- P. G. Wodehouse bibliography
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The following is a complete list of books by P. G. Wodehouse, including novels and collections of short stories, sorted first by date of publication and then by recurring characters or locations. Wodehouse's work has been anthologized, recompiled, and republished under a great many titles; only the titles as originally published are listed here and omnibus editions that merely repeat the contents of earlier books are excluded.
Many of Wodehouse's short stories appeared first in magazines and were later published in collections, some of which include tales from more than one series: Lord Emsworth and Others, for example, contains stories about Blandings Castle, the Oldest Member, Mr Mulliner, and Freddie Widgeon. Books that cannot be neatly assigned to a single series will appear more than once in the list by series.
Contents
Chronological list
In chronological order by UK book publication date, even when the book was published first in the US or serialised in a magazine in advance of publication in book form.[1] [2]
UK title and date of publication US title and date of publication Notes The Pothunters 1902 A Prefect's Uncle 1903 Tales of St Austin's 1903 Short stories The Gold Bat 1904 William Tell Told Again 1904 The Head of Kay's 1905 Love Among the Chickens 1906 Love Among the Chickens 1909 Rewritten version published in 1921 The White Feather 1907 Not George Washington 1907 Not George Washington 1980 A semi-autobiographical novel The Globe By the Way Book 1908 Collected journalism The Swoop! 1909 The Swoop! and Other Stories 1979 Mike 1909 Second half published as Enter Psmith in 1935; both parts released in 1953, the first half as Mike at Wrykyn and the second as Mike and Psmith A Gentleman of Leisure 1910 The Intrusion of Jimmy 1910 An earlier version, The Gem Collector, was serialised in Ainslee's Magazine in 1909. Psmith in the City 1910 The Prince and Betty 1912 The Prince and Betty 1912 The US edition is an entirely different book, which combines the plot of the UK edition with that of Psmith, Journalist The Little Nugget 1913 The Little Nugget 1914 The Man Upstairs 1914 Short stories Psmith, Journalist 1915 Serialized in The Captain in 1909. Not published in the US, the story having previously been blended into the US version of The Prince and Betty Something Fresh 1915 Something New 1915 Uneasy Money 1917 Uneasy Money 1916 The Man with Two Left Feet 1917 The Man With Two Left Feet 1933 Short stories Piccadilly Jim 1918 Piccadilly Jim 1917 My Man Jeeves 1919 Short stories; many rewritten for Carry on, Jeeves A Damsel in Distress 1919 A Damsel in Distress 1919 The Coming of Bill 1920 Their Mutual Child 1919 Also known as The White Hope Jill the Reckless 1921 The Little Warrior 1920 Indiscretions of Archie 1921 Indiscretions of Archie 1921 The Clicking of Cuthbert 1922 Golf Without Tears 1924 Short stories The Girl on the Boat 1922 Three Men and a Maid 1922 The Adventures of Sally 1922 Mostly Sally 1923 The Inimitable Jeeves 1923 Jeeves 1923 Leave It to Psmith 1923 Leave It to Psmith 1924 Ukridge 1924 He Rather Enjoyed It 1926 Short stories Bill the Conqueror 1924 Bill the Conqueror 1925 Carry On, Jeeves 1925 Carry On, Jeeves 1927 Short stories Sam the Sudden 1925 Sam in the Suburbs 1925 The Heart of a Goof 1926 Divots 1927 Short stories The Small Bachelor 1927 The Small Bachelor 1927 Meet Mr Mulliner 1927 Meet Mr Mulliner 1928 Short stories Money for Nothing 1928 Money for Nothing 1928 Mr Mulliner Speaking 1929 Mr Mulliner Speaking 1930 Short stories Summer Lightning 1929 Fish Preferred 1929 Very Good, Jeeves 1930 Very Good, Jeeves 1930 Short stories Big Money 1931 Big Money 1931 If I Were You 1931 If I Were You 1931 Louder and Funnier 1932 Articles written for Vanity Fair Doctor Sally 1932 Included in the US collection The Crime Wave at Blandings as The Medicine Girl Hot Water 1932 Hot Water 1932 Mulliner Nights 1933 Mulliner Nights 1933 Short stories Heavy Weather 1933 Heavy Weather 1933 Thank You, Jeeves 1934 Thank You, Jeeves 1934 Right Ho, Jeeves 1934 Brinkley Manor 1934 Blandings Castle and Elsewhere 1935 Blandings Castle 1935 Short stories The Luck of the Bodkins 1935 The Luck of the Bodkins 1936 Young Men in Spats 1936 Young Men in Spats 1936 Short stories Laughing Gas 1936 Laughing Gas 1936 Lord Emsworth and Others 1937 Crime Wave at Blandings 1937 Short stories Summer Moonshine 1938 Summer Moonshine 1937 The Code of the Woosters 1938 The Code of the Woosters 1938 Uncle Fred in the Springtime 1939 Uncle Fred in the Springtime 1940 Eggs, Beans and Crumpets 1940 Eggs, Beans and Crumpets 1940 Short stories Quick Service 1940 Quick Service 1940 Money in the Bank 1946 Money in the Bank 1942 Joy in the Morning 1947 Joy in the Morning 1946 In US also has been published as Jeeves in the Morning Full Moon 1947 Full Moon 1947 Spring Fever 1948 Spring Fever 1948 Uncle Dynamite 1948 Uncle Dynamite 1948 The Mating Season 1949 The Mating Season 1949 Nothing Serious 1950 Nothing Serious 1951 Short stories The Old Reliable 1951 The Old Reliable 1951 Barmy in Wonderland 1952 Angel Cake 1952 Pigs Have Wings 1952 Pigs Have Wings 1952 Ring for Jeeves 1953 The Return of Jeeves 1954 Performing Flea 1953 Author! Author! 1962 A collection of letters, with notes Bring on the Girls! 1954 Bring on the Girls! 1953 Semi-autobiographical stories, in collaboration Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 1954 Bertie Wooster Sees It Through 1955 French Leave 1956 French Leave 1959 Over Seventy 1957 America, I Like You 1956 Reminiscences and journalism Something Fishy 1957 The Butler Did It 1957 Cocktail Time 1958 Cocktail Time 1958 A Few Quick Ones 1959 A Few Quick Ones 1959 Short stories Jeeves in the Offing 1960 How Right You Are, Jeeves 1960 Ice in the Bedroom 1961 The Ice in the Bedroom 1961 Service With a Smile 1961 Service With a Smile 1962 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 1963 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 1963 Frozen Assets 1964 Biffen's Millions 1964 Galahad at Blandings 1965 The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood 1965 Plum Pie 1966 Plum Pie 1967 Short stories, poems, essay Company for Henry 1967 The Purloined Paperweight 1967 Do Butlers Burgle Banks? 1968 Do Butlers Burgle Banks? 1968 A Pelican at Blandings 1969 No Nudes Is Good Nudes 1970 The Girl in Blue 1970 The Girl in Blue 1971 Much Obliged, Jeeves 1971 Jeeves and the Tie That Binds 1971 Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin 1972 The Plot That Thickened 1973 Bachelors Anonymous 1973 Bachelors Anonymous 1974 Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 1974 The Cat-nappers 1975 Sunset at Blandings 1977 Sunset at Blandings 1978 Unfinished List by series
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 1975. This series crosses over with the Psmith series, and also introduces Monty Bodkin, a character who would feature in two further novels.
UK title and date of publication US title and date of publication Notes Something Fresh 1915 Something New 1915 Leave it to Psmith 1923 1924 Summer Lightning 1929 Fish Preferred 1929 Heavy Weather 1933 1933 Blandings Castle and Elsewhere 1935 1935 Six short stories of twelve, written from 1926 to 1931, occurring before the events of Summer Lightning Lord Emsworth and Others 1937 The Crime Wave at Blandings 1937 One short story of nine, "The Crime Wave at Blandings" Uncle Fred in the Springtime 1939 1940 Full Moon 1947 1947 Nothing Serious 1950 1951 One short story of ten, "Birth of a Salesman" Pigs Have Wings 1952 1952 Service With a Smile 1961 1962 Galahad at Blandings 1965 1965 Plum Pie 1966 1967 Two short stories of nine, "Sticky Wicket at Blandings" (probably to be read before Service With a Smile), and "Life With Freddie " A Pelican at Blandings 1969 No Nudes is Good Nudes 1970 Sunset at Blandings 1977 1978 Wodehouse's final novel, unfinished when he died The Drones Club
The Drones Club, a raucous social club for London's idle rich, was born in the Jeeves stories. A loose number of separate stories told by various narrators, which are either told at the club, or have some events happening at the club, or a club member for protagonist. The 25 main short stories are in:
Title Date of Publication Notes Mr Mulliner Speaking 1929 Two short stories (Drone Archibald at the club and drone Algy Crufts) in a book of nine told by Mr Mulliner Young Men in Spats 1936 Ten short stories about members (two Archibald outside the club told by Mr Mulliner, four Widgeon, four other Drones including one Uncle Fred) in a book of eleven (the 11th a non-Drone Mulliner) Lord Emsworth and Others (U.S. title: Crime Wave at Blandings) 1937 One story about Drone Freddie Widgeon in a book of nine Eggs, Beans and Crumpets 1940 Four short stories (Bingo Little) in a book of nine Nothing Serious 1950 Two short stories (one Bingo at the club, one Widgeon outside) in a book of ten A Few Quick Ones 1959 Four short stories (two Widgeon, two Bingo) out of ten (including one relatable Bertie story) Plum Pie 1966 Two short stories (Bingo Little) in a book of nine Apart from these, there were several related novels such as Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939), Barmy in Wonderland (1952), Cocktail Time (1958) and Ice in the Bedroom (1961).
Golf stories
Many of Wodehouse's short stories are set against a background of the sport of golf. Most are narrated by The Oldest Member. Wodehouse also introduced a golfing motif into a few of his novels, such as Love Among the Chickens and Doctor Sally.
- The Man Upstairs (1914) – One story in a book of nineteen
- The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) – Ten stories, nine told by the Oldest Member (US title: Golf Without Tears)
- The Heart of a Goof (1926) – Nine Oldest Member golf stories (US title: Divots)
- Mr Mulliner Speaking (1929) – Mr Mulliner narrates one golfing story
- Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) – Three stories in a book of nine (US title: The Crime Wave at Blandings)
- Nothing Serious (1950) – Five Oldest Member stories in a book of ten
- A Few Quick Ones (1959) – Two stories (one Oldest Member) in a book of ten
- Plum Pie (1966) – One in a book of nine
Jeeves
The wealthy, foppish Bertie Wooster narrates a number of stories and novels, which, collectively called the Jeeves 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 may be Mannering-Phipps rather than Wooster. Bertie has a cousin named Gussie Mannering-Phipps. Bertram did not have a surname, and it remains a matter of considerable debate amongst Wodehouse scholars as to whether he was indeed Bertie Wooster, or merely Bertie Mannering-Phipps.
- My Man Jeeves (1919) – Eight short stories, four about Jeeves and four about Reggie Pepper
- The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) – A collection of eleven short stories related to each other (U.S. title: Jeeves)
- 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) – (U.S. title: Brinkley Manor)
- The Code of the Woosters (1938)
- Joy in the Morning (1946) (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) (U.S. title: How Right You Are, Jeeves)
- 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 Cat-nappers)
Mr Mulliner
Mr Mulliner is a long-winded pub raconteur who tells outrageous stories about his family, in these 42[3] stories:
- Meet Mr Mulliner (1927) – Nine short stories
- Mr Mulliner Speaking (1929) – Nine short stories
- Mulliner Nights (1933) – Nine short stories
- Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (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: The 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
- Plum Pie (1966) – One story in a book of nine
- The World of Mr Mulliner (1972) – Two original stories (omnibus of all 40+2 stories)
Psmith
Psmith is an ingenious jack-of-all-trades. The worlds of Psmith and Blandings overlap, as in his final adventure Psmith visits the Castle, becomes a friend of Freddie Threepwood and is eventually employed by Lord Emsworth.
- Mike (1909) – Reissued in two parts as Mike at Wrykyn and Mike and Psmith in 1953; the second 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) – The only full-length Ukridge novel
- Ukridge (1924) – Ten short stories, which apparently take place before the events of Love Among the Chickens
- Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) – Three stories in a book of nine
- 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
- Plum Pie (1966) – One story in a book of nine
Uncle Fred
Pongo Twistleton's Uncle Fred is a wily and mischievous former Pelican, with a love of taking of false identities.
- Young Men in Spats (1936) – Eleven short stories about members of The Drones Club, one of which ("Uncle Fred Flits By") introduces Uncle Fred
- Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
- Uncle Dynamite (1948)
- Cocktail Time (1958)
- Service with a Smile (1961)
Other
- William Tell Told Again (1904)
- Not George Washington (1907) – A semi-autobiographical novel
- 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 (1914) – Nineteen short stories
- 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 (1918) – Partially a sequel to The Little Nugget
- 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 magazine
- Doctor Sally (1932)
- Hot Water (1932)
- Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (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) – Continues the story of Monty Bodkin, a character from Heavy Weather
- 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 "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)
Posthumous publications
Many early works were published in book form for the first time after Wodehouse's death; some of these collections are listed here:
- The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976) (US only) – Fourteen shorts written 1901–1915, five of which had appeared in The Man Upstairs (1914)
- The Swoop! and Other Stories (1979) (US only) – Contains The Swoop and ten shorts, four of them previously uncollected
- The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories (1979) (US only) – Contains William Tell Told Again, three shorts and an "Epilogue"
- Wodehouse on Crime (1981) (US only) – Twelve shorts written 1921–1936, one previously uncollected in the US
- A Man of Means (1991) (UK only) – Six early shorts, written in collaboration with C. H. Bovill
- Plum Stones (1993–1995) (UK only) – Twelve categorised volumes of stories and other writings
- Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) (UK only) – Twenty-five early school stories, twelve of them set at Wrykyn
- The Luck Stone (1997) – An adventure novel written under the pseudonym "Basil Windham", serialised in 1908
- A Prince for Hire (2003) – Another blending of Psmith, Journalist and The Prince and Betty stories, originally serialised in 1931
In addition, Project Gutenberg has made available ebook compilations of several short stories and articles that are in the public domain in the United States:
- Death At The Excelsior and Other Stories (2003) – short stories
- The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories (2003) – school stories
- A Wodehouse Miscellany (2003) – articles, short stories and poetry
References
- ^ McIlvaine, Eileen; Louise S Sherby and James H Heineman (1990), P G Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist, New York: James H Heineman, Inc, ISBN 0-87008-125-X
- ^ A Detailed Bibliography, with Notes
- ^ Mr Mulliner canon as established by omnibus The World of Mr Mulliner.
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