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Sherlock Holmes Reading Order
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle has 9 main books (1887–1927). Start with A Study in Scarlet (1887) and read the numbered books in order.
Sherlock Holmes books in order
Your reading speed
- 2 h 50 min
- 2 h 44 min
- 5 h 25 min
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- 4 h 32 min
#5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1902
—- 6 h 9 min
- 3 h 36 min
- 4 h 8 min
- 5 h 4 min
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Sherlock Holmes: common questions
- How many books are in the Sherlock Holmes series?
- There are 9 main books in Sherlock Holmes. The most recent main book listed here is The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927).
- What order should I read Sherlock Holmes in?
- Read Sherlock Holmes in its numbered order: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, and so on. Four novels and five short story collections, in publication order.
- What is the first Sherlock Holmes book?
- The first book is A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1887.