P.G. Wodehouse - which one should I begin with?

[osprey]

I have never read anything by P.G. Wodehouse, but have recently seen a couple of Jeeves and Wooster on DVD with Fry & Laurie and am interested in reading some of his work. Could some kind soul please suggest where I should begin - either with the first of the Jeeves & Wooster books or elsewhere. Thanks in advace.

[sod_the_m25]

Any of the Jeeves and Wooster stories, e.g. The Code of the Woosters. It is a completely different world. If you love it you'll adore it, but it can get a bit OTT.

[Quizmonster]

Click here for a list of all of Wodehouse's writings. If you click on the Jeeves heading in the list there, you will find all the appropriate novels in the sequence in which they were written. If that order was good enough for the author, perhaps it will be good enough for us readers, too!

[joggerjayne]

I've read them all, and you should read them in order, because they sometimes refer back to incidents in earlier books.

And they are fab books.

[Gromit]

Are the best of the novels are

The Code of the Woosters

Right Ho, Jeeves

Joy in the Morning

The Mating Season

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

...but it may be better to start on the short stories. Carry on Jeeves and Very Good, Jeeves both have 10 or so stories.

[adrenochrome]

As you have already gained excellent answers to your question, it is only left to me to recommend that when you have finished Wodehouse, try H H Munro (aka Saki) who wrote even better stories in the same vein. His Clovis stories are particularly funny.