Books like The Big Four

12 books to read next

• Clouds of Witness Dorothy L. Sayers 5.3 h
• The Valley of Fear Arthur Conan Doyle 3.8 h
• His Last Bow Arthur Conan Doyle 4.3 h
• Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers 3.9 h
• The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures Mike Ashley, Derek Wilson, Peter Berresford Ellis, Claire Griffen, Edward D. Hoch, David Stuart Davies, Barbara Roden, John Betancourt, Denis O. Smith, Guy N. Smith, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Michael Moorcock, Robert Weinberg, Stephen Baxter, Peter Crowther, Lois H. Gresh, Basil Copper, H. R. F. Keating, David Langford, Roger Johnson, Amy Myers, Martin Edwards, Michael Doyle, Zakaria Erzinçlioglu, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, L. B. Greenwood 9.6 h
• The Tiger in the Smoke Margery Allingham 4.7 h
• Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle 3.5 h
• Dead Cert Dick Francis 4.5 h
• Unnatural Death Dorothy L. Sayers 5.3 h
• Whip Hand Dick Francis 5.6 h
• The Nine Tailors Dorothy L. Sayers 6.2 h
• Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? Pierre Bayard 3.1 h

How long each takes

Clouds of Witness Dorothy L. Sayers 5.3 h The Valley of Fear Arthur Conan Doyle 3.8 h His Last Bow Arthur Conan Doyle 4.3 h Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers 3.9 h The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures Mike Ashley, Derek Wilson, Peter Berresford Ellis, Claire Griffen, Edward D. Hoch, David Stuart Davies, Barbara Roden, John Betancourt, Denis O. Smith, Guy N. Smith, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Michael Moorcock, Robert Weinberg, Stephen Baxter, Peter Crowther, Lois H. Gresh, Basil Copper, H. R. F. Keating, David Langford, Roger Johnson, Amy Myers, Martin Edwards, Michael Doyle, Zakaria Erzinçlioglu, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, L. B. Greenwood 9.6 h The Tiger in the Smoke Margery Allingham 4.7 h Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle 3.5 h Dead Cert Dick Francis 4.5 h Unnatural Death Dorothy L. Sayers 5.3 h Whip Hand Dick Francis 5.6 h The Nine Tailors Dorothy L. Sayers 6.2 h Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? Pierre Bayard 3.1 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.