Reading order
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes reading order
Volumes 3–59 of 62 in canon of Sherlock Holmes
- A Scandal in Bohemia1892
- The Adventure of the Red-Headed League1891
- A Case of Identity1891
- The Boscombe Valley Mystery1891
- The Five Orange Pips1891
- The Man with the Twisted Lip1891
- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle1892
- The Adventure of the Speckled Band1891
- The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb1892
- The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor1892
- The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet1892
- The Adventure of the Copper Beeches1892
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12- 7.57.5 / 1064 ratings
- Score
- 12 volumes
- Volumes
- 1891–1892
- Published
- about 14 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Crime & mystery
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
12 volumes1891–1892Completed
- Twelve short stories, and the order below is the order they ran in the Strand and then stood in the book — which is the only order there is, because they were written monthly and share no plot.
- Any one of them works alone.
- If you are starting Holmes here, know that this is the second book: A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four came first and are novels, and A Scandal in Bohemia assumes you have met Watson.
- Most readers who begin with these stories never notice, which is a fair argument for beginning with them.
A plan for the whole series
12 volumes, 751 pages, about 14 hours. At 45 min a day that is 18 days.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 16, 2026.
- Stage 114 h18 daysby November 16, 2026
- 1. A Scandal in Bohemia
- 2. The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
- 3. A Case of Identity
- 4. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
- 5. The Five Orange Pips
- 6. The Man with the Twisted Lip
- 7. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- 8. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
- 9. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- 10. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
- 11. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
- 12. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes book is the longest?
“The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb” is the longest at 170 pages; the shortest is “The Man with the Twisted Lip” with 24 pages.
What should I read after The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?
Other series by Arthur Conan Doyle: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, canon of Sherlock Holmes.
