10 Best Terry Pratchett Books

10. Raising Steam

Published in 2013, Raising Steam was the 40th and penultimate book of the Discworld series, followed only by The Shepherd's Crown, which was released posthumously by Pratchett's publishers in 2015.

In these near 500 pages of brilliance, the story unfolds of the Discworld's first locomotion steam engine, invented by the brilliantly talented and brand new character to the series, Dick Simnel. Although the concept and idea of locomotives in the Discworld had been hinted at in Death's Domain, Raising Steam is the first and only Discworld book to feature them as a main plot focus. With help from high ranking officials in the city of Ankh-Morpork such as Moist von Lipwig and Harry King, train tracks are gradually laid across the world, but the innovators encounter resistance in the process.

Including fantastic lines and quotes such as 'a coachman of the thunderbolts', this is truly an exceptional book which proves that, even in his twilight years, Terry Pratchett was an eternally talented writer who never lost his wide-eyed, imaginative spark.