A fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Name | Relationship | Comment |
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Dr. John Hamish Watson | Sidekick | Dr Watson, a friend, flatmate, biographer |
Mrs. Hudson | Landlady | Owner, and housekeeper of 221B Baker Street - (Sherlock Holmes address) |
Mycroft Holmes | Older Brother | 7 years older than Sherlock, said to be more talented |
Baker Street Irregulars | Group of street urchins | lead by Wiggins, helped Holmes with tasks around London. |
Professor James Moriarty | Enemy | Criminal mastermind, featured in 2 stories, killed by Holmes at Reichenbach Falls. |
Irene Adler | The Woman | featured in A Scandal in Bohemia |
Mary Morstan | Wife of Watson | Watson may have had other wives who were unnamed |
George Lestrade | Scotland Yard Inspector | Respected by Holmes the most, of all the Scotland Yard detectives |
Tobias Gregson | Scotland Yard Inspector | Not well respected by Holmes |
60 Sherlock Holmes stories written in total, 4 novels and 56 short stories collected in 5 volumes. Most titles actually start with the phrase "The Adventures Of..." but this has been omitted from the list below.
The stories were first published in the strand magazine in instalments over a number of years. Collections of short stories were published as books later on.
Story | Year Published |
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Novels | |
A Study in Scarlet | 1887 |
The Sign of the Four | 1890 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1901-02 |
The Valley of Fear | 1914-15 |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | |
A Scandal in Bohemia | 1891 |
The Red-headed League | 1891 |
A Case of Identity | 1891 |
The Boscombe Valley Mystery | 1891 |
The Five Orange Pips | 1891 |
The Man with the Twisted Lip | 1891 |
The Blue Carbuncle | 1892 |
The Speckled Band | 1892 |
The Engineer's Thumb | 1892 |
The Noble Bachelor | 1892 |
The Beryl Coronet | 1892 |
The Copper Beeches | 1892 |
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | |
Silver Blaze | 1892 |
The Yellow Face | 1893 |
The Stock-broker's Clerk | 1893 |
The 'Gloria Scott' | 1893 |
The Musgrave Ritual | 1893 |
The Reigate Squires | 1893 |
The Crooked Man | 1893 |
The Resident Patient | 1893 |
The Greek Interpreter | 1893 |
The Naval Treaty | 1893 |
The Final Problem | 1893 |
The Return of Sherlock Holmes | |
The Empty House | 1903 |
The Norwood Builder | 1903 |
The Dancing Men | 1903 |
The Solitary Cyclist | 1903 |
The Priory School | 1904 |
Black Peter | 1904 |
Charles Augustus Milverton | 1904 |
The Six Napoleons | 1904 |
The Three Students | 1904 |
The Golden Pince-Nez | 1904 |
The Missing Three-Quarter | 1904 |
The Abbey Grange | 1904 |
The Second Stain | 1904 |
His Last Bow | |
Wisteria Lodge | 1908 |
The Cardboard Box | 1893 |
The Red Circle | 1911 |
The Bruce-Partington Plans | 1908 |
The Dying Detective | 1913 |
Lady Frances Carfax | 1911 |
The Devil's Foot | 1910 |
His Last Bow | 1917 |
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | |
The Illustrious Client | 1924 |
The Blanched Soldier | 1926 |
The Mazarin Stone | 1921 |
The Three Gables | 1926 |
The Sussex Vampire | 1924 |
The Three Garridebs | 1924 |
Thor Bridge | 1922 |
The Creeping Man | 1923 |
The Lion's Mane | 1926 |
The Veiled Lodger | 1927 |
Shoscombe Old Place | 1927 |
The Retired Colourman | 1926 |
Thor Bridge | 1922 |
The Creeping Man | 1923 |
The Lion's Mane | 1926 |
The Veiled Lodger | 1927 |
Shoscombe Old Place | 1927 |
The Retired Colourman | 1926 |