I set myself the task of reading all of the Discworld novels in order a while ago. Not consecutively, but with other books read in between. Many I've read before but this one was new to me.
It's classed as one of the books in the Death series, although as a character Death isn't so prominent, giving way to Susan instead, but with a number of other nteresting characters fitting the more cosmic/philosophical themes of the Death series.
The story covers an attempt by the Auditors to cease the messiness of human existence again, this time by having someone produce a glass clock capable of perfect time-keeping. The character tasked with this construction is Jeremy, one half of the son of time, the other half being Lobsang, a monk of time apprenticed to Lu-Tze the sweeper. By creating the clock Jeremy destroys the world. Lobsang is destined to destroy the clock in order to save the world. Time, it is suggested, is simply this, the endless succession of created moments being immediately destroyed. The ending managed to warm my cold dead heart for a minute.
I gave up trying to figure out favourites in the Discworld series a long time ago. Each one I read leaves me thinking I've found a new favourite, so i'm thinking i'm just too biased to give a true opinion. I loved this one though... for what that's worth.
Finished reading - 25/02/26