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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
The first novel you've suggested is the 8th novel, any reason why I should be skipping the previous 7?
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Yes, the Discworld series is made up by stand-alone books and books that can be regarded as part of a series inside the Discworld series. In a way, Discworld is a setting and the different books follow different characters. The books I mentioned are the ones that follow the stories about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch.
There are other such "sub-series" as well within the Discworld series, such as the books about the wizard Rincewind (starts with the first book, The Color of Magic), the book about the Ramtop Witches, books about Tiffany Aching, Susan Sto Helit or Moist Von Lipwig.
The events that take place in one such book follow over into the other, but it's generally safe to start with the first book in its own sub-series. For example, there's nothing wrong with starting by reading Going Postal, the first book about Moist von Lipwig, even though it's technically DW book nr. 33.