Things have changed considerably since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes story. While hard cover tombs are still readily available, they were joined on bookshelves by the “modern” method of book publishing, the paper back novel. Things have progressed even further and nowadays, books are also available in audio format on CDs and  for download in a format for your Kindle (the electronic reading device) and in Preloaded Digital Audio Players .

I believe that Conan Doyle would applaud these advances and I think it allows more people to enjoy the tales of Sherlock Holmes in whichever format suits them.

Conan Doyle was a very prolific writer, particularly seen in the number of tales he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. Here is a list of all of the Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories that he penned.

Sherlock Holmes – A Study in Scarlet 1887
Sherlock Holmes – The Sign of the Four 1890
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1892
Sherlock Holmes – A Scandal in Bohemia 1891
Sherlock Holmes – The Red Headed League 1891
Sherlock Holmes – A Case of Identity 1891
Sherlock Holmes – The Boscombe Valley Mystery 1891
Sherlock Holmes – The Five Orange Pips 1891
Sherlock Holmes – The Man with the Twisted Lip 1891
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle 1892
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Speckled Band 1892
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb 1892
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor 1892
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet 1892
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Copper Beeches 1892
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 1894
Sherlock Holmes – Silver Blaze 1892
Sherlock Holmes – The Yellow Face 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Stock Broker’s Clerk 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Gloria Scott 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Musgrave Ritual 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Reigate Puzzle 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Crooked Man 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Resident Patient 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Greek Interpreter 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Naval Treaty 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Final Problem 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Hound of the Baskervilles 1902
The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Empty House 1903
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Norwood Builder 1903
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Dancing Men 1903
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist 1903
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Priory School 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of Black Peter 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Six Napoleons 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Three Students 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Abbey Grange 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Second Stain 1904
Sherlock Holmes – The Valley of Fear 1904
His Last Bow 1917
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge 1908
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Red Circle 1911
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Cardboard Box 1893
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans 1908
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Dying Detective 1913
Sherlock Holmes – The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax 1911
Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot 1910
Sherlock Holmes – His Last Bow 1917
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes 1927
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client 1924
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier 1926
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone 1921
The Adventure of the Three Gables 1926
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire 1924
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs 1924
The Problem of Thor Bridge 1922
The Adventure of the Creeping Man 1923
The Adventure of the Lions Mane 1926
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger 1927
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place 1927
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman 1926

This massive body of work is sometimes referred to as “The Cannon” and spans over 40 years of Conan Doyle’s life. How many of these stories have you enjoyed?