There’s a very good Pratchett book (Carpe Jugulum) built on the premise that old-school vampires do indeed always leave convenient stuff a vampire killer would need. Like easily torn curtains, furniture that can be arranged in a cross shape, etc.
With, on the contrary, a “modern” vampire dad rejecting all of it and trying to make his family adventurer-proof.
It’s a bit hard for me to evaluate how it would be to read that one as an entry point into Discworld, because, yeah, I pretty much read them all… All books have a theme and tell a whole story (except the very first two that are really one storyline), and they tend to quickly reintroduce everyone when needed. It might be okay to dive in at that point and beside a little weirdness, it shouldn’t be too confusing… Maybe.
But I don’t think you would need to read them all sequentially, in any case. Discworld stories typically follow different groups of characters. Just reading a few of the related stories might help familiarizing with the recurring characters in this one. In this specific case, this is pretty much a Witches story with no connection to anyone else. If you wanted an introduction to both these characters and the world, Wyrd Sisters is a good one.
That site sums it up rather well, you can see the Witches sub-series is 6 books (and Equal Rites doesn’t matter much IMO) :
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There’s a very good Pratchett book (Carpe Jugulum) built on the premise that old-school vampires do indeed always leave convenient stuff a vampire killer would need. Like easily torn curtains, furniture that can be arranged in a cross shape, etc.
With, on the contrary, a “modern” vampire dad rejecting all of it and trying to make his family adventurer-proof.
I see this is part of a series (#23 in fact); do I need to read the first 22 books or can I just jump in at this one?
It’s a bit hard for me to evaluate how it would be to read that one as an entry point into Discworld, because, yeah, I pretty much read them all… All books have a theme and tell a whole story (except the very first two that are really one storyline), and they tend to quickly reintroduce everyone when needed. It might be okay to dive in at that point and beside a little weirdness, it shouldn’t be too confusing… Maybe.
But I don’t think you would need to read them all sequentially, in any case. Discworld stories typically follow different groups of characters. Just reading a few of the related stories might help familiarizing with the recurring characters in this one. In this specific case, this is pretty much a Witches story with no connection to anyone else. If you wanted an introduction to both these characters and the world, Wyrd Sisters is a good one.
That site sums it up rather well, you can see the Witches sub-series is 6 books (and Equal Rites doesn’t matter much IMO) :
https://www.discworldemporium.com/reading-order/
Thank you. I will add them to my reading list. 🧛♂️