Sherlock Holmes : Complete Collection

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most universally recognizable literary characters in any genre.Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories were narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two having been narrated by Holmes himself, and two others written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialized novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914.This collection contains all the 60 official and the 6 unofficial Sherlock Holmes stories - in total 66 works (the biggest and greatest Sherlock Holmes collection in the eBook world).

Genres: Fiction, Classics

1177 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 22, 2025

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Linda Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful stories of the famous detective. I fell in love with him as a young girl, and still love him now. (Don't tell my husband!) I used to love seeing if I could figure out the who-done-it before Watson revealed him or her. However, Doyle really never gave the reader enough background information to do this. Still, many authors have copied Doyle shamelessly, and there have been many movies made about him, including a TV series about him. I know that once Doyle tried to kill him off so that he wouldn't have to keep writing these detective stories, but the public outcry was too strong, and Doyle had to bring Sherlock back.

[Deborah Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hours of delightful entertainment.

This was the complete works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Doyle related to Sherlock Holmes. There are the famous longer stories, often with wonderful insights into American history, as well as English colonies.

The cases are easily solved by the 21st century reader once the facts are provided, but only because so many other writers have used similar means in television and movies.

I wonder how many of these stories are based on actual cases?

[Gay Sonn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth the cost!

Though the edition contains some typos, the errors are easily overlooked by the brilliance of having all the stories in one location. Worth the cost!