Sherlock Holmes Series

Illustration of Sherlock Holmes, 1904, Sidney Paget

The Sherlock Holmes series was written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It focuses on the brilliant private eye Sherlock Holmes, and his friend, John Watson, a doctor, who is the narrator of nearly all of the stories. The canon series has four novels and fifty-six short stories that were published between 1887 and 1927.

Works

Novels

• A Study in Scarlet (1887)
• The Sign of the Four (1890)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901–1902)
• The Valley of Fear (1914–1915)

Short story collections

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891)

• A Scandal in Bohemia
• The Red-Headed League
• A Case of Identity
• The Boscombe Valley Mystery
• The Five Orange Pips
• The Man with the Twisted Lip
• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band
• The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
• The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
• The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
• The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894)

• The Adventure of Silver Blaze
• The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
• The Adventure of the Yellow Face
• The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk
• The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
• The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
• The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
• The Adventure of the Crooked Man
• The Adventure of the Resident Patient
• The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
• The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
• The Final Problem

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905)

• The Adventure of the Empty House
• The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
• The Adventure of the Dancing Men
• The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
• The Adventure of the Priory School
• The Adventure of Black Peter
• The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
• The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
• The Adventure of the Three Students
• The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
• The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
• The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
• The Adventure of the Second Stain

His Last Bow (1917)

• The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
• The Adventure of the Red Circle
• The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
• The Adventure of the Dying Detective
• The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
• The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
• His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)

• The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
• The Problem of Thor Bridge
• The Adventure of the Creeping Man
• The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
• The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
• The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
• The Adventure of the Three Gables
• The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
• The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
• The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
• The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
• The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place

Characters

• Sherlock Holmes
• John Watson

Sources

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