@enfa particularly love the quote at the end of the article.
I haven't yet brought myself to read #41 yet, as I can't quite get my head round never having another new Discworld to read for the first time. I hope new Discworld material can continue to flow into Roundworld.
When I first started reading, I started with individual books from my father's collection. Back then, I certainly liked the books but they didn't suck me in.
Years later, I remembered the discworld and thought I should read one or two of them again, so I went online and searched for what order people recommended reading them in. I settled on the chronological order. This time, the books absolutely sucked me in and I read nothing other than Discworld for two years. There is just something great about the gradual expanding of scope of the world and characters, seeing how the characters keep returning in one-another's stories.
If they're willing to try a few books, I would just start them off at the Colour of Magic.
However, if they want to commit to only one book, I would suggest one of the stand-alones to them and if they enjoyed that, then point them to CoM.
It's been a while since I last read the books but Thief of Time has always stood out to me as one of my favourites. To me it's a great introduction to the deeply ludicrous scenarios that Pratchett could write. I would recommend that one as a first stand-alone.
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