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Sherlock Holmes

10 books in reading order by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Arthur Conan Doyle

  1. A Study in Scarlet

    Book 1

    A Study in Scarlet

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become...

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  2. A Study in Scarlet

    Book 1

    A Study in Scarlet

    by Arthur Conan Doyle

    A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become...

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  3. The Sign of Four

    Book 2

    The Sign of Four

    by Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ---------- Also contained in: [Adventures...

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  4. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Book 3

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    by Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the...

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  5. The Hound of Baskervilles

    Book 5

    The Hound of Baskervilles

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine...

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  6. The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Book 5

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine...

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  7. The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Book 5

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    by Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine...

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  8. The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    Book 6

    The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    by Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a 1905 collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903–1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine...

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  9. The Valley of Fear

    Book 7

    The Valley of Fear

    by Arthur Conan Doyle

    Even Sherlock Holmes, well-accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual; the scene of the crime, a moated English country house; the wapon, a very American sawed-off...

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  10. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

    Book 9

    The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

    by Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Illustrious Client The Blanched Soldier The Adventure Of The Mazarin Stone The Adventure of the Three Gables The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire The Adventure of the Three Garridebs...

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