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Sherlock Holmes books in order

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is a series of 7 books by Arthur Conan Doyle: 1,208 pages in the 6 with a known length, about 22 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

7
books
1,208
pages in 6 of them
22 hours
to read those 6
45 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 A Study in Scarlet 1887 3.0 h The Sign of Four 1890 2.9 h The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1892 2.2 h The Hound of the Baskervilles 1902 3.8 h The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1905 6.5 h The Valley of Fear 1915 3.8 h
His Last Bow 1917 length not known

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. 1

    A Study in Scarlet 1887 3.0 h

    A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle.

  2. The Sign of Four 1890 2.9 h

    The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

  3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1892 2.2 h

    Adventure of the Copper Beeches Man with the Twisted Lip Adventure of the Beryl Coronet Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle Boscombe Valley Mystery Disappearance of Lady Frances…

  4. The Hound of the Baskervilles 1902 3.8 h

    The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes.

  5. The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1905 6.5 h

    The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a 1905 collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903–1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle.

  6. The Valley of Fear 1915 3.8 h

    Even Sherlock Holmes, well-accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual; the scene of the crime, a moated English country house; the wapon, a very American…

  7. His Last Bow 1917 length not known

How much is left

After book 1, A Study in Scarlet about 19 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The Sign of Four about 16 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes about 14 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The Hound of the Baskervilles about 10 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The Return of Sherlock Holmes about 4 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length

Reading the whole series

About 22 hours 9 minutes

6 of 7 books, 1,208 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

45 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.