Terry Pratchett

3 universes Last reviewed 2026-08-20

Terry Pratchett was an English author born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, who began his career as a trainee journalist with the Bucks Free Press in 1965, during which he wrote more than eighty children's stories under the pseudonym Uncle Jim, and released his first novel, The Carpet People, in 1971. He later worked as a press officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board before becoming a full-time novelist in 1987. He became best known for the Discworld series, 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and also co-wrote Good Omens (1990) with Neil Gaiman. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998 and was knighted in 2009 for services to literature, and received the Carnegie Medal in 2001 and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010, along with ten honorary doctorates. With over 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, he was the United Kingdom's best-selling author of the 1990s. Following his 2007 diagnosis with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he publicly advocated for Alzheimer's research funding and end-of-life choice issues. He died on March 12, 2015, at his home in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, from complications of posterior cortical atrophy, a form of the disease.

Universe(s)

Books

• The Colour of Magic (1983) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Light Fantastic (1986) · Discworld Core Canon
• Equal Rites (1987) · Discworld Core Canon
• Mort (1987) · Discworld Core Canon
• Sourcery (1988) · Discworld Core Canon
• Wyrd Sisters (1988) · Discworld Core Canon
• Guards! Guards! (1989) · Discworld Core Canon
• Pyramids (1989) · Discworld Core Canon
• Truckers (1989) · The Bromeliad Trilogy Core Canon
• Diggers (1990) · The Bromeliad Trilogy Core Canon
• Eric (1990) · Discworld Core Canon
• Good Omens (1990) · Good Omens Core Canon
• Moving Pictures (1990) · Discworld Core Canon
• Wings (1990) · The Bromeliad Trilogy Core Canon
• Reaper Man (1991) · Discworld Core Canon
• Witches Abroad (1991) · Discworld Core Canon
• Lords and Ladies (1992) · Discworld Core Canon
• Small Gods (1992) · Discworld Core Canon
• Troll Bridge (1992) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Men at Arms (1993) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (1993) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Theatre of Cruelty (1993) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Interesting Times (1994) · Discworld Core Canon
• Soul Music (1994) · Discworld Core Canon
• Maskerade (1995) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Discworld Mapp (1995) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Feet of Clay (1996) · Discworld Core Canon
• Hogfather (1996) · Discworld Core Canon
• Jingo (1997) · Discworld Core Canon
• Carpe Jugulum (1998) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Last Continent (1998) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Sea and Little Fishes (1998) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (1999) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• The Fifth Elephant (1999) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Science of Discworld (1999) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• The Truth (2000) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (2001) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Last Hero (2001) · Discworld Core Canon
• Thief of Time (2001) · Discworld Core Canon
• Death and What Comes Next (2002) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Night Watch (2002) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (2002) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Monstrous Regiment (2003) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Wee Free Men (2003) · Discworld Core Canon
• A Hat Full of Sky (2004) · Discworld Core Canon
• Going Postal (2004) · Discworld Core Canon
• A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices (2005) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (2005) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Thud! (2005) · Discworld Core Canon
• Wintersmith (2006) · Discworld Core Canon
• Making Money (2007) · Discworld Core Canon
• Unseen Academicals (2009) · Discworld Core Canon
• I Shall Wear Midnight (2010) · Discworld Core Canon
• Snuff (2011) · Discworld Core Canon
• A Blink of the Screen: Collected Short Fiction (2012) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• The World of Poo (2012) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion ... So Far (2012) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• Raising Steam (2013) · Discworld Core Canon
• The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (2013) · Discworld Expanded Canon
• The Shepherd's Crown (2015) · Discworld Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

These are separate, unrelated universes; the totals below are plain sums of already-published per-universe facts, never a blended or averaged score across them. See each universe's own figures above.

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 45 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 11 (8 won, 1 finalist mention, 2 nomination)

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