Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Books: Mystery |Historical

The first grown-up mysteries I read as a were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'sSherlock 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)