Humorous & Satirical Short Stories: Complete GEMs List

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This is a complete list of short stories by various authors in the humor/satire category which I have classified as GEMs. The list includes links for several associated items which may be available online for each book: (a) Wikipedia page, (b) e-book, and (c) audiobook. There is also a column called “More info” with links to optional posts on each book. {Note: Group A = P. G. Wodehouse; Group B = all other authors}

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Group	Year	Author	Book Name	Short Story Title	GEM!	Year-orig	Regulars	Comments	Wiki page	E-story	Audiobook	More
A	1923	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Inimitable Jeeves	Bingo and the Little Woman		1922	Jeeves, Wooster	Part 1 of Bingo and the Little Woman
A	1923	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Inimitable Jeeves	Comrade Bingo		1922	Jeeves, Wooster	Part 1 of Comrade Bingo
A	1923	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Inimitable Jeeves	Introducing Claude and Eustace		1922	Jeeves, Wooster	Part 1 of Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch
A	1923	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Inimitable Jeeves	The Great Sermon Handicap		1922	Jeeves, Wooster
A	1923	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Inimitable Jeeves	The Pride of the Woosters Is Wounded		1922	Jeeves, Wooster	Part 1 of Scoring off Jeeves
A	1924	Wodehouse, P. G.	Ukridge	The Exit of Battling Billson		1923	Ukridge
A	1925	Wodehouse, P. G.	Carry On, Jeeves	Jeeves Takes Charge		1916	Jeeves, Wooster
A	1926	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)	High Stakes		1925	Oldest Member
A	1926	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)	Keeping In with Vosper		1926	Oldest Member
A	1927	Wodehouse, P. G.	Meet Mr Mulliner	Portrait of a Disciplinarian		1927	Mr. Mulliner
A	1927	Wodehouse, P. G.	Meet Mr Mulliner	The Truth about George		1926	Mr. Mulliner	First Mr. Mulliner
A	1930	Wodehouse, P. G.	Very Good, Jeeves	Jeeves and the Impending Doom		1926	Jeeves, Wooster
A	1930	Wodehouse, P. G.	Very Good, Jeeves	Jeeves and the Old School Chum		1930	Jeeves, Wooster
A	1930	Wodehouse, P. G.	Very Good, Jeeves	The Love That Purifies (aka Jeeves and the Love That Purifies)		1929	Jeeves, Wooster
A	1933	Wodehouse, P. G.	Mulliner Nights	Cats Will be Cats (aka The Bishop's Folly)		1932	Mr. Mulliner
A	1935	Wodehouse, P. G.	Blandings Castle and Elsewhere	Monkey Business (aka A Cagey Gorilla)		1932	Mr. Mulliner
A	1935	Wodehouse, P. G.	Blandings Castle and Elsewhere	Mr Potter Takes a Rest Cure (aka The Rest Cure)		1926	Bobbie Wickham
A	1935	Wodehouse, P. G.	Blandings Castle and Elsewhere	Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey		1927	Blandings
A	1935	Wodehouse, P. G.	Blandings Castle and Elsewhere	The Custody of the Pumpkin		1924	Blandings
A	1936	Wodehouse, P. G.	Young Men in Spats	Good-Bye to All Cats		1934	Drone Freddie Widgeon
A	1936	Wodehouse, P. G.	Young Men in Spats	Trouble Down at Tudsleigh		1935	Drone Freddie Widgeon
A	1937	Wodehouse, P. G.	Lord Emsworth and Others	Buried Treasure (aka Hidden Treasure)		1936	Mr. Mulliner
A	1937	Wodehouse, P. G.	Lord Emsworth and Others	The Crime Wave at Blandings		1936	Blandings
A	1937	Wodehouse, P. G.	Lord Emsworth and Others	The Letter of the Law (aka Not Out of Distance)		1936	Oldest Member
A	1937	Wodehouse, P. G.	Lord Emsworth and Others	The Masked Troubadour		1936	Drone Freddie Widgeon	Orig. version: Reggie and the Greasy Bird
A	1940	Wodehouse, P. G.	Eggs, Beans and Crumpets	All's Well with Bingo		1937	Drones Bingo Little, Oofy Prosser
A	1959	Wodehouse, P. G.	A Few Quick Ones	The Fat of the Land		1958	Drone Freddie Widgeon
B	1820	Irving, Washington	The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow		1820
B	1846	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	Mosses from an Old Manse	Mrs. Bullfrog		1846
B	1911	Saki (H.H. Munro)	The Chronicles of Clovis	The Secret Sin Of Septimus Brope		1911	Clovis Sangrail
B	1920	Chester, George Randolph	The Best American Humorous Short Stories	Bargain Day at Tutt House		1905
B	1929	Lardner, Ring	Round Up: The Stories of Ring W. Lardner	Liberty Hall		1924
B	1929	Lardner, Ring	Round Up: The Stories of Ring W. Lardner	Mr. and Mrs. Fix-it		1929
B	1936	Maugham, W. Somerset	Cosmopolitans	The Ant and the Grasshopper		1924
B	1957	Asimov, Isaac	Earth Is Room Enough	Jokester		1956
Group	Year	Author	Book Name	Short Story Title	GEM!	Year-orig	Regulars	Comments	Wiki page	E-story	Audiobook	More