Terry Pratchett for beginners

[maxwellsmart]

Havent read any but seen lots in the book stores and would like to dip into one ...can anyone recommend one suitable as a stand alone story and a good introduction to his work....thanks.

[Wraith]

The Colour Of Magic was the first Discworld novel and can be bought relatively cheap from charity shops.

[Patch49]

Guards!Guards! is the introduction to the Watch characters and is great fun

[j2buttonsw]

I hate him with avengence yet have read all his books and will probably read all his future work. I think Mort is his best book. The first Discworld books are rough round the edges but by the time he got to Mort he had polished up his writing style.

[woofgang]

the one that hooked me was equal rites, but they are all good. The earlier ones are simpler and rougher, the later ones more polished and thought provoking. I thought that "totally postal" and "monstrous regiment" were different again and excellent. All of them are full of different ideas and thoughts

[Carlos26]

A cracking author, very witty and dry.  The first book I got was a trilogy of books called The WItches. Found myself laughing out loud on the train.  Well worth it.