Psmith Books in Order

Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse contains 5 books, published between 1909 and 1935. The first book is Mike (1909) and the newest is Mike and Psmith / Enter Psmith (1935). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
1909–1935
Confirmed
5 of 5 titles
Pages on record
886 in 3 of 5 books
Reading time
15–22 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 886 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

Psmith is a P.G. Wodehouse comic series about a character of that name. Five books are catalogued, from Mike (1909) to Mike and Psmith, also published as Enter Psmith, in 1935, with Psmith in the City (1910), Psmith, Journalist (1915) and Leave it to Psmith (1923) between them. Boarding schools, cricket and English social comedy supply the material, and Blandings Castle appears in the run. A chronological order exists alongside the publication order.

How many Psmith books are there?

Psmith has 5 books, released between 1909 and 1935.

Psmith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Psmith 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. 1
    Mike1909 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1909384
  2. 2
    Psmith in the City1910 · confirmed 3/4
    1910
  3. 2
    Leave it to Psmith1923 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1923288
  4. 3
    Psmith, Journalist1915 · confirmed 3/4
    1915
  5. 5
    Mike and Psmith / Enter Psmith1935 · 214 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1935214

Psmith Books in Chronological Order

In story order, Mike and Psmith / Enter Psmith comes first and Mike comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 5 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

  1. 5
    Mike and Psmith / Enter Psmith1935 · 214 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1935214
  2. 2
    Psmith in the City1910 · confirmed 3/4
    1910
  3. 3
    Psmith, Journalist1915 · confirmed 3/4
    1915
  4. 2
    Leave it to Psmith1923 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1923288
  5. 1
    Mike1909 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1909384

Do you have to read Psmith books in order?

You should read the Psmith books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Psmith book also stands alone.

Where to start with Psmith

Start with Mike (1909), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, Mike and Psmith / Enter Psmith comes first.

What is the newest Psmith book?

Mike and Psmith / Enter Psmith (1935) is the newest Psmith book released so far.

Is there a new Psmith book coming?

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

Psmith at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Psmith title on record dates from 1935, 91 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Psmith books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
Length
886 pages across the 3 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Psmith books, 2 of 5, were published in the 1910s.

What the Psmith books are about

All 5 Psmith 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 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Humor 2 of 5 books
  • Blandings castle 1 of 5 books
  • Boarding schools 1 of 5 books
  • Boarding schools -- Fiction 1 of 5 books
  • Comedy 1 of 5 books
  • Cricket 1 of 5 books
  • Cricket -- Fiction 1 of 5 books
  • England 1 of 5 books
  • England -- Fiction 1 of 5 books
  • Schools 1 of 5 books

More books by P.G. Wodehouse

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

Characters in the Psmith books

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

Other series by P.G. Wodehouse

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