Has anyone here read any of the Terry Pratchett Discworld books? If so, which ones are your favorites, and why?

I've read all of them but the last 3. If you make a search in this forum you'll see similar topics about Pratchett have been made in the past. As I said back then, Pyramids stuck in my memory as one of the best. Possibly because it was one of the first I read, but I enjoyed it a lot. The final scenes in Sourcery also had me laughing so hard I thought I'd cough my throat out... BONSAI!!!

(You'll get it once you read the book.)

Anyway, it's impossible to pick a favourite Discworld book for me. There are so many really good ones.

They;re all good, especially the death ones, and the Sweeper ones. And Rincewind's ones. I like the Wizzard stuff.

Death and the Librarian are by far the best characters. Anyway, I loved Small Gods and the new one, Theif of Time. Crackers.

Mort and Reaperman were good as well.

There are three more books after Thief of Time out already. :p

Check http://www.sorcerers.net/Books/index_pratchett.htm

I read Small Gods several years ago and thought it was hilarious. Unfortunately, I was reading it during jury duty. The people with me in the waiting room must have thought I was nuts, laughing out loud like that. :D

I love Pratchett :D

My favourite characters are Vetinari and Sam Vimes, though. (And for a reason....) but I just love Death and the Librarian as well.

Is there anyone in existence who doesn't like them?

I've adored Pratchett since I was about 12. My favorite is Wyrd Sisters -- it's an enrichment book for students studying "Macbeth".
As for your question, Arabwel, it was hard for me to understand much of "The Color of Magic" when I was young because I didn't have the grounding / reading experience necessary to understand the allusions. So, people without such grounding in Fantasy and literature as a whole tend to think Pratchett is just weird instead of the comic genius he really is.

I was actually refering to the Librarian and Death spesifically, but I know what you mean. Heck, my old English teacher didn't like them and he moast definitely knew the gags. And he himself was weird as hell. *gets a nostalgic moment of a lost crush*

I have now only read the Light Fantastic and the Colour of Magic, but I will get the rest as well