Which is the best PG Wodehouse?

The Best PG Wodehouse Books

• The Inimitable Jeeves. by PG Wodehouse.
• Summer Lightning. by PG Wodehouse.
• Blandings Castle and Elsewhere. by PG Wodehouse.
• Wodehouse on Wodehouse. by PG Wodehouse.
• The Dyer’s Hand and Other Essays. by WH Auden.

What PG Wodehouse should I read?

I’d suggest that you start off with a mid-period Jeeves story – Right Ho, Jeeves, as suggested above, or Thank you, Jeeves, but not My man Jeeves, which is an early work mostly recycled in later books; a Blandings story say Summer Lightning; and a non-series book from the thirties – maybe The luck of the Bodkins or Hot …

What is the first psmith book?

Publication Order of Psmith Books Mike and Psmith was originally published as part of Mike in 1909 and thus comes first in the series chronologically.

Which Jeeves and Wooster should I read first?

New Wodehouse readers sometimes ask which of the Jeeves stories they should read first. Opinion on the matter is divided; some people recommend ‘Carry On, Jeeves’ (1925) whereas I suggest ‘The Inimitable Jeeves’ (1923). Both are excellent.

Can you read the Jeeves books out of order?

Larry Shackley It helps to read them in order because certain relationships develop over time, but each story is self-contained. The first time I read them, I skipped all over.

Which is the funniest PG Wodehouse?

Best P.G. Wodehouse

• Right Ho, Jeeves (Jeeves, #6)
• Leave It to Psmith (Psmith, #4 ; Blandings Castle, #2)
• The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
• Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
• Very Good, Jeeves! (
• Uncle Fred in the Springtime.
• Jeeves in the Morning (Jeeves, #8)
• Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1) by P.G. Wodehouse.

What kind of books does PG Wodehouse write?

His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls.

How many Jeeves books are there?

11 novels
The Jeeves canon is a series of comedic stories following Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, consisting of 35 short stories and 11 novels.

Is psmith a real name?

Rupert Psmith (or Ronald Eustace Psmith, as he is called in the last of the four books in which he appears) is a recurring fictional character in several novels by British author P. G. Wodehouse, being one of Wodehouse’s best-loved characters.

Which Jeeves books to read first?

The Inimitable Jeeves
New Wodehouse readers sometimes ask which of the Jeeves stories they should read first. Opinion on the matter is divided; some people recommend ‘Carry On, Jeeves’ (1925) whereas I suggest ‘The Inimitable Jeeves’ (1923). Both are excellent.

How many Jeeves and Wooster books did PG Wodehouse write?

We could keep listing zingers like that all day: there were 96 Wodehouse books published in his lifetime, and he was drafting another when he died in 1975 at the age of 93.