Night Watch
British novelist, 1948–2015.
Night Watch is a 2002 novel by Terry Pratchett.
In fantasy
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- First published
- 2002
- Length
- 480 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Fantasy, Satire, Crime
- Series
- Book 29 of Discworld
Is Night Watch worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian) and The Big Read top 100 (BBC).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 48 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 73 | See the list |
Best edition of Night Watch
The edition we link to is the Corgi paperback (2014), 480 pages.
- Publisher
- Corgi (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN
- 9780552167666
How critics, prizes and readers rate Night Watch
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 11% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Night Watch
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