This is a complete list of the short stories written by P. G. Wodehouse(with GEMs highlighted). The list includes links for several associated items which may be available online for each story: (a) Wikipedia page, (b) e-book, and (c) audiobook.
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Year
Book Name
Short Story Title
GEM!
Year-orig
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1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
The Man Upstairs
1910
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Something to Worry About
1913
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Deep Waters
1910
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
When Doctors Disagree
1910
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
By Advice of Counsel
1910
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Rough-Hew Them How We Will
1910
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
The Man Who Disliked Cats (aka The Fatal Kink in Algernon)
1912
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Ruth in Exile
1912
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Archibald's Benefit
1909
Wodehouse's 1st golf story. Originally Reginald's Record Knock
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
The Man, the Maid and the Miasma
1910
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
The Good Angel (aka The Matrimonial Sweepstakes)
1910
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Pots O' Money
1911
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Out of School
1909
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Three From Dunsterville
1911
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
The Tuppenny Millionaire
1912
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Ahead of Schedule
1910
Wooster & Jeeves prototypes
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Sir Agravaine
1912
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat
1910
Originally The Pitcher & the Plutocrat
1914
The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
In Alcala
1911
Semi-autobiographical story (serious)
1914
A Man of Means
The Episode of the Landlady's Daughter
1914
(with C. H. Bovill)
1914
A Man of Means
The Episode of the Financial Napoleon (aka The Bolt From the Blue)
1914
(with C. H. Bovill)
1914
A Man of Means
The Episode of the Theatrical Venture
1914
(with C. H. Bovill)
1914
A Man of Means
The Episode of the Live Weekly
1914
(with C. H. Bovill)
1914
A Man of Means
The Episode of the Exiled Monarch (aka The Diverting Episode of the Exiled Monarch)
1914
(with C. H. Bovill)
1914
A Man of Means
The Episode of the Hired Past
1914
(with C. H. Bovill)
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
Bill the Bloodhound
1915
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
Extricating Young Gussie
1915
Jeeves, Wooster
First Bertie Wooster & Jeeves
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
Wilton's Holiday (aka Wilton's Vacation)
1915
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
The Mixer: He Meets a Shy Gentleman
1915
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
The Mixer: He Moves in Society
1915
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
Crowned Heads
1914
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
At Geisenheimer's (aka The Love-r-ly Silver Cup)
1915
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
The Making of Mac's (aka The Romance of "Mac's)
1915
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
One Touch of Nature (aka Brother Fans)
1914
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
Black for Luck (aka A Black Cat for Luck)
1915
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
The Romance of an Ugly Policeman
1915
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
A Sea of Troubles (aka A Sea of Trouble)
1914
1917
The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
The Man with Two Left Feet
1916
1922
My Man Jeeves
Leave It to Jeeves
1916
Jeeves, Wooster
Slightly revised version in Carry On, Jeeves
1922
My Man Jeeves
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
1916
Jeeves, Wooster
Also included in Carry On, Jeeves
1922
My Man Jeeves
Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg
1917
Jeeves, Wooster
Also included in Carry On, Jeeves
1922
My Man Jeeves
Absent Treatment
1911
Reggie Pepper
1922
My Man Jeeves
Helping Freddie (aka Fixing it for Freddie)
1911
Reggie Pepper
Revised version included in Carry On, Jeeves
1922
My Man Jeeves
Rallying Round Old George (aka George and Alfred)
1912
Reggie Pepper
1922
My Man Jeeves
Doing Clarence a Bit of Good (aka Rallying Round Clarence)
1913
Reggie Pepper
Wooster version in A Few Quick Ones: Jeeves Makes an Omelette
1922
My Man Jeeves
The Aunt and the Sluggard
1916
Jeeves, Wooster
Also included in Carry On, Jeeves
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
The Clicking of Cuthbert
1921
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
A Woman is Only a Woman
1919
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
A Mixed Threesome
1921
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
Sundered Hearts
1920
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
The Salvation of George Mackintosh
1921
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
Ordeal by Golf
1920
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
The Long Hole
1921
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
The Heel of Achilles
1921
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
The Rough Stuff
1921
Oldest Member
1922
The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)
The Coming of Gowf
1921
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum
1921
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 1 of Jeeves in the Springtime
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
No Wedding Bells for Bingo
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 2 of Jeeves in the Springtime
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Aunt Agatha Speaks Her Mind
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 1 of Aunt Agatha Takes the Count
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Pearls Mean Tears
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 2 of Aunt Agatha Takes the Count
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
The Pride of the Woosters Is Wounded
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 1 of Scoring off Jeeves
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
The Hero's Reward
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 2 of Scoring off Jeeves
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Introducing Claude and Eustace
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 1 of Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 2 of Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
A Letter of Introduction
1918
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 1 of Jeeves and the Chump Cyril
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant
1918
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 2 of Jeeves and the Chump Cyril
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Comrade Bingo
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 1 of Comrade Bingo
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Bingo Has a Bad Goodwood
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 2 of Comrade Bingo
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
The Great Sermon Handicap
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
The Purity of the Turf
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
The Metropolitan Touch
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
Bingo and the Little Woman
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 1 of Bingo and the Little Woman
1923
The Inimitable Jeeves
All's Well
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
Part 2 of Bingo and the Little Woman
1924
Ukridge
Ukridge's Dog College
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
Ukridge's Accident Syndicate (aka Ukridge, Teddy Weeks and the Tomato)
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
The Debut of Battling Billson
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
First Aid for Dora
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
The Return of Battling Billson
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
Ukridge Sees Her Through
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
No Wedding Bells for Him
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
The Long Arm of Looney Coote
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
The Exit of Battling Billson
1923
Ukridge
1924
Ukridge
Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner
1924
Ukridge
1925
Carry On, Jeeves
Jeeves Takes Charge
1916
Jeeves, Wooster
1925
Carry On, Jeeves
The Artistic Career of Corky
1916
Jeeves, Wooster
Slightly revised version of Leave it to Jeeves
1925
Carry On, Jeeves
The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy
1924
Jeeves, Wooster
1925
Carry On, Jeeves
Without the Option
1925
Jeeves, Wooster
1925
Carry On, Jeeves
Fixing It for Freddie
1925
Jeeves, Wooster
Reggie Pepper version published in 1911
1925
Carry On, Jeeves
Clustering Round Young Bingo
1925
Jeeves, Wooster
1925
Carry On, Jeeves
Bertie Changes His Mind
1922
Jeeves, Wooster
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
The Heart of a Goof
1924
Oldest Member
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
High Stakes
1925
Oldest Member
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
Keeping In with Vosper
1926
Oldest Member
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
Chester Forgets Himself
1924
Oldest Member
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
The Magic Plus Fours
1922
Oldest Member
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
The Awakening of Rollo Podmarsh
1923
Oldest Member
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
Rodney Fails to Qualify
1924
Oldest Member
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
Jane Gets off the Fairway
1924
Oldest Member
1926
The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)
The Purification of Rodney Spelvin
1925
Oldest Member
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
The Truth about George
1926
Mr. Mulliner
First Mr. Mulliner
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
A Slice of Life
1926
Mr. Mulliner
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo
1926
Mr. Mulliner
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
The Bishop's Move
1927
Mr. Mulliner
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
Came the Dawn
1927
Mr. Mulliner
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
The Story of William (aka It Was Only a Fire)
1927
Mr. Mulliner
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
Portrait of a Disciplinarian
1927
Mr. Mulliner
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer
1927
Mr. Mulliner
1927
Meet Mr Mulliner
Honeysuckle Cottage
1925
Mr. Mulliner
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
The Reverent Wooing of Archibald
1926
Mr. Mulliner
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
The Man Who Gave Up Smoking
1929
Mr. Mulliner
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
The Story of Cedric
1929
Mr. Mulliner
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner
1928
Mr. Mulliner
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court
1929
Mr. Mulliner
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
Those in Peril on the Tee
1927
Mr. Mulliner, Oldest Member
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
Something Squishy
1924
Mr. Mulliner, Bobbie Wickham
First Bobbie Wickham
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
The Awful Gladness of the Mater
1925
Mr. Mulliner, Bobbie Wickham
1929
Mr Mulliner Speaking
The Passing of Ambrose
1928
Mr. Mulliner, Bobbie Wickham
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
Jeeves and the Impending Doom
1926
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy
1926
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spiri
1927
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
Jeeves and the Song of Songs (aka The Song of Songs)
1929
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
Episode of the Dog McIntosh (aka Jeeves and the Dog McIntosh, or The Borrowed Dog)
1929
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
The Spot of Art (aka Jeeves and the Spot of Art)
1929
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
Jeeves and the Kid Clementina
1930
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
The Love That Purifies (aka Jeeves and the Love That Purifies)
1929
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
Jeeves and the Old School Chum
1930
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
Indian Summer of an Uncle
1930
Jeeves, Wooster
1930
Very Good, Jeeves
The Ordeal of Young Tuppy (aka Tuppy Changes His Mind)
1930
Jeeves, Wooster
1933
Mulliner Nights
The Smile that Wins
1931
Mr. Mulliner
1933
Mulliner Nights
The Story of Webster (aka The Bishop's Cat)
1932
Mr. Mulliner
1933
Mulliner Nights
Cats Will be Cats (aka The Bishop's Folly)
1932
Mr. Mulliner
1933
Mulliner Nights
The Knightly Quest of Mervyn (aka Quest)
1931
Mr. Mulliner
1933
Mulliner Nights
The Voice from the Past
1931
Mr. Mulliner
1933
Mulliner Nights
Open House
1932
Mr. Mulliner
1933
Mulliner Nights
Best Seller
1930
Mr. Mulliner
1933
Mulliner Nights
Strychnine in the Soup
1932
Mr. Mulliner
1933
Mulliner Nights
Gala Night
1930
Mr. Mulliner
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
The Custody of the Pumpkin
1924
Blandings
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best
1926
Blandings
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey
1927
Blandings
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
Company for Gertrude
1928
Blandings
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
The Go-Getter (aka Sales Resistance)
1931
Blandings
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend
1928
Blandings
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
Mr Potter Takes a Rest Cure (aka The Rest Cure)
1926
Bobbie Wickham
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
Monkey Business (aka A Cagey Gorilla)
1932
Mr. Mulliner
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
The Nodder (aka Love Birds)
1933
Mr. Mulliner
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
The Juice of an Orange (aka Love on a Diet)
1933
Mr. Mulliner
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
The Rise of Minna Nordstrom (aka A Star is Born)
1933
Mr. Mulliner
1935
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere
The Castaways
1933
Mr. Mulliner
1936
Young Men in Spats
Fate (aka Compromised!)
1931
Drone Freddie Widgeon
1936
Young Men in Spats
Tried in the Furnace
1935
Drones Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps, Pongo Twistleton
1936
Young Men in Spats
Trouble Down at Tudsleigh
1935
Drone Freddie Widgeon
1936
Young Men in Spats
The Amazing Hat Mystery
1933
Drones Percy Wimbolt, Nelson Cork
1936
Young Men in Spats
Good-Bye to All Cats
1934
Drone Freddie Widgeon
1936
Young Men in Spats
The Luck of the Stiffhams
1933
Drones Pongo Twistleton, Stiffy Stiffham
1936
Young Men in Spats
Noblesse Oblige
1934
Drone Freddie Widgeon
1936
Young Men in Spats
Uncle Fred Flits By
1935
Uncle Fred, Drone Pongo Twistleton
1936
Young Men in Spats
Archibald and the Masses
1935
Mr. Mulliner
1936
Young Men in Spats
The Code of the Mulliners
1935
Mr. Mulliner
1936
Young Men in Spats
The Fiery Wooing of Mordred
1934
Mr. Mulliner
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
The Crime Wave at Blandings
1936
Blandings
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
Buried Treasure (aka Hidden Treasure)
1936
Mr. Mulliner
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
The Letter of the Law (aka Not Out of Distance)
1936
Oldest Member
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
Farewell to Legs
1935
Oldest Member
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
There's Always Golf (aka A Triple Threat Man)
1936
Oldest Member
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
The Masked Troubadour
1936
Drone Freddie Widgeon
Orig. version: Reggie and the Greasy Bird
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
Ukridge and the Home from Home
1931
Ukridge
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
The Come-back of Battling Billson
1935
Ukridge
1937
Lord Emsworth and Others
The Level Business Head
1926
Ukridge
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
All's Well with Bingo
1937
Drones Bingo Little, Oofy Prosser
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Bingo and the Peke Crisis
1937
Drone Bingo Little
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
The Editor Regrets
1939
Drone Bingo Little
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Sonny Boy
1939
Drones Bingo Little, Oofy Prosser
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Anselm Gets His Chance
1937
Mr. Mulliner
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Romance at Droitgate Spa
1937
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
A Bit of Luck for Mabel
1925
Ukridge
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Buttercup Day
1925
Ukridge
1940
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Ukridge and the Old Stepper
1928
Ukridge
1950
Nothing Serious
The Shadow Passes
1950
Drone Bingo Little
1950
Nothing Serious
Bramley Is So Bracing
1939
Drone Freddie Widgeon
1950
Nothing Serious
Up from the Depths
1950
Oldest Member
1950
Nothing Serious
Feet of Clay (aka A Slightly Broken Romance)
1950
Oldest Member
1950
Nothing Serious
Excelsior (aka Hazards of Horace Bewstridge)
1948
Oldest Member
1950
Nothing Serious
Rodney Has a Relapse (aka Rupert Has a Relapse)
1949
Oldest Member
1950
Nothing Serious
Tangled Hearts (I'll Give You Some Advice)
1948
Oldest Member
1950
Nothing Serious
Birth of a Salesman
1950
Blandings
1950
Nothing Serious
How's That, Umpire?
1950
1950
Nothing Serious
Success Story (aka Ukie Invests in Human Nature)
1947
Ukridge
1959
A Few Quick Ones
The Fat of the Land
1958
Drone Freddie Widgeon
1959
A Few Quick Ones
Scratch Man (aka Tee for Two)
1940
Oldest Member
1959
A Few Quick Ones
The Right Approach
1958
Mr. Mulliner
1959
A Few Quick Ones
Jeeves Makes an Omelette (aka Jeeves and the Stolen Venus)
1958
Jeeves, Wooster
1959
A Few Quick Ones
The Word in Season (aka Bingo Little's Wild Night Out)
1940
Drone Bingo Little
1959
A Few Quick Ones
Big Business
1952
Mr. Mulliner
1959
A Few Quick Ones
Leave It to Algy (aka The Ordeal of Bingo Little)
1954
Drones Bingo Little, Oofy Prosser
1959
A Few Quick Ones
Joy Bells for Walter (aka Keep Your Temper, Walter)
1956
Oldest Member
Rewrite of 'Excelsior'
1959
A Few Quick Ones
A Tithe for Charity
1955
Ukridge
1959
A Few Quick Ones
Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust (aka Freddie, Oofy and the Beef Trust)
1949
Drones Bingo Little, Oofy Prosser
1959
A Few Quick Ones*
Unpleasantness at Kozy Kot
1958
Drone Freddie Widgeon
*In original US edition only. Rewritten version of 'Fixing it for Freddie'
1966
Plum Pie
Jeeves and the Greasy Bird
1965
Jeeves, Wooster
1966
Plum Pie
Sleepy Time
1965
1966
Plum Pie
Sticky Wicket at Blandings
1966
Blandings
1966
Plum Pie
Ukridge Starts a Bank Account
1966
Ukridge
1966
Plum Pie
Bingo Bans the Bomb
1965
Drones Bingo Little, Freddie Widgeon
1966
Plum Pie
Stylish Stouts (aka The Great Fat Uncle Contest)
1965
Drone Bingo Little
1966
Plum Pie
George and Alfred
1966
Mr. Mulliner
1966
Plum Pie
A Good Cigar Is a Smoke
1966
1966
Plum Pie
Life with Freddie (novellette)
1966
Drone Freddie Threepwood
1972
The World of Mr. Mulliner
Another Christmas Carol
1970
Mr. Mulliner
Two slightly different versions exist
1972
The World of Mr. Mulliner
From a Detective's Notebook
1959
Mr. Mulliner
Written for 100th birth anniversary of Arthur Conan Doyle