour of Magic…
The odd thing is that the “Discworld series” is more of a “universe” than a series, and it then consists of several sub-series. In the chart in my previous comment, you can better see the actual series.
“Guards! Guards!” is the first book in the “Watch” series, a series about the city watch of Ankh-Morpork. The actual sequel would be “Men at Arms”, and then “Feet of Clay” and so on. These books continue following the Watch, and Vimes, and still has a bit of the “detective novel” vibe.
I myself started reading from “Colour of Magic” (The first of the “Rincewind” series), and I liked it quite a lot, but I’m fairly certain that the reason I found it funny and interesting was due to me playing a lot of pen-and-paper role playing games as a wizard, and having a lot more experience with all of the tropes and themes of old-school fantasy. If I didn’t have that background, I’m fairly certain I would have bounced-off, hard…
Thank you for explaining! Tbh I wanted to start with Color Of Magic and go in the exact order because I was afraid of missing out some important detail or some connection. It’s good to know you can go with sub-series apart.
It’s not that I didn’t like Color Of Magic, it was still good just not as entertaining as Guards Guards. Guards Guards had everything I wanted, interesting plot, good developed characters, mysteries, good humour. I think this is the first book I’ve read that’s suitable for my type of humour.
I remember watching the Color Of Magic movie when I was little and liking it, I don’t remember its plot so I wanted to read the book as well. Still debating whether to give it a new try or go with the next guards book. I’m also very interested in the witches sub-series! There are really so many to choose from…
If I were you, I would really continue with the Watch series, it has some great characters and storylines, and it will make you fall in love with the Discworld universe.
Once you have either read all the watch books, or feel like you need something different, then I would probably try out the Witches series. (or possibly the “Death” series, eventhough the first book “Mort” is a bit rough.
And only then would I circle back and take on the Rincewind series. The Rincewind series starts out rather rough, compared to most of the other books (but they were also the first), and there’s a number of details and characters that are not consistent with the rest of the books as Terry Pratchett was still figuring things out at that point, and while the Rincewind series becomes very very enjoyable as it develops, I will say that the first two books are a bit harder to get into than the rest of the Discworld series.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s the best book I’ve ever read. I’m not counting, but I’ve read a lot of books. Douglas Adams’ style is just 😙🤌
Infinite jest - David foster Wallace
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.
A cross between mystery and philosophy
Phistery.
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
I’m impressed you somehow managed to keep count of all the books you’ve read.
Anyway, I suggest Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
Yep! Fortunately I’ve been keeping a little notebook since I started reading to list the books I’ve read. Goodreads or storygraph also help to track the books.
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)
Since OP has already read “Guards! Guards!” by Terry Pratchett, I instead want to recommend
“Men at Arms” by Terry Pratchett, the direct sequel to “Guards! Guards!”.
And again, as it’s so handy to find your way around the Discworld, this chart shows how the books relate to each other.
Little, Big by John Crowley - a book I would never be without!
Flowers for Algernon.
I’ve read this one. It’s an amazing book but so heartbreaking…
Use of Weapons by Ian M Banks.
The starless sea. Half of it is a bunch of fantastical short stories. The other half the adventures of a person that found these stories.
Pattern recognition by Gibson
Fiction The Expanse series (starts with leviathan wakes) BY James S A Corey
Non Fiction Dragnet Nation by Julia Angwin
I’ve read Leviathan Wakes. Although I liked it, I decided not to continue with the series because I stubmled across spoilers (ik should have been more cautious) and found out some of my favorite characters die :(
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