Making Money is the new book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, which began with The Colour of Magic in 1983. The series started out as a fairly straightforward parody of the fantasy tradition (if stories set in a flat, disc-shaped world which sits on the back of four elephants who themselves stand on the back of a giant turtle can be called straightforward). Over the years, however, Discworld has grown to make fun of all kinds of literary and musical genres, political institutions, and human foibles. Pratchett's stories are laugh-out-loud funny, with no shortage of running jokes and one-liners. Along the way, readers will notice original ideas about serious issues, and come to care about an amazing variety of characters--including a very sympathetic Death, complete with the traditional black robe and scythe.

Newcomers to Discworld are often confused about which of the 40-odd books to start with, since they are divided into several sub-series and written for different ages. A Library customer suggested that we could help by posting a link to the Discworld Reading Order Guide. (PDF Reader required--guides in other formats and languages are also available.) We hope this post will not only help readers perplexed about the order of the books, but also introduce new readers to the wonders of Discworld.