Arthur Conan Doyle Books in Order

Over breakfast, Watson tries to demonstrate that he has mastered Sherlock Holmes's method of deduction. Ordinary observations become the basis for confident claims about his friend's thoughts and plans, setting up a brief comic test of the doctor's reasoning.

Conan Doyle recounts his varied life, from medical training to writing and public activity, alongside his Western Wanderings travel account. Personal memories and observations of Canada's Rocky Mountains connect the author's career with his appetite for experience and exploration.

Robert Ferguson fears that his wife has been drinking their baby's blood and asks Holmes for help. Visiting the troubled Sussex household, Holmes investigates alarming behavior and family tensions while seeking an explanation beyond the supernatural accusations surrounding the case.

Captain Sharkey's brutal reputation haunts sailors across these pirate stories. Captains and crews face deception, treachery, and ruthless violence in encounters where apparent safety can disappear quickly, making survival depend on judgment as much as strength at sea.

An influential client asks Holmes to prevent Violet de Merville from marrying Baron Gruner, a man suspected of murder. Violet rejects warnings against her charming fiancé, forcing Holmes to seek evidence strong enough to expose the danger she refuses to see.

Nathan Garrideb is promised a share of a fortune if another man with his rare surname can be found. The supposed American lawyer arranging the inheritance arouses Holmes's suspicions, turning an unusual genealogical search into a potentially dangerous investigation.

Thirteen historical stories explore the ancient world and the decline of empires. Roman withdrawal from Britain, threatened Phoenician power, and encounters across cultures expose conflicts between duty and survival as established orders give way to uncertain futures.

James Dodd asks Holmes to explain the disappearance of his wartime friend Godfrey Emsworth after an injury in South Africa. A guarded family home and a startling glimpse of his friend suggest that the family's account conceals a disturbing secret.

Retired in Sussex, Holmes confronts a sudden death near the coast after a schoolmaster emerges from the water bearing terrible injuries. The dying man's cryptic words and tensions among those around him complicate the search for the source of danger.

An elderly widow receives an extraordinary offer to buy her house and everything inside, with conditions preventing her from removing possessions. Holmes investigates the buyer's motives as intimidation and her recently deceased son's belongings deepen the mystery surrounding Three Gables.

Conan Doyle traces spiritualism's origins, prominent mediums, and investigations of claimed psychic phenomena. Written from his position as a believer, the history explores a controversial movement promising communication with the dead and the arguments surrounding its place in modern culture.

Reporter Edward Malone and Enid Challenger investigate spiritualism, beginning with a professional assignment that becomes personally important. Their encounters with séances and claimed messages from the dead clash with Professor Challenger's skepticism, placing conviction and scientific doubt in direct conflict.

A racing trainer brings Holmes troubling reports from Shoscombe Old Place, where debt, changed habits, nighttime crypt visits, and discovered bones unsettle the household. Holmes and Watson investigate an estate whose financial survival appears tied to a prized racehorse.

Retired dealer Josiah Amberley asks Holmes to locate his missing wife and a neighboring doctor, along with valuable securities. Watson's visit to the gloomy household reveals details that make Holmes question whether the supposed elopement explains what has happened.

A landlady asks Holmes to visit a disfigured lodger who keeps her face hidden and cries out about murder. The woman's distress leads back to a circus tragedy, inviting Holmes to reconsider events previously dismissed as an accident.

Twelve later Sherlock Holmes stories bring together puzzling deaths, stolen valuables, suspicious disappearances, and seemingly supernatural events. Holmes and Watson confront human deception behind difficult evidence, with cases including an accused governess, an alleged vampire, and a professor's disturbing behavior.

Convinced that Earth itself is a living creature, Professor Challenger recruits drilling expert Peerless Jones for an extraordinary experiment. A deep excavation aims to pierce the planet's outer layers and announce humanity's existence, raising questions about the consequences of his ambition.

Reporter Malone takes Professor Challenger to investigate Theodore Nemor's claim that a machine can dissolve objects and restore them intact. Demonstrations challenge Challenger's skepticism, but the invention's potential use as a devastating weapon turns scientific curiosity into a more urgent concern.

Professor Maracot and two companions descend into the Atlantic in a specially constructed vessel, seeking a deep ocean trench. Their expedition opens onto a hidden underwater civilization, bringing scientific exploration into conflict with strange powers and threats beyond the surface world.

In these essays, Conan Doyle considers spiritualism, ghostly encounters, dreams, and disputed psychic experiences. Reflections on Houdini and other reported phenomena reveal his efforts to interpret mysterious events through a belief that ordinary life touches an unseen world.

An Egyptology student falls asleep in the Louvre and wakes to find himself locked inside. Encountering a strange attendant beside a mummy leads him toward a story of ancient knowledge, prolonged life, and an attachment that has survived across centuries.

Edited by Thomas Godfrey, this seasonal anthology gathers 26 mystery and crime tales set around Christmas. Its selections range from classic detective fiction to darker holiday mischief, including work by Ngaio Marsh, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Dorothy L. Sayers.

Edited by Thomas Godfrey, this anthology gathers classic British mystery stories set in and around country estates. The selection ranges from early detective fiction to later crime tales, with contributions from writers including Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Ruth Rendell, and P. D. James.

Patricia Craig’s international detective-story anthology spans classic and modern crime fiction from Britain, the United States, Europe, Japan, and beyond. The selection includes police procedurals, amateur sleuths, women detectives, and locked-room puzzles, with a story by Garry Disher.

This collection combines adventure tales with stories of medical life, from colonial outposts and remote encounters to doctors' professional and personal troubles. Unusual situations test judgment and expose human vulnerability, mixing dangerous escapades with the pressures of treating others.

Medical student Robert Armitage watches his friend John Barrington Cowles become captivated by the beautiful Kate Northcott. Her previous fiancé's strange death and hints of a sinister past make Armitage fear the powerful hold she has over Cowles.

Confined by rheumatic gout, middle-aged bachelor John Smith reflects on the people and world around him. Observations from his room lead into conversations and wide-ranging thoughts on social, political, and personal questions rather than a conventional sequence of adventures.

As a young medical student, Conan Doyle serves as surgeon aboard the Arctic whaler Hope and records the voyage in his diary. Shipboard observations, illustrations, and hazardous work on the ice reveal experiences that later helped shape his writing.

Surgeon Douglas Stone plans to meet his married lover, Lady Sannox, when a stranger offers a large fee for an urgent operation. A supposedly poisoned wound and a veiled patient draw him into a disturbing test of his confidence.

Frustrated aspiring writer Smith struggles with rejected manuscripts and an inability to write. Dozing by the fire, he finds himself among celebrated literary figures whose unlikely collaborative storytelling offers a comic encounter with the authors he admires.

Passenger Mr. Hammond overhears two men discussing a mysterious square box aboard an Atlantic steamer. Convinced they intend to destroy the ship, he struggles to make others believe him as the appointed time for their secret plan approaches.

French officer Etienne Gerard crosses British lines near Torres Vedras to gather intelligence for Marshal Massena. A misunderstanding during an English fox hunt diverts his mission, leaving the proud cavalryman facing increasingly awkward adventures behind enemy lines.

A collection of classic Christmas mysteries featuring famous detectives, where locked doors, snowy footprints, and holiday gatherings turn deadly. It’s made for short, cozy whodunits with sharp twists and plenty of seasonal atmosphere.

Medical assistant Robert Montgomery needs money to complete his degree and accepts a challenge to fight the feared Croxley boxing champion. Intensive preparation leads to a punishing contest in which his education and future depend on his performance.

More than thirty Gothic stories range from haunted polar landscapes to sinister surgeons and dangerous jungles. Drawing on medicine, travel, and the occult, Doyle brings rational inquiry into conflict with threatening forces and the fear of what remains unexplained.

A bloodstained horse returns to a South Australian town without its young miner rider, prompting troopers to search the bush. Discovering a mass grave turns their expedition into a dangerous pursuit of the gang responsible for repeated murders.

This collection brings together stories of supernatural terror and puzzling crimes. Strange objects, dangerous creatures, missing trains, and unexplained deaths draw ordinary people into mysteries where fear and uncertainty challenge their ability to understand what has happened.

These stories explore unsettling encounters with strange powers, dangerous creatures, and unexplained events. From Egyptian mysteries to an isolated Arctic ship, Doyle places apparently rational people in situations where familiar explanations no longer offer protection.

This collection follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson through the detective's investigations, from puzzling crimes to encounters with formidable enemies. Holmes's observation and deductions guide cases that carry the pair beyond Baker Street and across a changing criminal world.