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The book series behind Sherlock Holmes

canon of Sherlock Holmes

Book series by Arthur Conan Doyle · mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction

56 short stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

canon of Sherlock Holmes: books by publication date

1. A Study in Scarlet (1887)
2. The Sign of Four (1890)
3. The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1891)
4. The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891)
5. The Five Orange Pips (1891)
6. The Adventure of the Red-Headed League (1891)
7. A Case of Identity (1891)
8. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892)
9. The Adventure of Silver Blaze (1892)
10. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (1892)
11. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (1892)
12. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (1892)
13. A Scandal in Bohemia (1892)
14. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1893)
15. The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893)
16. The Adventure of the Resident Patient (1893)
17. The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1893)
18. The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (1893)
19. The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (1893)
20. The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1893)
21. The Final Problem (1893)
22. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894)
23. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (1894)
24. The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1899)
25. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
26. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (1903)
27. The Adventure of the Empty House (1903)
28. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (1903)
29. The Adventure of the Three Students (1904)
30. The Adventure of the Priory School (1904)
31. The Adventure of Black Peter (1904)
32. The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904)
33. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (1904)
34. The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (1904)
35. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (1904)
36. The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904)
37. The Adventure of the Second Stain (1904)
38. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905)
39. The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1905)
40. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (1908)
41. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908)
42. The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911)
43. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911)
44. The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913)
45. The Valley of Fear (1915)
46. His Last Bow (1917)
47. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1921)
48. The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922)
49. The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923)
50. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924)
51. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1924)
52. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924)
53. The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926)
54. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926)
55. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1926)
56. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)
57. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927)

Other adaptations of canon of Sherlock Holmes

• Sherlock (TV, 2010)
• Sherlock Holmes (film, 2009)
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (film, 2011)
• Elementary (TV, 2012)
• Gnomeo and Juliet 2: Sherlock Gnomes (film, 2018)
• Sherlock Holmes Baffled (film, 1900)

More screen adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's books

• The Lost World (film, 1925)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (film, 1959)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (film, 1939)
• Young Sherlock Holmes (film, 1985)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film, 1939)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (film, 1942)