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Sherlock Holmes

edited 2026-05-22

A complete reading and viewing order for Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle's original four novels and five short-story collections (60 works, 1887–1927), plus the major screen adaptations: the Basil Rathbone film cycle, Granada's Jeremy Brett series, BBC Sherlock, Elementary, the Guy Ritchie films, the Enola Holmes films, and notable standalone films. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the Doyle canon, just one adaptation line, or sample everything.

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01NOVEL
1887Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel introducing consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his new flatmate Dr. John Watson, who narrates the stor…
188 pp
02NOVEL
1890Doyle's 1890 second Holmes novel, in which Mary Morstan retains Holmes to investigate the disappearance of her father and a series of anonym…
222 pp
03NOVEL
1902Doyle's 1902 third Holmes novel, serialised in The Strand the year before. Sir Henry Baskerville inherits the Devon estate after his uncle's…
248 pp
04NOVEL
1915Doyle's 1915 final Holmes novel, set in 1888 and structured in two halves. The first follows Holmes investigating the murder of an American…
191 pp