TierMaker Discworld Community Tier List
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Obviously TierMaker isn’t the be all end all of community opinion, but I stumbled upon this tier list recently and found it strange. I have a handful of friends who have read some of the books, and they were surprised by some of the tierings too. Some trends I noticed:
- “Entry” books seem to be tiered high, and books occuring later in the Discworld timeline get tiered lower
- Tiffany Aching books are tiered very low
- I believe the earlier books are generally getting tiered higher than the later books, but I haven’t actually verified that.
I guess my biggest question is is the opinions of the community actually so diverse? Maybe many folks haven’t read all the books so it gets skewed like that? The site says it compiles 32 tier lists which sounds like a decent amount of data to me.
So that list seems to be designed to go as far against me as they could get away with lol
I generally think Discworld got better over time and that Tiffany Aching was some of his best writing. Sure it was less complicated and joke dense, but it was raw and powerful. It read like a man writing a role model for his daughter to be the sort of person he thought the world desperately needed more of. Someone thoughtful, intelligent, kind, and willing to do what needs done.
Also night watch is probably the fan favorite book. That or shepherds crown.
And I fucking loved the industrial revolution books and Susan Sto Helit, while mort was fine.
Just wanted to comment, cause this community is a bit quiet. But man, I really hate tier lists. Just enjoy what you enjoy.
Like, Unseen Academicals and The Last Hero are some of my favourites.
I haven’t read the Tiffany Aching books. Just cause I don’t read much YA stuff. Maybe one day… In many discworld groups people really seem to enjoy them. And I’ve heard they are great for younger readers too.
