Moist von Lipwig

I'm a reaaaally big fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. It spans almost 40 books at this point, but I love that you can hop in at basically any point. I happen to get most of the books from the library, and I love that as I go along when I see mentions of other characters I get to be like "ooh! ooh! I know them!".

I also really like that while the entire series parodies a whole bunch of topics, it's still original. It's not like the Scary Movie franchise or other comparable parodies where people just yank scenes from well-known books/movies, mash them all together, throw in some curse words and yell "look! It's funny!"

There are many recurring characters, loosely compiled into their affiliations either with the country witches (who do more psychology than witchcraft) or the City Watch of Ankh-Morpork, who can be no less slimy than the people they arrest.

I just finished a story arc about a relatively new character, Moist von Lipwig; a con artist who is hung under his alias, but the (benevolent?) dictator Vetinari uses a trap door to keep him alive. In both Going Postal and Making Money Moist is commissioned to take over defunct and poorly running government offices - the Post Office and Royal Bank, respectively. Moist is different from the other characters we've met, with a taste for adrenaline and flair for the ridiculous, and all sorts of shenanigans ensue.

I would say more, but I don't want to give spoilers :)

It's been great reading about all of your guys' favorite books this week!