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Love Pratchett and the Discworld novels. Really enjoyed this video, thanks.

Love a Discworld reread! I've been slowly making my way through the whole series so it'll be a while until I do a reread but I'm excited for it!

The Princess Diarist was where my journey with memoir started and I remember loving it - Carrie Fisher passed away not long after I finished reading it (maybe only a day or so now I come to think about it) and I remember feeling so sad and connected to her in a way I never had before x

18:23 - 😂😂😂 I have been calling him Brother Bertha for years! 🙈

16:27 - My first guess is Small Gods, 2nd The Truth, and any of Feet of Clay/ Jingo/ Thud for exploration of racisim and human worth

15:14 - i love Pratchett! 😂 What a mic drop moment 👏👏👏💜📚

I have heard good things about dim sum palace and it sounds very cute! I want to read that one and might check if my library has it. Everyone seems to love whisperwicks this year and so I added it to my tbr wishlist because I want to be reading the brilliant middle grade. Brilliant to see strong female character on your list as I have that one waiting for me on my shelf and I am really looking forward to diving into it. Same goes for how to say babylon -- one more waiting for me on my shelf! My sister loved that one in particular too. I've read the first 4 books in the saga series and really enjoyed it too. I need to continue them. Ooh I have never read anything by joe abercrombie before but that needs to change. I love that you all read cloud cuckoo land in the end <3 that is such a lovely thing to do.

I'm still saving the Discworld books for future me. Thanks for the lovely video!

Hah! Tom Paulin! I remember the programme being aired and had an immediate horrified fascination with this obnoxious and self satisfied creature. I think it was the way in which he deliberately slouched down so as to rest his elbow on the arm of his chair and stroke his chin in imitation of the pose made famous by overly enthusiastic 19 year old pseudo intellectuals nursing half a lager and black all night while expounding second hand platitudes to anybody unfortunate enough to be in earshot. A traditional fixture in student bars across the land, they're almost as ubiquitous as the guy borrowing 10p's from multiple targets "for my bus fare home" only to be seen immediately afterwards with a fresh pint. As critics like Tom Paulin are viewed in authorial circles, students usually chalk such people down as an occupational hazard; best avoided but part of the scenery and really quite a laugh so long as they're happening to somebody else.

I simply love all of Terry Pratchett's work. As far as I'm concerned, each and every one of his books could be declared a classic, and I wouldn't blink an eye! He was just that good. I certainly treasure and re-read each book. Thank you for your video.

I suspect it couldn't have happened in his lifetime, they wanted him safely dead and not (metaphorically) pulling any too-weird-for-them rabbits out of the hat after they'd put him in their line up before they did it. Thanks for this though, it was a lovely overview and the news had passed me by somehow. It also brought back great memories of Discworld, knowing someone who helped organise the convention when he was alive and I was a bookcrosser, calling one of my cats Luggage, Late Review and Tom Paulin, a man who was often so very, very wrong but gleefully, enthusiastically, exasperatingly so... I still can't grasp how quickly ten years has passed. Time to revisit the books for sure. 🦧

Oh Jack !!! How have I missed this ?? Just found a hidden tab of notifications on my gmail and there are so many mentions I have missed. So sorry about that 🙄 I love Stanley Tucci and his memoir is brilliant, it's in one of my summer reading videos I think from the summer of 2023, so you're spot on with this recommendation 😁 thank you !!! 🥰

Great, great video. Love finding other Discworld lovers. I’ve done the same as you and put off reading the last few books since we lost Pratchett. I’m gradually working my way up to them by rereading the whole series. You’ve also picked the exact books to add to modern classic line up that I would have. Perfect. No notes.

I took years to read the last two as well 😢 Night Watch is awesome! I am glad he finally got on the list (although he would have laughed up his sleeve about it) Going Postal, Small Gods, and Monstrous Regiment are all good picks… but Hogfather (one of my favorites) I think doesn’t stand alone… you need backstory for Susan to really enter into the story and understand more about the fabulous romp it takes you on.

You have made me want to read Pratchett's novels so much, I think I'm going to start a new reading project! I've only read the first volume of Discworld (in French). I think it's better to read it in English. I plan to watch your video on how to start the Discworld series. Thank you for this video full of love and enthusiasm!😊💙

I love all the books I read from Terry Pratchett and 100 % thank you and your enthusiasm of him for that. This was a wonderful video. How cool that Penguin are making one of his books a classic. Like you said hopefully they will choose more and hopefully one of the ones yo chose 😉

Brilliant video, I’m so glad @booksimnotreading recommended it. I’m a huge Pratchett fan too (as you might guess from my channel name!), and I totally agree with your picks for future Penguin Classics. And I also can’t bring myself to read The Shepherd’s Crown yet. When I finished Raising Steam, I ended up starting the whole Discworld series again from the beginning (filling in some gaps along the way), to delay reading the last book!

Oh god, I remember that Jonathan Jones article. I think he briefly became the most hated man in all of geekdom.

3:13 😂😂😂 yes, i did enjoy that in the title 💜📚

Amazing job. Will try out a few of these. Thanks!

I only use Goodreads to count my books, yearly, 'bout it ... I rarely interact. 🖋

This was fascinating. Another Booktuber (A Genteel Black Hole) recommended Wyrd Sisters, so I ordered it and it will be my first Disc World novel. Thanks for this really interesting discussion! 💛

On GR site you just have to click My Books, then Stats in the top right corner then you can see breakdowns by year, an click on any years bar to see the individual books grouped under it.

Love discworld. I have read them all, it took me a while to bring myself to read the shepherd crown so I completely understand where you're coming from for it. Similarly as I've read more of them and gotten old the city watch books hold more appeal. The ones I would say should maybe also be considered for your list would be snuff (traumatizingly sad), and thud. Although I do love and agree with all the ones you've picked. I think the moist Von lipwig ones are wonderful.

Your putting off reading the last Pratchett book because of the emotional energy required is so relatable. I have been reading Poirot books since 1978 and have yet to read Curtain, the last in the series. I don't think my poor heart can take it. I still need to finish Discworld, as well. I have been rereading a lot lately, though, and am currently working my way through the Witches books again.

I haven't read any for ages, anything featuring Death!

I actually bought The Colour of Magic because of your recommendations of TP's work. I hope that is the best place to start?

And I'm so sorry for your loss. Alice was so lovely and had such cracker book recommendations! I liked The Book Thief by Doerr, so will need to pick up Cloud Cuckoo Land too now!

I have a different Strong Female Character nonfiction on my list, but still need to read Brady's one too! How to Say Babylon was so good, I found it so difficult to read it due to the subject matter, but like you said the audio was great! I still need to read Katie's second book!

Great video Jack 😊 Now i really want beans on toast 😂

Is it funny ?

N.K. Jemisin has rapidly become my new favorite author. I loved Fifth Season and then picked up The City We Became and was again awestruck. Her stories are so unique and well written.

I left goodreads before i left instagram 😂 I read Bookworm too, made me think that i wished i had started recording my reading choices from a long time ago ie, childhood and beyond. Oh no, i have Lancelot on my wish list, i know there are a further 2 books but not sure if they are a continuance.

What a lovely idea and a nice way to look at books we own in a different way.

Fascinating to look back like this. Oh dear me yes The Unbearable Lightness of Bonking. I swapped from Goodreads to Storygraph a year ago but haven’t transferred my data because I thought the task would be chaotic or overwhelming as I know I have loads in Goodreads without dates attached. But if it generates a spreadsheet I can work through gradually perhaps it is doable.

I too left good reads for StoryGraph but don’t do much beyond log each month the books read- no ratings entered etc. I have Assassins apprentice on my fantasy TBR right after the fall of numenor that I am reading now- so it’s almost top of cue.

I never tried Goodreads. I started on StoryGraph a little less than 3 years ago when I saw a booktuber do a video that they sponsored. As a number's person, I love all their charts and graphs. Last year I joined some Fable book clubs. Fable has some book tracking, so I record my reading on Fable too. I loved both Station Eleven and The Power

This was a great idea for a video - although I personally thought it was a shame you were leaving Goodreads, as I'm staying on it hahaha - I created a Storygraph account but I've been ignoring it since making it....too many apps, too many social media sites....but anyway! - Shame they released Go Set a Watchman if she didn't intend to release it. I'll be trying Hobb for the first time - finally! You'll love the rest of the Wayfarers series.

To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favourite books, and one of the books that got me into reading. I have never read Go Set A Watchmen, and I don't think I will by the sounds of it 😆Liveship Traders are my favourite Hobb books. I thought The Three Body Problem was rubbish, I can't understand the hype. Have you read Bernard Cornwell's Arthur books? They are my favourites, I read Lancelot but I don't remember it.

Thank you for the great recommendations. Some of the titles I've seen around, but I've never heard anyone talk about (The Psychopath Test) and I will add to my pop. The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a mystery to me. I've tried to read it decades ago. and I just couldn't. I recently saw Sandy of Miss Reads a Lot talk about it in a video and she didn't like it. And you say it's terrible. So I wonder why it is on all these 'read before you die' lists. I have both Goodreads and Storygraph. They both have different stats which I like. I love the Storygraph, but what I miss is the opportunity to connect with people to discuss a book when you see they are reading it. I miss the possibility to interact. Have a good weekend. :)

You know I loved long way to a small angry planet. I think you will enjoy the rest of the series. I definitely prefer StoryGraph 😊

Natives was a great book I agree. I DNF’ed The Lightness of Being I just couldn’t get along with it AT ALL. It was fun seeing about your pre Booktube reading 📚❤️

I enjoy Arthurian stories too! Have you tried the Mary Stewart ones? They're goodies!

Did you like flowers for Algernon? I did not.

I have it..❤❤

Go Set a Watchman--what a disaster! I do not believe that Harper Lee ever intended for that book to be released. Just horrible. You are the second person I've heard talk about Robin Hobb this week. I haven't read nearly enough fantasy, I think. It was really interesting to hear about your most and least favorites over the years, Jack.

Luckily I heard about Go Set before I picked it up. Dodged a bullet there! 😅 I added a couple of these to my long list! 🤗

Ooo I’ve been er read Elizabeth Gaskell and you make me push her up the tbr list. Really enjoyed this ❤

I don’t think GR set up the official reading challenge until 2012. That was probably due to Amazon’s attention, since it was acquired a year later. I joined GR in 2009 and they only recently added those cheap reading challenges to help bolster popular book sales 😑

Hi Jack, on the Goodreads app if you go to the year in books page, in the top left hand corner there is the option to scroll back to previous years.