Ok, here is the OFFICIAL AND ONLY CORRECT GUIDE to starting reading Pratchetts Books. Its a multiple step process, so read all steps carefully otherwise you will be wrong and shunned to eternity.
1. Go outside.
2. Trust the universe for once in your life.
3. Find any of these: Library, Thriftstore, secondhand bookshop, a cupboard with free books, your relatives or friends book shelf or storage boxes ...
4. Locate the Pratchett Book.
5. The universe has now deciced with which book you must start with.
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For those who, like me, when they like a character they need to read every single comic the character appears in, I have compiled a list of all of Koriand’r’s appearances from her debut up to the 2011 Flashpoint reboot (not including New 52 continuity).
And there’s also the extended list (including cameos) as a spreadsheet.
I adore Stephanie Brown so much, so I made a collection of Reading Guides for her!
A collection of reading guides for Stephanie Brown aka Spoiler, Batgirl & Robin
There's Beginner Recs, A Recommended list, a spreadsheet with a few cool things and an additional 4 for some relationships I really like. Unfortunately they're just Post-Crisis for the time being.
Want to dive into the comics for Batman and his five main Robins but don't know where to start?
Here's a small reading order with the absolute basics for getting started with each character :)
(For the Robins this list will only cover them during their time as Robin with the only exception being if they appear in another Robin's run) ((This is also exclusively post-crisis))
Bruce Wayne/Batman :
Batman : The Knight (2022) - Bruce's origin as Batman.
Batman : Year One (Batman Vol. 1 #404-407) - Bruce's first year as Batman.
Batman : The Long Halloween (1996) - Classic detective story which set's up for Dick's origin in the sequel.
Dick Grayson/The First Robin/Nightwing :
Batman : Dark Victory (1999) - Sequel to TLH and still Batman centric but includes an introduction of Dick Grayson and his origin as the first Robin.
Robin & Batman (2021) - A modern retelling of some of Bruce and Dick's first days as the dynamic duo.
Robin : Year One (2000) - Some battles from Dick's first year as Robin with Batman.
Batman and Robin : Year One (2024) - Another retelling of Dick's first year as Batman's partner (currently ongoing).
Jason Todd/The Second Robin/Red Hood :
Batman Vol. 1 #408-411 - How Dick 'gave up' the Robin mantle and Jason took it on.
Batman Vol. 1 #416 - Dick and Jason's first meeting + first team up as Nightwing and Robin.
Death in the Family (Batman Vol. 1 #426-429) - The death of Jason Todd.
Year Three (Batman Vol. 1 #436-439) - Nightwing returning to Gotham to help a grieving Bruce deal with Jason's death.
Tim Drake/The Third Robin/Red Robin :
A Lonely Place in Dying (Batman Vol. 1 #440-442; The New Titans #60-61) - Tim's first appearance and first time fighting as Robin alongside Batman and Nightwing.
Batman Vol. 1 #455-457 - Tim grieving his mother with Bruce and Dick + Tim getting his iconic Robin suit.
Robin Vol. 1 #123-126 - Tim quitting Robin and Steph taking it on.
Stephanie Brown/Spoiler/Batgirl III/The Fourth Robin :
Steph's Robin run was short and during the Batman: War Games event so I'm just going to list every issue of that she was a main/supporting character in order of release :)
Robin Vol. 1 #126-127
Batgirl Vol. 1 #53
Detective Comics Vol. 1 #796
Robin Vol. 1 #128
Damian Wayne/The Fifth Robin :
Batman & Son (Batman Vol. 1 #655-658) - Introduction to Damian Wayne, important to note that Grant Morrison made a gross retcon of Talia Al Ghul's character by painting her as a rapist so caution when reading.
Batman and Robin (2009) - Damian's first time acting as Robin alongside Dick Grayson's Batman as Bruce is 'dead'.
Batman and Robin (2023) - Great series on Damian's time as Robin alongside Bruce as Batman (currently ongoing).
In between Batman and Robin (2009) and Batman and Robin (2023) there's a lot of stuff with Batman vs. Robin and the Lazarus Planet storyline that I think is best to skip due to the writing not being the best, to keep this list short and to the point, and just to avoid confusion really but by all means read those if you really want to.
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There's so much more I wanted to put here for each character but I wanted to keep this short and sweet, focusing on the main stories and points for each Robin (and Batman). I might make a more in depth list if anyone's interested but I'll just leave this as it is for now :)
Hi i never posted before but i wanted to share my ultimate list with chronological order for main time line batman focused reading. By batman focused i mean Batman , all batfamily , gotham villians , and al ghuls. some markings next to titles are my personal feelings
❌- awful
💢 - annoyed me
❤️ - better then most
❤️❤️- Love
🟩- Ongoing
(P) - set in past
(N)- new comic that i set in first part as i found it nice here
(pre) - pre crisis story i decided to add as i found it nice here
i wish i collcted every apperence (beside ofcourse silent cameos) of those characters and ordered them pretty much chronologically. if you find anything that is missing PLEASE let me know. . This is first part Post crisis
Part 1 1985-2000
post crisis on infinite earths
Batman year 1. ❤️
Monster men
Batman and mad monk
Batman shaman 1-5
Batman gothic 5-10
Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper
Batman pray (B:LOTDK 11-15,)
Batman the man who laughs ❤️
Batman four of kind
Batman: Venom B:LOTDK 16-20)
Batman night cries
Batman the long Halloween❤️
Batman dark victory (robin1)
Catwoman in rome
Batman last Halloween❤️ (N)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special 1-3❤️
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I've been a pretty big fan of Batwoman/Kate Kane for quite awhile and I thought I'd make a reading order for her! Kate is genuinely one of the coolest member within the Batfamily, both design wise and just as a character in general.
For me I still consider her Detective Comics stories by Rucka to be her best story followed by the first 25 issues(including the 2012 issue #0) of her New 52 run by JH Williams III and W. Haden Blackman before they left due to creative differences with DC(obligatory fuck you Dan Didio) which caused the later half of the run to take abit of a nosedive, I have mixed thoughts on the Rebirth run as I think it's quite alright although it isn't exactly at the same level as Rucka's or William's. Currently, I am quite enjoying her current run as Rucka returned back to Kate and so far(imo) he hasn't let me down yet. Anyway, I hope this reading order helps anyone who's interested in Kate as she's one of my fav DC character!
As I promised earlier to @iamnotaware, here is the chronological order we put together with one of my dear friends. It's strictly experimental and only recommended for rereaders if they wish to be a little bit more... adventurous.
Here you go:
The Bane Chronicles: What Happened in Peru? (1791-1962)
The Bane Chronicles: The Runaway Queen (1791)
The Bane Chronicles: Vampire, Scones, and Edmund Herondale (1857)
The Infernal Devices (1878):
Clockwork Angel
Clockwork Prince
Clockwork Princess
Better in Black: The Good Storm (1879)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Cast Long Shadows (1901)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Every Exquisite Thing (1901)
The Penultimate Hours (1889-1901)
The Bane Chronicles: The Midnight Heir (1903)
The Last Hours (1903-1904):
Chain of Gold
The Letter Game
Chain of Iron
Chain of Thorns
Better in Black: The Beautiful Ajatara (1905)
Better in Black: Zachary’s Day Out (1905)
A Sea Change (1905)
Better in Black: A Surfeit of Annas (1905)
The Bane Chronicles: The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (1929)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Learn About Loss (1936)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: A Deeper Love (1940)
The Bane Chronicles: Saving Raphael Santiago (1953)
The Bane Chronicles: The Fall of the Hotel Dumort (1977)
The Bane Chronicles: The Last Stand of the New York Intitute (1989)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: The Wicked Ones (1989)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Son of the Dawn (2000)
The Mortal Intruments (2007-2008):
City of Bones
The Bane Chronicles: The Course of True Love (and First Dates)
Better in Black: Who The Wolf Loves
City of Ashes
The Bane Chronicles: What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You’re Not Officially Dating Anyway)
City of Glass
The Eldest Curses: The Red Scrolls of Magic
City of Fallen Angels
City of Lost Souls
The Bane Chronicles: The Voicemail of Magnus Bane
City of Heavenly Fire
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (2008-2010)
The Eldest Curses: The Lost Book of the White (2010)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: The Land I Lost (2012)
The Dark Artifices (2012):
Lady Midnight
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Through Blood, Through Fire
Better in Black: City of Broken Hearts
Lord of Shadows
Queen of Air and Darkness
We Jace You a Clary Christmas (2007-2012)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: The Lost World (2013)
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Forever Fallen (2013)
I feel like so many people talk about The Cruel Prince (and rightfully so) but not enough about the other books in the same world, so I made a breakdown of them and their reading orders ♡
