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Ankh-Morpork City Watch books in order

Terry Pratchett

Ankh-Morpork City Watch is a series of 11 books by Terry Pratchett: 3,328 pages in the 9 with a known length, about 61 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

11
books
3,328
pages in 9 of them
61 hours
to read those 9
123 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 Guards! Guards! 1989 6.9 h
1.5 Theatre of Cruelty 1993 length not known
3 Men at Arms 1993 6.7 h 4 Feet of Clay 1996 7.0 h 5 Jingo 1997 7.6 h 6 The Fifth Elephant 1999 7.5 h 7 Night Watch 2002 7.3 h 8 Thud! 2005 7.3 h
Where's My Cow? 2005 length not known
9 Snuff 2011 8.5 h The World of Poo 2012 2.3 h

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. 1

    Guards! Guards! 1989 6.9 h

    Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came.

  2. 1.5

    Theatre of Cruelty 1993 length not known

  3. 3

    Men at Arms 1993 6.7 h

  4. 4

    Feet of Clay 1996 7.0 h

    Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, and the rest of the Night Watch as they attempt…

  5. 5

    Jingo 1997 7.6 h

    It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea -- just a few square miles of silt and some old ruins.

  6. 6

    The Fifth Elephant 1999 7.5 h

    Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants.

  7. 7

    Night Watch 2002 7.3 h

    One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork.

  8. 8

    Thud! 2005 7.3 h

    Koom Valley?

  9. Where's My Cow? 2005 length not known

  10. 9

    Snuff 2011 8.5 h

    Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork's City Watch is talked by Lord Vetinari into a family holiday at the Ramkins' country estate.

  11. The World of Poo 2012 2.3 h

    Staying with his grandmother in Ankh-Morpork, Geoffrey collects specimens for the world's first museum of poo.

How much is left

After book 1, Guards! Guards! about 54 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 1.5, Theatre of Cruelty about 54 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 3, Men at Arms about 47 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 4, Feet of Clay about 40 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 5, Jingo about 33 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 6, The Fifth Elephant about 25 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 7, Night Watch about 18 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 8, Thud! about 11 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Where's My Cow? about 11 hours left
After book 9, Snuff about 2 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 61 hours 1 minute

9 of 11 books, 3,328 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

123 days (about 18 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.