The Complete Sherlock Holmes Canon
Sherlock Holmes – the inestimable detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, appears in four novels, and 56 short stories.
Dr. Watson – Holmes' friend, partner, and chronicler records Holmes’ exploits, but not always in chronological order. In fact, Dr. Watson does not appear in Holmes’ first two cases, but only records those adventures as Holmes later recounts them.
I am reading the Sherlock Holmes canon as arranged in my 1967, two-volume, illustrated edition of the Annotated Sherlock Holmes. This collection is unique in that it attempts to put Holmes’ adventures into chronological order – no easy feat as Dr. Watson is seldom specific about dates. The order is not undisputed, but studiously researched using contextual clues, and probably comes quite close.
| The Gloria Scott |
| The Musgrave Ritual |
| A Study in Scarlet |
| The Adventure of the Speckled Band |
| The Resident Patient |
| The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor |
| The Adventure of the Second Stain |
| The Reigate Squires |
| A Scandal in Bohemia |
| The Man with the Twisted Lip |
| The Five Orange Pips |
| A Case of Identity |
| The Red-Headed League |
| The Adventure of the Dying Detective |
| The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle |
| The Valley of Fear |
| The Yellow Face |
| The Greek Interpreter |
| The Sign of the Four |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| The Adventure of the Copper Beeches |
| The Boscombe Valley Mystery |
| The Stockbroker’s Clerk |
| The Naval Treaty |
| The Cardboard Box |
| The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb |
| The Crooked Man |
| The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge |
| The Adventure of Silver Blaze |
| The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet |
| The Final Problem |
| The Adventure of the Empty House |
| The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez |
| The Adventure of the Three Students |
| The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist |
| The Adventure of Black Peter |
| The Adventure of the Norwood Builder |
| The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans |
| The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger |
| The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire |
| The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter |
| The Adventure of the Abbey Grange |
| The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot |
| The Adventure of the Dancing Men |
| The Adventure of the Retired Colourman |
| The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton |
| The Adventure of the Six Napoleons |
| The Problem of Thor Bridge |
| The Adventure of the Priory School |
| The Adventure of the Shoscombe Old Place |
| The Adventure of the Three Garridebs |
| The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax |
| The Adventure of the Illustrious Client |
| The Adventure of the Red Circle |
| The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier |
| The Adventure of the Three Gables |
| The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone |
| The Adventure of the Creeping Man |
| The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane |
| His Last Bow |
| Common arrangements of the canon: |
| Novels |
| A Study in Scarlet |
| The Sign of the Four |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| The Valley of Fear |
| Short Story Collections |
| Titles were sometimes changed when they were arranged into various short story collection, such as The Gloria Scott became The Adventure of the Gloria Scott |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| 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 |
| 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 Squires |
| 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 |
| 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: Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes |
| Preface by John H. Watson, M.D. |
| 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 Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes |
| The Adventure of the Illustrious Client |
| The Adventure of 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 |
| The Problem of Thor Bridge |
| The Adventure of the Creeping Man |
| The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane |
| The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger |
| The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place |
| The Adventure of the Retired Colourman |
| Authorized Pastiches |
| The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes |
| short story collection by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr |
| The House of Silk |
| a Sherlock Holmes novel by Anthony Horowitz |
| Moriarty |
| sequel by Anthony Horowitz |
Conan Doyle is a favorite of mine with Sherlock perhaps the best. I have read the Sherlock canon several times. Enjoy!!
ReplyDeleteI'm taking this very slow but I'm thoroughly enjoying it. With just a few exceptions, they are mostly first time reads for me.
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