The Code of the Woosters
British and American novelist, 1881–1975.
The Code of the Woosters is a 1938 novel by PG Wodehouse.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- PG Wodehouse
- First published
- 1938
- Length
- 320 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Class and society, Adventure
Is The Code of the Woosters worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 15 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 100 | See the list |
Best edition of The Code of the Woosters
The edition we link to is the Arrow paperback (2018), 320 pages.
- Publisher
- Arrow (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781787461048
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Code of the Woosters
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 18% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work