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Terry Pratchett · 1983 · UK · fantasy
Book 1 of 41 in Discworld
★ 3.99 Goodreads · 434,683 ratings

A naive tourist and a failed wizard stumble through the Discworld's most dangerous landmarks on the back of a sentient luggage chest.

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12 books for readers of The Color of Magic

Assistant to the Villain

Hannah Nicole Maehrer · 2023 · US 94% match ★ 3.89 Hardcover · 572 ratings
Book 1 of 4 in Assistant to the Villain
shares: parody, secondary world, comic, comic fantasy · hopeful, funny

Evie Sage needs a job to support her family, so when she lands a position as assistant to the Villain, the kingdom of Rennedawn's most feared man, she tries to treat it like any office job, despite the dungeons and her very attractive boss.

Good Omens

Neil Gaiman · 1990 · UK 94% match ★ 4.25 Goodreads · 849,774 ratings
shares: buddy, comic, satirical, comic fantasy · funny, exterior

An angel and a demon who've grown rather fond of Earth conspire to prevent the Apocalypse, in a comedy about the end of the world.

Fool

Christopher Moore · 2009 · US 94% match ★ 3.97 Goodreads · 58,321 ratings
shares: parody, absurdist, comic, comic fantasy · funny, exterior

King Lear retold by Pocket, the king's fool: bawdy, irreverent and, under all the jokes, surprisingly tender.

Kings of the Wyld

Nicholas Eames · 2017 · Canada 94% match ★ 4.25 Goodreads · 73,273 ratings
Book 1 of 2 in The Band
shares: secondary world, quest, witty, comic · speculative, easy read

Clay Cooper, once of Saga, the most famous band of mercenaries in the land, is living quietly when his old frontman Golden Gabe asks him to get the band back together and cross a monster-filled wild to rescue Gabe's daughter from a besieged city.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams · 1979 · UK 94% match ★ 4.22 Goodreads · 2,083,803 ratings
Book 1 of 5 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
shares: absurdist, episodic, comic · exterior, low-key

Earth is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and a bewildered Englishman hitchhikes across the galaxy with a depressed robot and a two-headed president.

Bridge of Birds

Barry Hughart · 1984 · US 94% match ★ 4.26 Goodreads · 10,815 ratings
Book 1 of 3 in Master Li and Number Ten Ox
shares: buddy, quest, comic · funny, speculative

When the children of his village fall into a deathly sleep, Number Ten Ox, a strong and simple peasant, hires Master Li Kao, a sage with a slight flaw in his character, to find the Great Root of Power that might cure them.

The Princess Bride

William Goldman · 1973 · US 93% match ★ 4.27 Goodreads · 965,768 ratings
shares: parody, comic, witty · funny, easy read

A father reads his son the 'good parts' of an imaginary Florinese classic, and the framing and the fencing and the Sicilian and the six-fingered man turn out to be the most quoted comic fantasy in English.

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien · 1937 · UK 93% match ★ 4.27 Goodreads
shares: secondary world, quest · speculative, easy read

A comfort-loving hobbit is recruited by a wizard and thirteen dwarves to steal treasure from a dragon, and the journey transforms him utterly.

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Christopher Moore · 2002 · US 93% match ★ 4.22 Goodreads · 185,810 ratings
shares: buddy, comic, witty, comic fantasy · funny, easy read

Raised from the dead in the present day to fill in the missing years of the Gospels, Biff tells the story of growing up with his best friend Joshua and their travels east in search of what it means to be the Messiah.

The Alloy of Law

Brandon Sanderson · 2011 · US 92% match ★ 4.19 Goodreads · 316,215 ratings
Book 1 of 4 in Mistborn: Wax and Wayne
shares: buddy, magic, witty · speculative, fast-paced

Three hundred years after the Mistborn trilogy, a lawman back from the frontier and his irreverent sidekick take on a gang hijacking trains in a city of railways and electric light.

He Who Fights with Monsters

Shirtaloon · 2021 · Australia 92% match ★ 4.32 Goodreads · 55,109 ratings
shares: quest, magic, witty · speculative, exterior

Jason Asano, an Australian office worker, wakes up in a magical world with a game-like system of powers, the gifts of a dark mage and a talent for annoying everyone he meets.

Saint Death's Daughter

C. S. E. Cooney · 2022 · US 91% match ★ 4.05 Goodreads · 2,340 ratings
shares: secondary world, magic, witty, comic · speculative, funny

Lanie Stones, the youngest of a family of assassins and a necromancer who is allergic to violence, is left alone with the family's debts when her parents are murdered, and her sister comes home to settle them.