Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Books: Mystery |Historical

The first grown-up mysteries I read as a were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. I can't count the number of times I read and re-read The Complete Sherlock Holmes. It's one of the few volumes I am glad to have in hardback, because otherwise I would have had to replace my volumes several times over.

A Study in Scarlet (1905)

The Sign of Four (1905)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A Scandal in Bohemia (1905)
The Red-Headed League (1905)
A Case of Identity (1905)
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1905)
The Five Orange Pips (1905)
The Man with the Twisted Lip (1905)
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1905)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1905)
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (1905)
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (1905)
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (1905)
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (1905)

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of Silver Blaze (1905)
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (1905)
The Adventure of the Yellow Face (1905)
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk (1905)
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (1905)
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (1905)
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (1905)
The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1905)
The Adventure of the Resident Patient (1905)
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (1905)
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1905)
The Adventure of the Final Problem (1905)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Empty House (1903)
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (1903)
The Adventure of the Dancing Men (1903)
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (1904)
The Adventure of the Priory School (1904)
The Adventure of Black Peter (1904)
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904)
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (1904)
The Adventure of the Three Students (1904)
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (1904)
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (1904)
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (1904)
The Adventure of the Second Stain (1904)

His Last Bow

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (1908)
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908)
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot (1910)
The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911)
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911)
The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913)
His Last Bow (1917)
The Valley of Fear (1914)

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1921)
The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922)
The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923)
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924)
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1925)
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1925)
The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926)
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926)
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926)
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1927)
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927)
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1927)