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List of books by P. G. Wodehouse

The following is a complete list of books by P. G. Wodehouse as they were originally published.

Many of Wodehouse's short stories appeared first in magazines and were later published in collections, some of which include tales from several of his series: Lord Emsworth and Others, for example, contains stories about Blandings Castle, the Oldest Member, Mr Mulliner, and Freddie Widgeon. As a consequence, precise classification of his works into one series or another is impossible; some of the compilations below may overlap between series, causing some books to be listed more than once.

For a complete list of Wodehouse's short stories, see List of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

Blandings Castle

The upper-class inhabitants of the fictional Blandings Castle, including the eccentric Lord Emsworth, obsessed by his prize-winning pig, the "Empress of Blandings", are the subject of eleven novels and nine short stories, written between 1915 and Wodehouse's death in 1977.

  • Something Fresh (1915) (U.S. title: Something New)
  • Leave it to Psmith (1923)
  • Summer Lightning (1929) (U.S. title: Fish Preferred)
  • Heavy Weather (1933)
  • Blandings Castle (1935) – Twelve short stories, six of which are about Blandings; written from 1926 to 1928, they occur before the events of Summer Lightning.
  • Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) – Despite its title, only one of the nine short stories concerns Lord Emsworth (U.S. title: Crime Wave at Blandings)
  • Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
  • Full Moon (1947)
  • Nothing Serious (1950) – One story of ten, "Birth of a Salesman"
  • Pigs Have Wings (1952)
  • Service with a Smile (1961)
  • Galahad at Blandings (1965)
  • Plum Pie (1966) – One story of nine, "Sticky Wicket at Blandings"
  • A Pelican at Blandings (1969) (U.S. title: No Nudes is Good Nudes)
  • Sunset at Blandings (1977) – Wodehouse's final novel, unfinished when he died

The Drones Club

The members of the Drones Club, a raucous social club for London's idle rich which was born in the Jeeves stories, are the subject of a number of separate stories, told by various narrators.

Golf stories

Wodehouse built many of his short stories around the sport of golf, a pursuit which all characters involved consider the only worthwhile pursuit in life. The Oldest Member tells most of them.

  • The Man Upstairs (1914) – One golf story in a book of nineteen
  • The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) – Ten golf stories, nine told by the Oldest Member
  • The Heart of a Goof (1926) – Nine short stories
  • Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) – Three golf stories in a book of nine (U.S. title: Crime Wave at Blandings)
  • Nothing Serious (1950) – Five golf stories in a book of ten
  • A Few Quick Ones (1959) – A single golf story in a book of ten


Jeeves

The wealthy, foppish Bertie Wooster narrates a number of stories and novels, which, collectively called the Jeeves and Wooster canon, are Wodehouse's most famous. They recount the improbable and unfortunate situations in which Bertie and his friends find themselves, and the manner in which his ingenious valet Jeeves is always able to solve them. Many of Bertie's problems stem from his aunts, the fearsome Aunt Agatha and loving Aunt Dahlia.

  • The Man With Two Left Feet (1917) – A collection of thirteen short stories, one of which, "Extricating Young Gussie", introduces Jeeves, Bertie, and Aunt Agatha, though Bertie's surname is Mannering-Phipps rather than Wooster
  • My Man Jeeves (1919) – Eight short stories, four about Jeeves and four about Reggie Pepper
  • The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) – Ten short stories
  • Carry on Jeeves (1925) – Ten short stories, five repeated in some form from My Man Jeeves
  • Very Good Jeeves (1930) – Eleven short stories
  • Thank you, Jeeves (1934) – The first full-length Jeeves novel
  • Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
  • The Code of the Woosters (1938)
  • Joy in the Morning (1947) (U.S. title: Jeeves in the Morning)
  • The Mating Season (1949)
  • Ring for Jeeves (1953) – In which Bill Belfry "borrows" Jeeves from Bertie (U. S. title: The Return of Jeeves)
  • Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954) (U.S. title: Bertie Wooster Sees It Through)
  • A Few Quick Ones (1959) – One Jeeves story in a book of ten
  • Jeeves in the Offing (1960)
  • Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963)
  • Plum Pie (1966) – One Jeeves story in a book of nine
  • Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971) – In which appears the only mention of Jeeves's Christian name, Reginald (U.S. title: Jeeves and the Tie That Binds)
  • Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (1974) (U.S. title: The Catnappers)

Mr Mulliner

Mr Mulliner is a long-winded pub raconteur who tells outrageous stories about his family.

  • Meet Mr Mulliner (1927) – Nine short stories
  • Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) – Nine short stories
  • Mulliner Nights (1933) – Nine short stories
  • Blandings Castle (1935) – Twelve short stories, five of which are about Mulliner
  • Young Men In Spats (1936) – Eleven short stories about members of The Drones Club, three told by Mr Mulliner
  • Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) – Nine short stories, one told by Mr Mulliner (U.S. title: Crime Wave at Blandings)
  • Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets (1940) – One story in a book of nine
  • A Few Quick Ones (1959) – Two stories in a book of ten

Psmith

Psmith is an ingenious jack-of-all-trades. Some of the Psmith stories overlap with the Blandings stories in that Psmith works for Lord Emsworth, lives at Blandings, and becomes a friend of Freddie Threepwood.

  • Mike (1909) – Reissued in two parts as Mike at Wrykyn and Mike and Psmith in 1953; the first part also published as Enter Psmith in 1935
  • Psmith in the City (1910)
  • Psmith Journalist (1915)
  • Leave it to Psmith (1923)

School stories

  • The Pothunters (1902)
  • A Prefect's Uncle (1903)
  • Tales of St. Austin's (1903)
  • The Gold Bat (1904)
  • The Head of Kay's (1905)
  • The White Feather (1907)
  • Mike (1909)

Ukridge

Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is a scheming character, always looking to enlarge his income.

  • Love Among the Chickens (1906)
  • Ukridge (1924) – Ten short stories, which apparently take place before the events of Love Among the Chickens
  • Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets (1940) – Three stories in a book of nine
  • Nothing Serious (1950) – One story in a book of ten
  • A Few Quick Ones (1959) – One story in a book of ten

Uncle Fred

Other

  • William Tell Told Again (1904)
  • Not George Washington (1907)
  • The Globe By the Way Book (1908) – A compilation from the column "By the Way", written by Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook, which appeared in The Globe
  • The Swoop (1909)
  • A Gentleman of Leisure (1910)
  • The Prince and Betty (1912)
  • The Little Nugget (1913)
  • The Man Upstairs – Nineteen short stories (1914)
  • Uneasy Money (1917)
  • The Man With Two Left Feet (1917) – a collection of thirteen short stories, one of which, "Extricating Young Gussie", introduces Jeeves, Bertie, and Aunt Agatha
  • Piccadilly Jim – Partially a sequel to The Little Nugget (1918)
  • My Man Jeeves (1919) – Eight short stories, four about Jeeves and four about Reggie Pepper
  • A Damsel in Distress (1919)
  • The Coming of Bill (1920)
  • Jill the Reckless (1921)
  • Indiscretions of Archie (1921)
  • The Girl on the Boat (1922)
  • The Adventures of Sally (1922)
  • Bill the Conqueror (1924)
  • Sam the Sudden (1925)
  • The Small Bachelor (1927)
  • Money for Nothing (1928)
  • Big Money (1931)
  • If I Were You (1931)
  • Louder and Funnier – A collection of articles originally written for Vanity Fair
  • Doctor Sally (1932)
  • Hot Water (1932)
  • Blandings Castle (1935) – Twelve short stories: six Blandings, five Mulliner, and one about Bobbie Wickham which does not fit into any of the series
  • The Luck of the Bodkins (1935)
  • Laughing Gas (1936)
  • Summer Moonshine (1938)
  • Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets (1940) – Four short stories about Bingo Little and one about Freddie Fitch-Fitch in a book of nine
  • Quick Service (1940)
  • Money in the Bank (1946)
  • Spring Fever (1948)
  • Nothing Serious (1950) – One Bingo Little and one Conky Biddle in a book of ten
  • The Old Reliable (1951)
  • Bring on the Girls (1951) – An autobiographical collaboration with Guy Bolton, subtitled subtitled "The Improbable Story of Our Life in Musical Comedy, With Pictures To Prove It".
  • Performing Flea (1951) – Subtitled "A Self-Portrait in Letters by P.G.Wodehouse, With an Introduction and Additional Notes by W.Townend". (U.S. title: Author! Author!)
  • French Leave (1956)
  • Over Seventy (1956) – Subtitled "An Autobiography With Digressions". (U.S. title: America, I Like You)
  • Something Fishy (1957) (U.S. title: The Butler Did It)
  • Ice in the Bedroom (1961)
  • Frozen Assets (1964)
  • Plum Pie(1966) – Nine short stories: one about Jeeves, one golf, one Freddie Threepwood, two Bingo Little, one Ukridge, two Freddie Widgeon, and one Mr Mulliner
  • Company for Henry (1967)
  • Do Butlers Burgle Banks? (1968)
  • The Girl in Blue (1970)
  • Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin (1972)
  • Bachelors Anonymous (1973)

References

  1. Usborne, Richard (2003). Plum Sauce: A P. G. Wodehouse Companion. New York: The Overlook Press. pp. 137–207. ISBN 1585674419.
See also:
| Blandings Castle | Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth | Galahad Threepwood |
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