Order of Sherlock Holmes Books
Sherlock Holmes is a legendary fictional character created by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is well-known for solving even the most impossible mysteries and is a master of disguise. Some of Holmes’ characteristics include having cat-like personal hygiene, use of cocaine and smokes a pipe.
Sherlock Holmes first appeared in 1887 and was featured in four novels and 56 short stories (canonically). The books are usually narrated by Watson, but two of them are narrated by Holmes and the other two are written in the third person. The Sherlock Holmes character has appeared in every medium imaginable, from TV series to video games to stageplays and of course movies such as the ones starring Robert Downey, Jr.
Below is a list of novels and short stories in the official Sherlock Holmes canon by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself:
Publication Order of Sherlock Holmes Books
A Study in Scarlet | (1887) | |
The Sign of Four | (1890) |
Publication Order of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Books
A Scandal in Bohemia | (1891) | |
The Red-headed League | (1891) | |
A Case of Identity | (1891) | |
The Boscombe Valley Mystery | (1891) | |
The Five Orange Pips | (1891) | |
The Man with the Twisted Lip | (1891) | |
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | (1892) | |
The Adventure of the Speckled Band | (1892) | |
The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb | (1892) | |
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor | (1892) | |
Adventure of the Beryl Coronet | (1892) | |
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches | (1892) |
Publication Order of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Books
The Adventure of Silver Blaze | (1892) | |
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Yellow Face | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Crooked Man | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Resident Patient | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty | (1893) | |
The Adventure of the Final Problem | (1893) | |
The Field Bazaar | (1896) | |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | (1901) |
Publication Order of The Return of Sherlock Holmes Books
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) |
Publication Order of Sherlock Holmes – His Last Bow Books
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) | |
The Valley of Fear | (1914) | |
His Last Bow | (1917) |
Publication Order of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Books
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) | |
How Watson Learned the Trick | (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) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
The Captain of the Polestar | (1883) | |
My Friend The Murderer And Other Mysteries And Adventures | (1893) | |
Round the Red Lamp | (1894) | |
The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport | (1900) | |
Round the Fire Stories | (1908) | |
The Last Galley | (1911) | |
Danger! And Other Stories | (1918) | |
The Great Keinplatz Experiment | (1919) | |
Tales Of Adventure And Medical Life | (1920) | |
Tales Of Pirates And Blue Water | (1922) | |
Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates | (1925) | |
The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure | (2009) | |
Gothic Tales | (2018) | |
Tales of Terror and Mystery | (2022) |
Note: For the serialized short stories that originally appeared in the publication The Strand, we have listed the publication year as the year the final story was published.