P.G. Wodehouse

If You Like P.G. Wodehouse…
Try These Authors

If you are a fan of British humorist P.G. Wodehouse, you may appreciate the work of some the other authors on this list. Wodehouse wrote numerous novels and shorter works, but is probably best known as the creator of Bertie Wooster and his faithful manservant Jeeves. Wodehouse’s works were satirical, yet gentle, pokes at the established societal order in Great Britain. His light, frothy plots — farcical in nature — are always meticulously worked out, and the witty bon mots of his characters belies a savvy intelligence, in particular on the part of Jeeves. While “class differences” may be a popular subject for fiction writers, there are few who handle the topic with the refreshing mixture of humor and absurdity that Wodehouse applied to the topic. The authors here are some who come close.

The author names are hotlinked to their holdings in our catalog, so that you may check on the availability of their titles in print or audio formats. Items not hotlinked in this list are not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries, but you might wish to consider ordering them through our InterLibrary Loan service.

John Kendrick Bangs

• “Houseboat” and ghost stories

H(erbert) E(arnest) Bates

• A Breath of French Air
• The Darling Buds of May
• Hark, Hark, the Lark

E.F. Benson

• Make Way for Lucia
• Miss Mapp
• Queen Lucia
• Trouble for Lucia
• The Worshipful Lucia

Noel Coward

• Pomp and Circumstance

Helen Cresswell

• Absolute Zero
• Bagthorpes Abroad
• Bagthorpes Haunted
• Bagthorpes Liberated
• Bagthorpes Unlimited
• Bagthorpes v. the World
• Ordinary Jack

E.M. Delafield

• Diary of a Provincial Lady
• The Provincial Lady in London
• The Provincial Lady in Wartime
• The Provincial Lady in America
• The Provincial Lady in Russia

Stella Gibbons

• Cold Comfort Farm
• Conference at Cold Comfort Farm

George and Weedon Grossmith

• The Diary of a Nobody

Donald Jack

• Hitler Versus Me
• It’s Me Again
• Me Bandy, You Cissie
• Me So Far
• Me Too
• That’s Me in the Middle
• This One’s on Me
• Three Cheers for Me

Jerome K. Jerome

• Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog)
• Three Men on the Bummel

Robert Smith Surtees

• [any titles]

Harry Leon Wilson

• Ruggles of Red Gap

posted to BookGuide and last updated November 2006 sdc / last updated April 2008 sdc

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