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🕵️ Fun fact: The inspiration for this novel came in part from the real legend of Squire Richard Cabell in Devon. Expertly blending suspense, mystery, and supernatural horror, The Hound of the Baskervilles is an extraordinary literary achievement. Chilling, immersive, and incredibly satisfying, this truly frightening novel will not disappoint. Sherlock is called to investigate, and so begins this darkly Gothic novel, complete with marshes, suspense, candle signals from nightly windows, and impenetrable fog. In Devon’s moors, Charles Baskerville is found dead with a horrified expression, prompting speculation that an old folk story about a demonic hound haunting the area might be true. This novel is widely considered the best of the Sherlock Holmes books - so we’ve saved the best for last. The Hound of the Baskervilles was the first book Conan Doyle published after he initially killed Sherlock, and it’s set before the events of that story. It is safe to assume the magazine staff was not happy either. 🕵️ Fun fact: Later, Conan Doyle stated the following: “I have had such an overdose of him that I feel towards him as I do towards paté de foie gras, of which I once ate too much, so that the name of it gives me a sickly feeling to this day.” The 20,000+ people who cancelled their subscriptions to The Strand magazine (where these stories were published) as a result of Sherlock’s death were not happy.

🕵️ Fun fact: A Study in Scarlet is the book that first established the magnifying glass as a tool used by detectives to solve crimes! 🔎ĭid you know that Arthur Conan Doyle was so tired of writing Sherlock Holmes books that he killed the beloved detective off in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, but then had to find a way to bring him back to life due to fan outrage? Yep, that’s right Conan Doyle had written to his mother that Sherlock “ mind from better things.” Though she was horrified and urged him not to do it, he went ahead with it anyway in the last story of this collection, ‘The Final Problem.’ But that’s not the only reason to read this collection - the Memoirs is also where Sherlock’s archenemy Professor James Moriarty and brother Mycroft are introduced to the readers, in ‘The Final Problem’ and ‘The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter’ respectively. So hang on in there for the second half - it’s definitely worth persevering, so you can move on to the next book. The two settle in together at the now-famous fictional apartment at 221B Baker Street in London, and work on a demanding and complicated murder case involving a wedding ring, some pills, a pipe, several telegrams, and a mysterious inscription reading “RACHE”.but you’ll have to read the novel if you want to connect the dots - or, as Sherlock says, unravel the “scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life.” The second half of this novel follows a flashback tale that may seem somewhat off-putting, and is the reason some readers recommend starting with a short story collection, but we still think it’s important for the reader to be introduced to the duo in a chronologically accurate way. This novel introduces readers to the original, late-Victorian Sherlock and Watson it’s the first time the two characters meet, and the book cleverly establishes the dynamic between the duo (partly through masterful dialogue), with Watson, as narrator, standing in for the reader as he tries to understand Sherlock’s superior mind. and, well, we hate to say it, but Benedict Cumberbatch will have to go too. A Study in Scarlet was the first Sherlock Holmes book to be published, in 1887! So if you’re here because of BBC’s Sherlock, take a second to mentally lose the smartphones, cars, GPS systems. We’ll explain our reasoning below, but without further ado, here’s the order of Sherlock Holmes books we recommend: So if you’re new to the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, we’re here to suggest a reasonable order to read them in that should keep things from getting too confusing! The books were also not written in chronological order in terms of plot, and reading them in the order of publication doesn’t help much either.

The fact that there’s so many Sherlock Holmes books (novels as well as short story collections) can be confusing, with newcomers wondering which order they should read them in. The Essential Guide to Reading the Sherlock Holmes BooksĮveryone’s heard of the famous British detective, many have seen one of the thrilling TV/movie adaptations, but not everyone’s read the original Sherlock Holmes books.