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A chronological list of the Sherlock Holmes books and stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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July 1891 - December 1892 The stories that would make up The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are published in The Strand magazine:

• A Scandal in Bohemia
• The Red-Headed League
• A Case of Identity
• The Boscombe Valley Mystery
• The Five Orange Pips
• The Man with the Twisted Lip
• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band
• The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
• The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
• The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
• The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

December 1892 - November 1893 The stories that would make up The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are published in The Strand magazine:

• The Adventure of the Silver Blaze
• The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
• The Adventure of the Yellow Face
• The Adventure of the Stock-Broker's Clerk
• The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (Holmes's first case, described to Watson)
• The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (another early case, told by Holmes to Watson)
• The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle
• The Adventure of the Crooked Man
• The Adventure of the Resident Patient
• The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (Mycroft appears for the first time)
• The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
• The Adventure of the Final Problem (Watson reports the death of Holmes)

October 1903 - January 1905 - The stories that would make up The Return of Sherlock Holmes are published in The Strand magazine: 

• The Adventure of the Empty House (the return of Holmes)
• The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
• The Adventure of the Dancing Men
• The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
• The Adventure of the Priory School
• The Adventure of Black Peter
• The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
• The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
• The Adventure of the Three Students
• The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
• The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
• The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
• The Adventure of the Second Stain

1908 - 1913, 1917: Stories that would make up His Last Bow (short stories): 

• The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
• The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
• The Adventure of the Red Circle
• The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (Mycroft appears)
• The Adventure of the Dying Detective
• The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
• The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
• His Last Bow (told in third-person)

1914 - 15: The Valley of Fear

1921 - 1927: Stories that would become The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes:

Original order (written order)

• The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (told in third-person)
• The Problem of Thor Bridge
• The Adventure of the Creeping Man
• The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
• The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
• The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
• The Adventure of the Three Gables
• The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (narrated by Holmes; Watson doesn't appear)
• The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (narrated by Holmes; Watson doesn't appear)
• The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
• The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
• The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place