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The Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle consists of 56 short stories and four novels. The first publication in the series was "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," released in 1892. Doyle, a Scottish writer and physician, created the character of Sherlock Holmes, a detective known for his keen observational skills and logical reasoning. The series primarily features Holmes and his companion, Dr. John Watson, who narrates the stories. Doyle's inspiration for Holmes came from his medical school professor, Joseph Bell, who employed deductive methods. The series was published between 1891 and 2006, with the original works spanning from the 1880s to the early 1900s. The four novels include "A Study in Scarlet," "The Sign of Four," "The Hound of the Baskervilles," and "The Valley of Fear." The series is widely regarded as a foundational work in the detective fiction genre.
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Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.
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Buy on Amazon1887 · Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the first book in the Sherlock Holmes series. The story introduces…
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Buy on Amazon1890 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four (1890), also known as The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is…
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Buy on Amazon1891 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"A Case of Identity" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and is the third story in The Adventures of…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Speckled Band
1891 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in February 1892 and…
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Buy on Amazon1891 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Five Orange Pips is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in November 1891. This story is…
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Buy on Amazon1891 · Arthur Conan Doyle
A short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in The Strand Magazine in December 1891 as the eighth Sherlock Holmes story. It was collected in…
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Buy on Amazon1891 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first appearing in The…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1892 · Arthur Conan Doyle
This collection gathers twelve of Holmes's earliest recorded cases, narrated by Watson, including a Bohemian king blackmailed by the woman Holmes…
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Buy on Amazon1892 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"A Scandal in Bohemia" is the first short story featuring Sherlock Holmes, written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the third overall Holmes work and the…
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Buy on Amazon1892 · Arthur Conan Doyle
When a horse named Silver Blaze, the favorite to win the Wessex Cup, disappears under mysterious conditions and its trainer is found murdered, the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
1892 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eleventh of the twelve…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
1892 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1892 and…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Copper Beeches
1892 · Arthur Conan Doyle
A young woman is offered a position as a governess at the Copper Beeches. She asks Sherlock Holmes if she should accept the job. Her employer has…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
1892 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" is a short Sherlock Holmes story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the ninth of twelve stories in The…
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Buy on AmazonMemoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories]
1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
A second set of Watson's accounts presents some of Holmes's most memorable investigations, from a ritual hidden in an old family manuscript to a…
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1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of 12 stories in the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Cardboard Box
1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Crooked Man
1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Crooked Man" is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes stories and part of the cycle…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in 1893 in Strand…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Naval Treaty
1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
Percy "Tadpole" Phelps, a former school friend of Dr. Watson, faces a serious crisis when a secret treaty he was entrusted with goes missing,…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Reigate Squire
1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Reigate Squire," also known as "The Adventure of the Reigate Squires" or "The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle," is one of the…
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The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It appears as the fourth story in…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Yellow Face
1893 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Yellow Face is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories and the third tale from The Memoirs…
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"The Adventure of the Resident Patient," one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories…
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Buy on Amazon1894 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, part of the twelve stories…
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Buy on Amazon1899 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Boscombe Valley Mystery is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in The Strand Magazine in October 1891. It is the…
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Buy on Amazon1902 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, the third in a series featuring Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Empty House
1903 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Empty House" is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes stories and part of the collection…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Norwood Builder
1903 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the second tale in The…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
1903 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" is a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the 13 stories in The Return of…
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"The Adventure of Black Peter" is a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle. This tale is included in the collection The Return of Sherlock…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
1904 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the 13…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Abbey Grange
1904 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle and is part of the 13 stories collected in The Return of Sherlock…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
1904 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes stories and part of the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter
1904 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter" is a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the 13 stories in The…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Priory School
1904 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Priory School" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the 13-story cycle…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Second Stain
1904 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the cycle collected…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Six Napoleons
1904 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the 13 stories…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Three Students
1904 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Three Students" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the 13 stories…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Dancing Men
1905 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Dancing Men" is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of 13 stories in the collection The Return of Sherlock…
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a 1905 collection of 13 short stories featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes, written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
1908 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the collection His…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
1908 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of fifty-six Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the collection His Last Bow…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Red Circle
1911 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Red Circle" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology His…
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Buy on AmazonThe Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
1911 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Dying Detective
1913 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Dying Detective" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in the…
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Buy on Amazon1915 · Arthur Conan Doyle
Even Sherlock Holmes, accustomed to strange cases, finds this one unusual. The crime takes place in a moated English country house. The weapon used…
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Buy on Amazon1917 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" is one of 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
1921 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927). It…
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Buy on Amazon1922 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Problem of Thor Bridge" is a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the collection The Case-Book of…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Creeping Man
1923 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Creeping Man" (1923) is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle collected in The Case-Book of Sherlock…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Illustrious Client
1924 · Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes is called to assist General de Merville after his daughter becomes involved with a notorious criminal. The general, a strong and…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
1924 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories collected between 1921 and 1927 as…
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The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
1924 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. One of the 12…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
1926 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (1926) is a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is part of the 56-story canon of…
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The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
1926 · Arthur Conan Doyle
One of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1926 and collected among the 12 stories in The Case-Book…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Three Gables
1926 · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Three Gables" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, collected as one of 12 in…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
1927 · Arthur Conan Doyle
The last of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, part of the collection The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
1927 · Arthur Conan Doyle
One of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1927 and collected among the 12 stories in The Case-Book…
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Buy on AmazonThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
1927 · Arthur Conan Doyle
This collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle contains: The Illustrious Client, The Blanched Soldier, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone,…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Devil's Foot
Year unknown · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Devil's Foot," from 1910, is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight…
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Buy on AmazonThe Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Year unknown · Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the tenth of the twelve…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Sherlock Holmes books in?
Publication order — Publication order — the order in which the books were first published. This is the standard, most widely recommended way to read the series.
How many books are in the Sherlock Holmes series?
We list 63 books by Arthur Conan Doyle , published between 1887–1927.
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Sub-series within Sherlock Holmes
Distinct reading paths inside the wider series — each has its own page and order.
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · 12 books
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes · 7 books
- The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes · 3 books
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