What is The Canon?

The canon of Sherlock Holmes is comprised of the 56 short stories and 4 full length novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from 1887 - 1926. The term, "canon", is used to distinguish between the original Sherlock Holmes works of Doyle and later works by other authors utilizing the same characters.

Novels in The Canon

Title: A Study in Scarlet

Published: 1887

Title: The Sign of the Four

Published: 1890

Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Published: 1901-02

Title: The Valley of Fear

Published: 1914-15

Short Stories in The Canon

Collection Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

• A Scandal in Bohemia (1891)
• The Red-Headed League (1891)
• A Case of Identity (1891)
• The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891)
• The Five Orange Pips (1891)
• The Man with the Twisted Lip (1891)
• The Blue Carbuncle (1892)
• The Speckled Band (1892)
• The Engineer's Thumb (1892)
• The Noble Bachelor (1892)
• The Beryl Coronet (1892)
• The Copper Beeches (1892)

Collection Title: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

• Silver Blaze (1892)
• The Yellow Face (1893)
• The Stock-Broker's Clerk (1893)
• The 'Gloria Scott' (1893)
• The Musgrave Ritual (1893)
• The Reigate Squires (1893)
• The Crooked Man (1893)
• The Speckled Band (1892)
• The Resident Patient (1893)
• The Greek Interpreter (1893)
• The Naval Treaty (1893)
• The Final Problem (1893)

Collection Title: The Return of Sherlock Holmes

• Silver Blaze (1892)
• The Adventure of the Empty House (1903)
• The Norwood Builder (1903)
• The Dancing Men (1903)
• The Solitary Cyclist (1903)
• The Priory School (1904)
• Black Peter (1904)
• Charles Augustus Milverton (1904)
• The Six Napoleons (1904)
• The Three Students (1904)
• The Golden Pince-Nez (1904)
• The Missing Three-Quarter (1904)
• The Abbey Grange (1904)
• The Second Stain (1904)

Collection Title: His Last Bow

• Wisteria Lodge (1908)
• The Cardboard Box (1893)
• The Red Circle (1911)
• The Bruce-Partington Plans (1908)
• The Dying Detective (1913)
• Lady Frances Carfax (1911)
• The Devil's Foot (1910)
• His Last Bow (1917 )

Collection Title: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

• The Illustrious Client (1924)
• The Blanched Soldier (1926)
• The Mazarin Stone (1921)
• The Three Gables (1926)
• The Sussex Vampire (1924)
• The Three Garridebs (1924)
• Thor Bridge (1922)
• The Creeping Man (1923)
• The Lion's Mane (1926)
• The Veiled Lodger (1927)
• Shoscombe Old Place (1927)
• The Retired Colourman (1926)