Your first Wodehouse

[Dan, Tenth Earl of Emsworth]

Mine was World of Jeeves, the short story collection. I'd been hearing about Wodehouse for a couple years at that point and decided to cave in. I've never looked back.

[Ellis]

Code of the Woosters. Best book ever.

[Brian]

World of Jeeves for me, too. I checked it out in college after seeing the Jeeves and Wooster TV adaptations with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. I think I tore through most of the Jeeves novels non-stop after that.

[Ian]

Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin. That was my sister's copy that I borrowed around 1978. I ought to give it back I suppose.

[Jessica]

Do Butlers Burgle Banks? Suggested by my mother after she first read it when I was 17 or 18 (it was her first Wodehouse as well).

[Sophia]

Aunt's Aren't Gentlemen. I wanted to read Wodehouse after I read Stephen Fry's 'Moab is my Washpot' and discovered he is a big fan.

[James]

Right Ho Jeeves. A worn out paperback when I got it.

[Dan, Tenth Earl of Emsworth]

Jessica wrote: "Do Butlers Burgle Banks? Suggested by my mother after she first read it when I was 17 or 18 (it was her first Wodehouse as well)."

I think a lot of people try Wodehouse after seeing other writers mentioning him. After seeing Christopher Moore, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman
mention him in interviews, I gave him a shot.

[Brian]

Wodehouse does seems to be a favorite among writers (no surprise to anyone here). Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, and Stephen Fry are a few others who've raved about Plum. I remember reading in Asimov's autobiography that he was reading Cocktail Time in the hospital while waiting for his daughter to be born.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Mine was a Bertie and Jeeves story... First i can't remember but it was either the "Song of Songs..."Code of the Woosters" I believe. I love Wodehouse and Bertie and Jeeves in particular.

[Abhishek]

Mine was a Blandings Service With a Smile.Actually I'm reading my second Wodehouse now which is Something Fresh .I have kinda got lost in the Blandings castle with Emsworth and the mighty empress.

[Dan, Tenth Earl of Emsworth]

The Blandings books have become my favorite Wodehouse's in recent years.

[Ruth]

Aunts Aren't Gentlemen :)

[mehg-hen]

Carry On, Jeeves. I laughed like an idiot.

[John]

With over 50 Wodehouses on the shelf, I just can't remember. I gave "Aunts Aren't Gentlemen" to a favorite Aunt once.

I just uploaded my favorite Wodehouse cover, "Ice in the Bedroom" to this group.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I hope it was your, understanding aunt. Not like Aunt Agatha "who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth." :)

[Traczie]

leave it to psmith. i just really liked the premise.

[Aamir]

Gentleman of Leisure - from what I remember, it was similar to Sam the Sudden

[Mark]

The World of Jeeves. I have pretty much every Wodehouse book. My father gave me his entire collection. In my family, I'm a third generation Wodehouse fanatic.

[Dan, Tenth Earl of Emsworth]

Mark wrote: "The World of Jeeves. I have pretty much every Wodehouse book. My father gave me his entire collection. In my family, I'm a third generation Wodehouse fanatic."

I'm envious. I've only got about half of them. World of Jeeves was a great intro to Wodehouse.

[Mark]

I agree Dan. That book proved incredibly hard to put down. More so, I think, than any other book I've read by him.

I literally just started Sam the Sudden. I'm finding the first few pages a little awkward, but I have no question it'll pick up.

[Dan, Tenth Earl of Emsworth]

The only Wodehouse I've read that I haven't enjoyed that much was Not George Washington.

[Mark]

Really? I have yet to read it, but had high expectations. Mostly because of the semi-autobiographical nature.

[Dan, Tenth Earl of Emsworth]

Mark wrote: "Really? I have yet to read it, but had high expectations. Mostly because of the semi-autobiographical nature."

It wasn't badly written or anything and there were some funny moments. It was just much more mean-spirited than other Wodehouses.

[Mark]

I see. Mean-spirited is all fine and good in Wodehouse, as long as the person gets what's coming to them.

[John]

I read a short story collection with Jeeves in it. It bowled me over. I had seen some of the Laurie/Fry work and it was hilarious. The books are much better, though.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

They are. This is a case where the TV version was extremely well done...and the books are even better, a win-win. Also if you can get a good reader the audios will have laughing till you're in pain.

[John]

Mike, I was wondering if there were any audio books with Hugh Laurie doing the narration. He is so good as Bertie, and I can just hear his voice in my head when I'm reading the books. I'd love to get an audio version with him narrating.

[Pranjal]

Mulliner Nights . I got it from an Uncle of mine who pinched it from another Uncle of mine .

[Mike (the Paladin)]

John, I'm not aware of any. I found a few audios by Hugh Laurie but no Wodehouse. I admit he seems to have been born to play Bertie. He'd probably do a great job, but as I said, can't find any.

[John]

Mike, you're right, Laurie was born to play Bertie. In fact, I can't watch him in anything else, even "House", without thinking of him as Bertie.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

It's one of the few cases where even though I found the stories before seeing the TV version (BBC version) I tend to picture Bertie as Laurie played him.

[Lrmenon]

Summer Lightning. Though I liked Aunts arent Gentlemen the best! Kudos to Aunt Dahlia! :D

[Balaji]

Adventures of Sally. I didn't like much in my first read. Wodehouse is like wine. The older the better.

[psk]

Carry on Jeeves was my first. Then I moved on to the Jeeves series. I could not fall for Psmith as much as I could for Jeeves and Bertie. I read them again and laugh off like first time.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Same here. I find the Bertie and Jeeves stories fresh every time.

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My first was Love Among The Chickens. When I reached the part with the golf game, I realised that Wodehouse was a genius.

His play had become wilder and wilder at each hole in arithmetical progression. If he had been a plow, he could hardly have turned up more soil.

[Somdutta]

Uneasy Money

[Paul]

Code of the Woosters; still my favourite!

[Paul]

Code of the Woosters; still my favourite1

[Xiao_nie7]

Anyone else start with Piccadilly Jim?

[Dan, Tenth Earl of Emsworth]

Xiao_nie7 wrote: "Anyone else start with Piccadilly Jim?"

Piccadilly Jim is one of the ones I haven't read yet. How is it?

[Xiao_nie7]

Actually I read a borrowed copy when I was thirteen-- more than ten years now. Strangely enough I never got around to buying my own copy.

I probably should buy and re read, come to think of it.

For what its worth though, I remember having really liked it.

[Allie]

My Man Jeeves, which contained four early Jeeves stories and four Reggie Pepper stories for good measure. Two episodes in I was hooked!

[Ann Helen]

I am currently reading my first Wodehouse, Summer Lightning, and I will definitely be reading more of his books.

[Charlie]

Hi everyone, I'm Charlie Bray. I'm new to Goodreads and new to your group. Looking forward to getting to know you all. My first was Summer Lightning and I absolutely fell in love with the goings on at Blandings Castle. To this day it remains my favourite series.

[Nicklas]

The Man with Two Left Feet, containing the very first Wooster story, "Extricating Young Gussie"

[Rebecca]

Great to find a whole group dedicated to Wodehouse!

I can't begin to remember what my first Wodehouse was. It was many, many years ago now.

[Cindy]

Pigs Have Wings and I wasn't super crazy about it..then later I tried another and I was hooked for life!!!!

[Don]

Code of the Woosters - topping yarn that wot?