Men at Arms
by Terry Pratchett
★ Top 25 book of 1993 · #24 on Best Books of 1993
Corporal Carrot is promoted and put in charge of new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork. Then a document hints that the city has a secret ruler, and a comic epic of swords, courage and a poodle's bladder begins.
Best for: Fans of comic fantasy and satire who enjoy the Discworld series
Men at Arms is #24 on BookWard's Best Books of 1993, out of 36 1993 books that cleared our data bar.
What Men at Arms is about
Captain Vimes of Ankh-Morpork's City Watch has a wedding to prepare for and a force that is about to change. Vimes must take on more varied recruits, so a dwarf named Cuddy, a troll named Detritus and a werewolf named Angua join the ranks, and the first two start out with a bitter dislike of each other. Soon the Watch is pulled toward a string of Guild murders, and Lord Vetinari makes sure Vimes investigates by forbidding him to.
Behind it all is an aggrieved young assassin who believes a king on the throne would put the world right, and who has taken a strange new weapon that seems to take hold of whoever carries it. The fifteenth Discworld novel and the second Watch story, it mixes satire with warmth and suits readers who enjoy comic fantasy with a conscience.
Men at Arms on the Best Books of 1993
Men at Arms came out in 1993. Of the 36 books first published in 1993 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #24 on our Best Books of 1993 list.
Why it made the list: 172 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (50 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
It earns Reader favorite.
Nearby on the 1993 list
- How Computers Work Ron White, #22
- Welcome to Camp Nightmare Robert Lawrence Stine, #23
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 76 want to read it, 6 are reading it now and 90 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 50 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 22 | 55% |
| Reader love | 97 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 25 | 20% |
Questions about Men at Arms
When was Men at Arms published?
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett was first published in 1993.
Was Men at Arms one of the best books of 1993?
Men at Arms is #24 on BookWard's Best Books of 1993, out of 36 1993 books that cleared our data bar. 172 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (50 ratings).
Why is Men at Arms on the Best Books of 1993 list?
172 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (50 ratings).
More of the best books of 1993
- The Giver Lois Lowry, #1
- The Scam Debashis Basu, #2
- Along Came a Spider James Patterson, #3
- A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth, #4
- Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen, #5
- Understanding Comics Scott McCloud, #6
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