| 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
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
- Usborne, Richard (2003). Plum Sauce: A P. G. Wodehouse Companion. New York: The Overlook Press. pp. 137–207.
ISBN 1585674419.
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