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Blandings Castle Books in Order

P.G. Wodehouse has written 15 Blandings Castle books, published between 1915 and 2001: 14 in the Blandings Castle series and 1 related title. The first book is Something New / Something Fresh (1915) and the newest main-line book is Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best (2001). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1915–2001
Confirmed
15 of 15 titles
Pages on record
3,491 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,491 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Blandings Castle is the imaginary English country house at the centre of a comic sequence by P.G. Wodehouse, beginning with Something New, also published as Something Fresh, in 1915. Fifteen catalogued titles follow, among them Leave it to Psmith (1923), Summer Lightning (1929), Heavy Weather (1933), Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939) and Full Moon (1947). Nobility and English social comedy are the material, and Lord Emsworth's name carries several of the titles. The run is complete, with editions dated to 2001.

How many Blandings Castle books are there?

Blandings Castle has 15 books, released between 1915 and 2001. 14 of them belong to the Blandings Castle series, and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.

Blandings Castle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Blandings Castle books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Something New / Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse, book 1 of the Blandings Castle series (1915)
  2. Cover of Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse, book 2 of the Psmith series (1923)
  3. Cover of Summer Lightning / Fish Preferred by P.G. Wodehouse, book 3 of the Blandings Castle series (1929)
  4. Cover of Heavy Weather by P.G. Wodehouse, book 4 of the Blandings Castle series (1933)
  5. Cover of Lord Emsworth and Others / The Crime Wave at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse, book 6 of the Blandings Castle series
  6. Cover of Full Moon by P.G. Wodehouse, book 8 of the Blandings Castle series (1947)
  7. Cover of Pigs Have Wings by P.G. Wodehouse, book 9 of the Blandings Castle series (1952)
  8. Cover of Sunset at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse, book 13 of the Blandings Castle series (1977)
  9. Cover of Imperial Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse, book 14 of the Blandings Castle series (1992)
  10. Cover of Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best by P.G. Wodehouse, book 15 of the Blandings Castle series (2001)
  1. 1
    Something New / Something FreshBlandings Castle #11915 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1915260
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  2. 2
    Leave it to PsmithPsmith #21923 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1923288
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  3. 3
    Summer Lightning / Fish PreferredBlandings Castle #31929 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1929320
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  4. 4
    Heavy WeatherBlandings Castle #41933 · 321 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1933321
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  5. 5
    Blandings Castle and ElsewhereBlandings Castle #51935 · confirmed 3/4
    1935–
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  6. 6
    Lord Emsworth and Others / The Crime Wave at BlandingsBlandings Castle #61937 · 268 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1937268
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  7. 7
    Uncle Fred in the SpringtimeBlandings Castle #71939 · confirmed 3/4
    1939–
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  8. 8
    Full MoonBlandings Castle #81947 · 261 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1947261
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  9. 9
    Pigs Have WingsBlandings Castle #91952 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1952272
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  10. 10
    Galahad at Blandings / The Brinkmanship of Galahad ThreepwoodBlandings Castle #101964 · confirmed 3/4
    1964–
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  11. 11
    A Pelican at BlandingsBlandings Castle #111969 · 236 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1969236
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  12. 12
    The World of BlandingsBlandings Castle #121976 · 357 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1976357
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  13. 13
    Sunset at BlandingsBlandings Castle #131977 · 150 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1977150
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  14. 14
    Imperial BlandingsBlandings Castle #141992 · 576 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992576
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  15. 15
    Lord Emsworth Acts for the BestBlandings Castle #152001 · 182 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001182
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Do you have to read Blandings Castle books in order?

You should read the Blandings Castle series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Blandings Castle book also stands alone.

Where to start with Blandings Castle

Start with Something New / Something Fresh (1915), the earliest published book in the Blandings Castle series.

What is the newest Blandings Castle book?

Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best (2001) is the newest book in the Blandings Castle series.

Is there a new Blandings Castle book coming?

No next Blandings Castle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Blandings Castle at a glance

No recent titles
The newest main-line Blandings Castle title on record is Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best (2001), 25 years ago.
Release pace
Blandings Castle books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
Length
3,491 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Blandings Castle books, 4 of 15, were published in the 1930s.

What the Blandings Castle books are about

All 15 Blandings Castle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 10 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by P.G. Wodehouse

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Series that include Blandings Castle books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.