The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- 72
- Pages
- about 1.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” is a light, good-humoured Holmes case set at Christmas, in which the detective shows unexpected heart. The seventh tale of “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” first appeared in “The Strand Magazine” in 1892. Some readers count it among Doyle’s lesser cases and find its opening slow to get going; others take it gladly as seasonal entertainment. At about seventy pages, it fills a winter evening.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" is one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the seventh story of twelve in the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1892.
Reading order · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Full order & progress →- A Scandal in BohemiaStart here
–Not ranked yet - The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
–Not ranked yet - A Case of Identity
–Not ranked yet - The Boscombe Valley Mystery
–Not ranked yet - The Five Orange Pips
–Not ranked yet - The Man with the Twisted Lip
–Not ranked yet - The Adventure of the Blue CarbuncleThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - The Adventure of the Speckled Band
–Not ranked yet - The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
–Not ranked yet - The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
–Not ranked yet - The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
–Not ranked yet - The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 64 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 30% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.2 | 5 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 59 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle?
It has 72 pages — shorter than 100% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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