Reading order

Sherlock Holmes — family content & reading-order guide

Use the numbered lists below to read each reviewed series in order. Prequels are labeled separately when the catalogue identifies them.

Series order comes from the Dickens & Rumi catalogue sequence data. Open any volume for its individual content guide.

Series

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Main series

Book 1A Study in Scarlet1887 · Ages 14+
Book 2The Sign of Four1889 · Ages 13+
Book 3The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]1892 · Ages 13+
Book 4Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories]1893 · Ages 12+
Book 4Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]1988
Book 5The Hound of the Baskervilles1900 · Ages 13+
Book 6The Return of Sherlock Holmes1903
Book 7The Valley of Fear1914 · Ages 14+
Book 8His Last Bow [8 stories]1917 · Ages 13+
Book 9The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes1927 · Ages 13+