Guards! Guards!
Standard NovelDiscworld #8•Published 1989
Captain Sam Vimes and the Night Watch face a dragon summoned by a secret society.
Story arcs: Ankh-Morpork City Watch
Where Guards! Guards! falls in the reading order
Guards! Guards! is the 8th book in the mainline Discworld series of 41, published in 1989. Within its storyline it is the 2nd of 11 Ankh-Morpork City Watch books. It has no required predecessors, so it works as a starting point if you want to jump straight in here.
Reading status:
⬅️ Read Before
Optional / Indirect
➡️ Read After
Direct
Guards! Guards!: reading-order questions
- Where does Guards! Guards! fall in the Discworld reading order?
- Guards! Guards! is the 8th of the 41 mainline Discworld novels, first published in 1989.
- Do I need to read anything before Guards! Guards!?
- No — Guards! Guards! has no required predecessors, so you can start here without having read the earlier books.
- What should I read after Guards! Guards!?
- The next book in this storyline is Men at Arms.
- Is Guards! Guards! a good place to start Discworld?
- Yes — with no prerequisites, Guards! Guards! is a viable entry point into its storyline.
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— Terry Pratchett
— Terry Pratchett