Shailesh Karkera lists 12 must read books by P G Wodehouse, one of the finest humorists of all time.
The Code of the Woosters
Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves navigate a series of mishaps and misunderstandings involving a cow-creamer, an antique book, a policeman's helmet, and a pair of star-crossed lovers.
Heavy Weather
Set in the idyllic English countryside, the story revolves around the chaotic lives of the aristocratic Blandings Castle inhabitants featuring the theft of a valuable manuscript, a pig-napping, and the various romantic entanglements of the characters.
The Inimitable Jeeves
Bertie Wooster is involved in a series of misadventures, often involving his eccentric friends and relatives, and it is up to Jeeves to find ingenious solutions to save the day.
Galahad at Blandings
Galahad Threepwood must sort things out for his brother, Lord Emsworth, whose home, Blandings Castle, is overrun with overbearing sisters, over efficient secretaries and eccentric characters.
Thank You, Jeeves
Jeeves navigates a complex love triangle involving a fiery-tempered opera singer, a mild-mannered poet, and a jealous fiancé.
Carry On, Jeeves
Jeeves assists his employer in navigating through various social dilemmas, romantic entanglements, and personal gaffes, providing solutions that are both clever and entertaining in a series of delightful short stories.
Something Fresh
A story set in the iconic Blandings Castle, where the absent-minded Lord Emsworth accidentally pockets a valuable scarab belonging to an American millionaire, setting off a series of humorous events.
Piccadilly Jim
Jim Crocker, known for his scandalous lifestyle and frequent appearances in the gossip columns as 'Piccadilly Jim', attempts to win the heart of the woman he loves and embarks on a convoluted scheme involving assumed identities, a trip to England, and infiltrating the household of his prospective in-laws.
Love Among The Chickens
A young Londoner, seeking to escape his mundane city life, ventures into the countryside to help a friend start a chicken farm despite a complete lack of agricultural experience.
Life With Jeeves
Bertie Wooster and Jeeves pair up for a series of humorous escapades where Bertie finds himself entangled in a web of social predicaments, romantic entanglements, and familial obligations, all of which are deftly navigated and resolved by the ever-resourceful Jeeves.
Psmith, Journalist
Psmith takes over a friend's newspaper while he is away and transforms the paper from a mundane health advice column into a platform for social justice, exposing the corrupt practices of landlords and politicians in New York City.
Pigs have Wings
The serene life at Blandings Castle is once again disrupted by a series of comic mishaps centered around the well-being of the Empress, the prized pig.
The story unfolds with a delightful mix of mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and the usual high-spirited scheming.