--- description: Find out why The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett is on TIME's list of the best fantasy books of all time title: 'The Wee Free Men' Is on TIME's List of the 100 Best Fantasy Books image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a72fb3ea59de0ce/698a1320b3fce36c560c73f9/The-Wee-Free-Men-Terry-Pratchett-100-best-fantasy-books.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 14, 2020 # The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  [Katniss Everdeen](https://time.com/5608507/hunger-games-prequel-book/ "undefined") has her bow and arrow; Tiffany Aching has her frying pan. The young protagonist of _The Wee Free Men_ fights to save her little brother with ingenuity and daring in Terry Pratchett’s first book about her, which exists in his sprawling and massively popular _Discworld_ series. Pratchett’s tale is well-paced, uproarious and filled with memorable monsters. But what pushes the novel into legendary territory are the titular wee free men: six-inch-tall pixies with Scottish accents who, in Pratchett’s own words, “have seen _Braveheart_ altogether too many times.” They swear, brawl, steal and unite to aid Tiffany on her mission. **Buy Now**: _The Wee Free Men_ on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780062435262 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/3lsE6n6 "undefined") The Wee Free Men: 100 Best Fantasy Books ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-fantasy-books/5898483/the-wee-free-men/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-fantasy-books/5898483/the-wee-free-men/"},"headline":"'The Wee Free Men' Is on TIME's List of the 100 Best Fantasy Books","datePublished":"2020-10-14T19:24:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:42:42.827Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-fantasy-books/5898483/the-wee-free-men/","keywords":["Books","list"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a72fb3ea59de0ce/698a1320b3fce36c560c73f9/The-Wee-Free-Men-Terry-Pratchett-100-best-fantasy-books.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a72fb3ea59de0ce/698a1320b3fce36c560c73f9/The-Wee-Free-Men-Terry-Pratchett-100-best-fantasy-books.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-best-fantasy-books/5898483/the-wee-free-men/","name":"'The Wee Free Men' Is on TIME's List of the 100 Best Fantasy Books"}}]}] ```