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Sherlock Holmes Series

9 primary works • 66 total works
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London ~1880-1914 created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes, master of disguise, reasoned logically to deduce clients' background from their first appearance. He used fingerprints, chemical analysis, and forensic science.

The majority of the stories were first publi…

Book 1

A Study in Scarlet
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4.14 · 464924 Ratings · 18553 Reviews · published 1887 · 2131 editions
Our first meeting with Sherlock Holmes. And John W…

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    Book 2

    The Sign of Four
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    3.89     · 165554 Ratings · 8482 Reviews · published 1890 · 4935 editions
    A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of Lon…

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    Book 3

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.30     · 311490 Ratings · 9979 Reviews · published 1892 · 6629 editions
    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of…

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    Book 4

    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.30     · 100545 Ratings · 3354 Reviews · published 1893 · 22 editions
    Table of Contents
    Silver Blaze
    The Cardboard Box
    Th…

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    Book 5

    The Hound of the Baskervilles
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    4.13     · 361756 Ratings · 13290 Reviews · published 1902 · 4295 editions
    In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteri…

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    Book 6

    The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.28     · 67049 Ratings · 2340 Reviews · published 1905 · 2858 editions
    'Holmes,' I cried. 'Is it really you? Can it indee…

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    Book 7

    The Valley of Fear
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    3.96     · 50813 Ratings · 3167 Reviews · published 1914 · 3237 editions
    Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, …

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    Book 8

    His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.06     · 1879 Ratings · 160 Reviews · published 1917 · 92 editions
    The title story of this collection refers to Holme…

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    Book 9

    The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.12     · 28437 Ratings · 1482 Reviews · published 1927 · 1075 editions
    'When you have eliminated all which is impossible,…

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    Book 1-9

    The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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    4.50     · 210806 Ratings · 5233 Reviews · published 1905 · 865 editions
    A study in scarlet --

    The sign of four --

    Adventures…

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    Book 1-2

    A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four
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    4.14     · 9816 Ratings · 764 Reviews · 102 editions
    The world's most famous detective uses his celebra…

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    Book 1-4

    Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Novels & Stories : Volume 1
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    4.32     · 38 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 1 edition
    Synopsis :

    A Study in Scarlet(Novel)
    The Sign of Fou…

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    Book 1-4, 6

    Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I
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    4.47     · 26761 Ratings · 728 Reviews · published 1927 · 18 editions
    Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas A…

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    Book 1,5

    A Study in Scarlet / The Hound of the Baskervilles
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    4.04     · 2795 Ratings · 97 Reviews · published 1887 · 27 editions
    The first story to feature Sherlock Holmes, wherei…

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    Book 3,4,6,8,9

    The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories - Unabridged - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the Return of Sherlock Ho
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    4.49     · 769 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 1927 · 22 editions
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. This e…

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    Book 3-4

    The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Vol. I: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.54     · 1341 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2001 · 13 editions
    Includes: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The …

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    Book 3-4

    The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.33     · 8021 Ratings · 446 Reviews · published 1893 · 1 edition
    A facsimile edition of the original 24 Sherlock Ho…

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    Book 3-6

    The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
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    4.50     · 3109 Ratings · 257 Reviews · published 1891 · 27 editions
    Gathers nearly forty of Holmes' cases, including h…

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    Book 5,7

    The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear
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    4.20     · 2655 Ratings · 172 Reviews · published 1902 · 24 editions
    This volume contains two of the greatest Sherlock …

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    Book 6, 8

    The Return of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow
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    4.18     · 454 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2005 · 10 editions
    However keen he was to polish off Holmes, in The F…

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    Book 6-9

    Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume II
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    4.48     · 12243 Ratings · 220 Reviews · published 1986 · 32 editions
    Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas A…

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    Book 7-9

    The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3
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    4.35     · 263 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 1989 · 4 editions
    Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting hi…

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    Book 8-9

    His Last Bow & The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.07     · 986 Ratings · 61 Reviews · published 1927 · 23 editions
    From the rooms at 221B Baker Street, the mind that…

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    Book 1-2,5,7

    The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels
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    4.62     · 2398 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 1966 · 16 editions
    The four classic novels of Sherlock Holmes availab…

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    How Watson Learned the Trick
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    3.88     · 234 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 1924 · 14 editions
    This lavish cloth-bound gift edition faithfully re…

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    The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes
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    4.01     · 164 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1983 · 3 editions
    Short plays, jottings, parodies and self-parodies …

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    The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I
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    4.49     · 29951 Ratings · 497 Reviews · published 1927 · 36 editions
    Eccentric, arrogant, and ingenious, Sherlock Holme…

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    Sherlock Holmes: Casebook
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    4.15     · 79 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 3 editions
    Family problems complicate Holmes' case in "The Pr…

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    The Adventure of the Speckled Band and Other Stories of Sherlock Holmes
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    3.87     · 894 Ratings · 64 Reviews · published 1965 · 11 editions
    Baring-Gould’s extensive notes on the stories in t…

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    Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories
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    4.04     · 548 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 1904 · 10 editions
    Undoubtedly the best-known detective in literature…

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    The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume II
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    4.48     · 80923 Ratings · 343 Reviews · published 1914 · 62 editions
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume II, by Sir Ar…

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    The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.14     · 990 Ratings · 79 Reviews · published 1988 · 10 editions
    Through the foggy streets of Victoria London to th…

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    The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries: 22 Stories
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    4.26     · 901 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 1985 · 7 editions
    Indisputably the greatest fiction detective of all…

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    Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories
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    4.22     · 772 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 1951 · 34 editions
    This volume includes Silver Blaze , The Speckled B…

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    The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1
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    4.34     · 1544 Ratings · 43 Reviews · 2 editions
    First appearing in print in 1890, the character of…

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    The Adventure of the Final Problem - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
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    4.11     · 4107 Ratings · 305 Reviews · published 1892 · 78 editions
    Sherlock Holmes has determined that there is a dia…

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    The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.13     · 468 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 1924 · 3 editions
    Collection of Sherlock Holmes stories which includ…

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    The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.11     · 1024 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 1976 · 34 editions
    Eight stories of adventure and detection for the w…

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    Mysterious Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The
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    4.06     · 436 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1982 · 13 editions
    Further adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watso…

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    The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.14     · 163 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1982 · 3 editions
    Amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, the master of d…

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    Classic Sherlock Holmes
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    4.26     · 82 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1992 · 4 editions
    Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. In…

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    Sherlock Holmes: Classic Mysteries
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    3.86     · 49 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1996 · 6 editions
    Book by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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    Classic Sherlock Holmes Mysteries
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    4.10     · 59 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition
    No other name or character is as synonymous with t…

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    Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes (Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces)
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    4.28     · 185 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1986 · 18 editions
    A collection of 19 of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holme…

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    Sherlock Holmes Volume 2
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    4.38     · 468 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 1894 · 31 editions
    "The second volume of IDW's re-presentation of Sir…

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    A Treasury of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.35     · 293 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 1906 · 38 editions
    A Treasury of Sherlock Holmes contains the best an…

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    Treasury of World Masterpieces, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.29     · 185 Ratings · 19 Reviews · 8 editions
    Sherlock Holmes -Need I say more!
    In the Introducti…

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    Sherlock Holmes: His Greatest Cases
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    4.28     · 154 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1991 · 17 editions
    Uniquely combining Holmes' most famous novel, The …

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    Great Stories of Sherlock Holmes
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    3.93     · 69 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1896 · 10 editions
    Here are twelve gripping stories of Sherlock Holme…

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    Sherlock Holmes Reader
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    3.73     · 44 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1975 · 2 editions
    The "Gloria Scott" --
    A scandal in Bohemia --
    The re…

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    Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories
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    4.03     · 30 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1930 · 14 editions
    Thrilling crime-solving exploits of Sherlock Holme…

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    12 Best Stories of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.03     · 86 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2012 · 7 editions
    Based on description, assumed to contain the 12 st…

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    Eight Great Sherlock Holmes Stories
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    4.08     · 51 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2001 · 11 editions
    This choice compilation features eight of Sherlock…

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    Sherlock Holmes niepokonany
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    3.68     · 28 Ratings · published 1969 · 1 edition
    "Gloria Scott" - pierwsza sprawa Sherlocka Holmesa…

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    Sherlock Holmes Geschichten
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    3.90     · 52 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1892 · 2 editions
    Rätselhaft verschwundene blaue Riesendiamanten, gr…

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    Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1: A Study in Scarlet & Other Sherlock Holmes Stories
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    4.31     · 801 Ratings · 57 Reviews · published 1887 · 44 editions
    The Sherlock Holmes tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyl…

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    Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures
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    4.32     · 430 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2009 · 23 editions
    The hit BBC series Sherlock has introduced a whole…

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    Sherlock Holmes: Three Tales of Betrayal
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    3.95     · 103 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2000 · 2 editions

    Includes the complete short mysteries: A Scandal i…

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    The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.43     · 33641 Ratings · 177 Reviews · published 1954 · 81 editions
    From the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of…

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    The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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    3.83     · 54 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1995 · 10 editions
    Sherlock Holmes the gaunt, ascetic, ruthlessly log…

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    The Sherlock Holmes Audio Collection
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    3.62     · 16 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1991 · 1 edition
    The final problem --
    The redheaded league --
    A scand…

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    The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #9 )
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    3.63     · 2909 Ratings · 220 Reviews · published 1893 · 57 editions
    Un’ingenua ragazza straniera in vacanza a Londra p…

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    More Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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    4.00     · 14 Ratings · published 2006 · 5 editions
    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that wa…

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    The Extraordinary Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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    3.84     · 94 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2013 · 3 editions
    "Conan Doyle was very dismissive about his greates…

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    Sherlock Holmes: 24 Classic Short Stories
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    4.26     · 34 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    This enthralling collection of Sherlock Holmes adv…

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    Book 8

    Sherlock Holmes Zadnji priklon
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    3.50     · 4 Ratings · 1 edition
    V zbirki Sherlock Holmes prvič po več kot sedemdes…

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