My Dad's favourite author is Terry Pratchett but he's read all his books multiple times. He especially liked Discworld and I'm trying to find similar books to suggest to him, not required to be fantasy.
They’re mostly children’s books but you should check out Diana Wynne Jones. She shaped whole generations of British authors with her whimsical style.
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The Long Earth series by Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Kind of a sci-fi story but with fantasy elements.
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My dad (passed in 2023) and I also loved Terry. For a similar sense of humour the closest I can think is Douglas Adams’ hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy series. Dad also enjoyed Ursula k le guin and I am currently reading the wizard of earth sea collection that picked up from his house, they are great.
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Also a big Pratchett fan and a Dad here. I second Douglas Adam’s. Also Robert Rankin will scratch that irreverent comedy itch. The Brentford trilogy is really good.
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Can we assume he’s read the *Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* books by Douglas Adams? Otherwise, start there.
He might like the humorous fantasy of Tom Holt. The wiki will tell you what order to read them in:
Pratchett was certainly influenced by the humour of P.G. Wodehouse. Try literally any of Wodehouse’s books with the name “Jeeves” or “Wooster” or both in the title. They can be read in any order and Wodehouse is fantastic about filling you in on the “previously” without turning it into dull exposition.
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Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater
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He might like Jasper Fforde.
angelic_creation on
books and authors approved by my own Discworld obsessed dad
– Lois McMaster Bujold (fantasy: Penric and Desdemona; scifi: Vorkosigan Saga – he often says she’s like science fiction Pratchett)
– Adrian Tchaikovsky (City of Last Chances series, his fantasy books in general)
– Robert Jackson Bennett (The Tainted Cup)
– China Miéville (Kraken, Railsea… more serious though)
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Out of left field: Rex Stout
poralialia on
Jasper Fforde writes fantasy similar to Pratchett
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Try some Yahtzee Croshaw: maybe *Differently Morphous* to start. He’s one of the few writers with the same kind of seemingly effortless clever prose that Pratchett or Wodehouse managed.
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Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Piers Anthony’s Xanth series
They’re mostly children’s books but you should check out Diana Wynne Jones. She shaped whole generations of British authors with her whimsical style.
The Long Earth series by Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Kind of a sci-fi story but with fantasy elements.
My dad (passed in 2023) and I also loved Terry. For a similar sense of humour the closest I can think is Douglas Adams’ hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy series. Dad also enjoyed Ursula k le guin and I am currently reading the wizard of earth sea collection that picked up from his house, they are great.
Also a big Pratchett fan and a Dad here. I second Douglas Adam’s. Also Robert Rankin will scratch that irreverent comedy itch. The Brentford trilogy is really good.
Can we assume he’s read the *Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* books by Douglas Adams? Otherwise, start there.
He might like the humorous fantasy of Tom Holt. The wiki will tell you what order to read them in:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Holt#Humorous_fantasy
Pratchett was certainly influenced by the humour of P.G. Wodehouse. Try literally any of Wodehouse’s books with the name “Jeeves” or “Wooster” or both in the title. They can be read in any order and Wodehouse is fantastic about filling you in on the “previously” without turning it into dull exposition.
Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater
He might like Jasper Fforde.
books and authors approved by my own Discworld obsessed dad
– Lois McMaster Bujold (fantasy: Penric and Desdemona; scifi: Vorkosigan Saga – he often says she’s like science fiction Pratchett)
– Adrian Tchaikovsky (City of Last Chances series, his fantasy books in general)
– Robert Jackson Bennett (The Tainted Cup)
– China Miéville (Kraken, Railsea… more serious though)
Out of left field: Rex Stout
Jasper Fforde writes fantasy similar to Pratchett
Try some Yahtzee Croshaw: maybe *Differently Morphous* to start. He’s one of the few writers with the same kind of seemingly effortless clever prose that Pratchett or Wodehouse managed.