PG Wodehouse Books in Order

A well-meaning young man is pulled into an old mystery when a respected butler is suspected of an impossible crime. Between upper-class households, hidden motives, and romantic pressure, the investigation becomes a classic Wodehouse tangle.

A peaceful stay at Blandings is ruined, as usual, by visitors with agendas, money troubles, and broken engagements. Add a pet pelican, a threatened pig, and a household full of secrets, and Lord Emsworth’s quiet life is doomed.

A respectable life is knocked sideways when a painting, a family legend, and persistent relatives collide. Long-buried secrets and new romances rise together, and the chase for the truth becomes a light comedy of mistaken assumptions.

Bertie Wooster is talked into standing as a candidate in a country by-election, a task he approaches with about as much skill as you’d expect. Rival campaigners, blackmail threats, and household dramas pile up, and Jeeves keeps the show from collapsing.

Monty Bodkin is older, still optimistic, and once again trying to keep his love life and career from blowing up at the same time. Set amid publishers, journalists, and lingering grudges, this late sequel revisits familiar faces and adds new mix-ups.

A group of eligible men form a club to escape pressure to marry, which naturally guarantees they will all run straight into romance. Social maneuvering, family schemes, and accidental betrayals turn bachelorhood into a comic battlefield.

Bertie Wooster tries to keep two formidable aunts happy and winds up trapped in a country-house nightmare involving an unwanted engagement, a missing piece of property, and a local scandal. Jeeves supplies the plan that gets Bertie out alive.

A best-of collection centered on Ukridge, the charming schemer who is always broke and always sure the next plan will make him rich. The stories bring together his funniest scrapes, from desperate borrowing to elaborate get-rich schemes.

A curated tour of Blandings Castle, bringing together stories and excerpts centered on Lord Emsworth, his circle of schemers, and the Empress of Blandings. It’s an easy way to sample the running jokes and recurring characters.

The last Blandings novel delivers one more round of engagements, impostors, and pig-centered panic at the castle. Lord Emsworth wants nothing but calm, but relatives and visitors have other plans, and the day is saved by unexpected allies.

An anthology that gathers classic Wodehouse stories and excerpts across his best-loved worlds, from high society to country houses and clubs. It is designed for sampling, with short pieces that show his range, pacing, and gift for comic escalation.

A collection of Wodehouse’s reflections on his work and working life, drawn from letters, essays, and memoir writing. Instead of plot, you get his voice talking about theatre, craft, and the habits that kept him producing for decades.

Stories set around the Drones Club, where idle young men with too much time and too little sense create their own crises. Pranks, wagers, and romantic confusion fuel the plots, with a cast that overlaps with the wider Wodehouse universe.

Four stage plays that show Wodehouse’s comic timing in a theatrical format, with brisk dialogue and farcical setups built for performance. Even on the page, you can see the mechanics of entrances, exits, and misunderstandings.

A collected selection of Uncle Fred stories, showcasing the Earl of Ickenham at his most mischievous. Disguises, sudden “helpful” plans, and nervous nephews drive the action as Uncle Fred storms into quiet households and leaves them reorganized.

A grab bag of short Wodehouse pieces, from stories and sketches to oddball comic situations that do not fit neatly into one series. It’s a good pick if you like dipping into quick laughs and discovering lesser-known corners of his writing.

A themed selection of Wodehouse stories featuring vicars, curates, bishops, and other church-adjacent characters, usually swept into worldly trouble. Romance, mistaken identity, and social embarrassment provide the real sermons, delivered with gentle satire.

A school-focused volume combining Wodehouse’s first novel with additional boarding-school stories. Between missing prizes, house rivalries, and hard-won sports victories, the boys investigate, improvise, and occasionally bend rules.

Edited by Thomas Godfrey, this anthology gathers classic British mystery stories set in and around country estates. The selection ranges from early detective fiction to later crime tales, with contributions from writers including Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Ruth Rendell, and P. D. James.

This collection gathers more tales from Blandings Castle, from Lord Emsworth’s battles for peace and quiet to the schemes of his relatives and houseguests. Expect quick-moving farce, gentle satire, and plenty of pig admiration.

An anthology of cat-centered mystery stories by several writers, including a Wodehouse contribution. From clever felines to suspicious humans, these short tales mix light suspense with humor and classic whodunit setups.

A Mr. Mulliner tale about Adrian Mulliner, a gloomy private detective who is told that smiling will cure his dyspepsia. His newly acquired smile has alarming effects on everyone around him, and becomes an unlikely tool for romance and justice.

A rare Wodehouse outlier, a school-set adventure with a stolen gemstone, secret societies, and real danger alongside the jokes. Written early in his career under a pseudonym, it mixes boarding-school camaraderie with a plot-driven mystery and chase.

A small selection of Wodehouse stories built around everyday calamity, from animal trouble to sudden misunderstandings. The title story follows hapless Freddie Widgeon as one cat-related mishap after another ruins his romantic prospects.

A wide-ranging best-of collection sampling Wodehouse at peak form, from Jeeves and Blandings to golf stories and one-off farces. It’s meant for browsing, with pieces that show off his dialogue, pacing, and gift for ridiculous predicaments.

A selection of stories focused on Lord Emsworth and the wider Blandings crowd, full of missing valuables, romantic knots, and sudden bursts of pig-related drama. Wodehouse keeps the stakes light and the timing sharp.

A collection of Wodehouse’s school stories, set among boarding-school friendships, rivalries, and competitions. Small mysteries, practical jokes, and the pressure to be brave or punctual provide the drama, handled with early comic confidence.

A curated introduction to Wodehouse’s funniest writing, pulling together stories and extracts across his long career. Expect quick comic setups, upper-class confusion, and the reassuring feeling that every mess will be made tidy by the end.

A collection that includes the Jeeves tale ‘Jeeves in the Springtime’ alongside other early Wodehouse stories. Romance, class anxiety, and small mysteries drive the plots, all delivered in quick bursts with neat punchlines.

A themed collection of Wodehouse’s golf writing, from Oldest Member stories to golf-heavy scenes in his novels. It captures the game’s superstition, nerves, and sudden heroics, treating every missed putt as a life-changing event.

A Jeeves and Wooster holiday story in which seasonal goodwill, and a shortage of tact, lands Bertie in trouble with family and friends. Jeeves steps in to keep Christmas from turning into a social disaster.

A handpicked anthology of Wodehouse on drink, from cocktails and club bar tabs to the morning-after consequences. Extracts and stories are arranged by theme, showing how he wrung comedy from tipsiness, hangovers, and rash promises.

A small Wodehouse sampler built around the Mr. Mulliner story of Buck-U-Uppo, a “tonic” with dramatic side effects. Alongside it are a few more short pieces, mixing shy heroes, formidable relatives, and sudden comic reversals.

A short mystery story that adds a light whodunit twist to Wodehouse’s comedy. When a hat and a set of suspicious circumstances refuse to add up, the investigation proceeds with more wit than menace, ending in a neat reveal.

A themed anthology of Wodehouse on sport, from school athletics and boxing to golf and cricket. It mixes complete stories, excerpts, and non-fiction pieces to show how well he wrote about competition, nerves, and everyday life.