Reading order

Tiffany Aching reading order

Terry Pratchett

Volumes 30–38 of 41 in Discworld

  1. The Wee Free Men2003
  2. A Hat Full of Sky2004
  3. Wintersmith2006
  4. I Shall Wear Midnight2010
4 volumes
Volumes
2003–2010
Published
about 25 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

The Wee Free Men
Start withThe Wee Free Men2003 · Volume 1 of 4

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Publication order

4 volumes2003–2010Completed

  • Five novels follow Tiffany Aching, a farm girl from the Chalk who trains as a witch, from The Wee Free Men (2003) to The Shepherd's Crown (2015), Pratchett's last novel.
  • Written for younger readers and read by adults too; the Nac Mac Feegle, tiny blue fighting pictsies, steal most of the scenes they are in.

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 1,389 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.

51%

Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 11, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.

  1. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 3, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  2. Stage 26 h9 daysby December 11, 2026
  3. The end of the series
    December 11, 2026
In one goDecember 2, 2026about 5 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 11, 2026about 6 weeks · +5 h of other books

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Does the series hold up

Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2003 to 2010 · Best-rated volume: I Shall Wear Midnight

Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.3 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.

Best volume: I Shall Wear Midnight (8.5, 286 ratings). Weakest: Wintersmith (8.2). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.5) scores close to the series average or above it.

How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

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Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Tiffany Aching books ranked, best to worst

  1. 1.I Shall Wear MidnightBook 4 · 20108.5
  2. 2.A Hat Full of SkyBook 2 · 20048.4
  3. 2.The Wee Free MenBook 1 · 20038.4
  4. 4.WintersmithBook 3 · 20068.2
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Frequently asked questions

Which Tiffany Aching book is the best?

By reader score, I Shall Wear Midnight (8.5/10). The lowest-rated is Wintersmith (8.2/10).

Which Tiffany Aching book is the longest?

“Wintersmith” is the longest at 368 pages; the shortest is “The Wee Free Men” with 317 pages.

What should I read after Tiffany Aching?

Other series by Terry Pratchett: Bromeliad Trilogy, Discworld, Johnny Maxwell trilogy.

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