Estimates of the number of works---novels, short stories, essays, and non-fiction books---relating to Sherlock Holmes may be more than 40,000 works (so says Collecting Sherlock Holmes at the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers). Otto Penzler said, “To amass them requires only three things; fabulous wealth, infinite patience, and divine intervention.” Even to list them and keep the list up to date, may requite more time time and manpower than is available for this poor page. But we wanted to have a list for our own reference and so started one and herewith make it available to others. But the term "partial" will never be removed from this page. See also the start of my own collection for some of the easier available things.
Lists others are doing

The Follwing is from (but not complete) Shaw's list of the 100 Basics which is now pretty obsolete The Basic Holmesian Library A Catalog by Timothy J. Johnson In conjunction with an exhibit based on John Bennett Shaw's list of One Hundred and a conference sponsored by The Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota Elmer L. Andersen Library Special Collections & Rare Books University of Minnesota Libraries June — July 2001 Minneapolis 2001

See a Review of Sherlock Holmes and John Bennet Shaw: The Detective and the Collector about Shaw and his books.

Shaw's Basic 100, just the non-fiction books (and not complete)
  • Haining, Peter,
    • THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SCRAPBOOK
    • A SHERLOCK HOLMES COMPENDIUM
  • Hardwick, Michael
    • THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SHERLOCK HOLMES
    • THE SHERLOCK HOLMES COMPANION
  • Baring-Gould, William S.
    • SHERLOCK HOLMES OF BAKER STREET
  • Bell, H. W.
    • SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DOCTOR WATSON
  • Hall, Trevor H
    • THE LATE MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND OTHER LITERARY STUDIES
    • SHERLOCK HOLMES: TEN LITERARY STUDIES,
  • Harrison, Michael
    • IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
    • A STUDY IN SURMISE: THE MAKING OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,
    • THE WORLD OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,
  • Holroyd, James E.
    • BAKER STREET BY-WAYS
    • SEVENTEEN STEPS TO 221B
  • McQueen, Ian
    • SHERLOCK HOLMES DETECTED
  • Brend, Gavin
    • MY DEAR HOLMES
  • Blegen, Theodore C. and McDiarmid, E. W
    • SHERLOCK HOLMES: MASTER DETECTIVE
  • Cutter, Robert A. (editor)
    • SHERLOCKIAN STUDIES: SEVEN PIECES OF SHERLOCKIANA
  • Dakin, D. Martin
    • A SHERLOCK HOLMES COMMENTARY
  • Blakeney, T. S.
    • SHERLOCK HOLMES: FACT OR FICTION (1931)
  • Keefauver, Brad
    • THE ELEMENTARY METHODS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
  • Montgomery, James
    • ART IN THE BLOOD (1950)
    • SHOTS FROM THE CANON
    • SIDELIGHTS ON SHERLOCK
    • THREE TRIFLING MONOGRAPHS
  • Roberts, S. C.
    • HOLMES AND WATSON, A MISCELLANY (1953)
  • Rosenberg, Sam
    • NAKED IS THE BEST DISGUISE (1974)
  • Rothman, Steven, editor.
    • THE STANDARD DOYLE COMPANY: CHRISTOPHER MORLEY ON SHERLOCK HOLMES
  • Sayers, Dorothy L.
    • UNPOPULAR OPINIONS,
  • Shepherd, Walter
    • ON THE SCENT WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES
  • Shreffler, Philip A.
    • (editor)THE BAKER STREET READER: CORNERSTONE WRITINGS ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES (1944)
    • SHERLOCK HOLMES BY GAS-LAMP
  • Smith, Edgar W.
    • (editor) A BAKER STREET FOUR WHEELER: SIXTEEN PIECES OF SHERLOCKIANA (1944)
    • THE INCUNABULAR SHERLOCK HOLMES (1958
    • INTRODUCING MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES, (1959)
  • Starrett, Vincent.
    • THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1933)
    • (editor) 221B: STUDIES IN SHERLOCK HOLMES
  • Knox, Ronald A.
    • ESSAYS IN SATIRE
  • Simpson, A. Carson.
    • SIMPSON’S SHERLOCKIAN STUDIES ( a series of eight pamphlets),
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Books, I have Seen or Heard About or Read

Books I Think Might Be Worthwhile but I haven't found yet.
  • The Universal Sherlock Holmes, by Ronald B. De Waal (4 volumes), (spiral bound) rare

  • The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes edited by Philip Tallon, David Baggett  (I have this now)

  • Sherlock Holmes: The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective by Ransom Riggs, Eugene Smith (Illustrator)

  • The World of Sherlock Holmes (I have this now)

  • The Baker Street Reader: Cornerstone Writings

  • London of Sherlock Holmes (I have access to this at my library)

  • A Study in Sources

  • Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective by William S. Baring-Gould (I expect to get this)
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  • The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories: The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Non-slipcased edition) (Vol. 2) Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Leslie S. Klinger, Editor - (click on image for more info) (I have this now)

  • The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels (Slipcased Edition) Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Leslie S. Klinger, Editor - (I have this now) (click on image for more info)

  • Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy (I have this now)

  • The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Classified and Annotated List of Materials Relating to Their Lives and Adventures (I have this now)

  • A Sherlock Holmes Handbook by Christopher Redmond Dundurn, 1993 - Literary Criticism - 251 pages

  • Naked is the best disguise by Sam Rosenberg (I have this now)

  • The universal Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2 by Ronald Burt De Waal, George A. Vanderburgh Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Jan 1, 1994 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1440 pages

  • In Search of Dr Watson - a Sherlockian Investigation by Molly Carr MX Publishing, Limited, 2010 - 196 pages

  • The international Sherlock Holmes: a companion volume to The world bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson by Ronald Burt De Waal Archon Books, 1980 - Literary Criticism - 621 pages

  • The Sherlock Holmes Companion Daniel Smith

  • Bigelow on Holmes: an index to the writings upon the writings about Mr. Sherlock Holmes Metropolitan Toronto Central Library, Sherburne Tupper Bigelow, Donald Aitcheson Redmond Metropolitan Toronto Library Board, 1974 - Fiction - 150 pages

  • The public life of Sherlock Holmes Michael Pointer

  • Baker-street Studies H. W. Bell

  • The Baker Street Journal: An Irregular Quarterly of ..., Volume 4, Issue 1 Edgar Wadsworth Smith

  • Irregular Records of the Early 'Forties: An Archival History of the Baker Street Irregulars, January 1941-March 1944 Jon L. Lellenberg, Edgar Wadsworth Smith Baker Street Irregulars, Jan 1, 1992 - Literary Criticism - 312 pages 0 Reviews

  • Elementary My Dear Watson: Sherlock Holmes Centenary : His Life and Times Graham Nown - 1986 - 143 pages
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  • Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century: Essays on New Adaptations [Paperback -July 2012] - Lynnette Porter, Author, Editor - (click on image for more info)

  • Beyond Baker Street Michael Harrison

  • A study in pictures: being a trifling monograph on the iconography of Sherlock Holmes James Montgomery Printed by International Print Co., 1954 - Fiction - 64 pages

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Detecting Social Order Rosemary Jann Twayne Publishers, 1995 - Literary Criticism - 150 pages

  • Sherlock Holmes Victorian Sleuth to Modern Hero by Charles R. Putney; Joseph A. Cutshall King; Sally Sugarman

  • Encounters of Sherlock Holmes George Mann Editor

  • A Brief Guide to Sherlock Holmes Nigel Cawthorne
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  • Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom : Essays on the BBC Series Editor by Louisa Ellen Stein and Kristina Busse (May 9, 2012) - - (click on image for more info)

  • (Re)Introducing Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson by Elisa Valerie Thieme (Sep 13, 2013)

  • Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes : Life Lessons from the Master Detective Acord, David

  • Sherlock Holmes Companion Daniel Smith Author

  • Sherlock Holmes : The Methods and Mysteries of the Worlds Greatest Detective Riggs, Ransom

  • Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong : Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles Bayard, Pierre

  • Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova

  • The Science of Sherlock Holmes : From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detectives Greatest Cases Wagner, E. J.
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  • Amazing & Extraordinary Facts - Sherlock Holmes Nicholas Utechin (November 21, 2012) - (click on image for more info)





Books I Own or Have Read and Can Comment On. See new list


Novels Written by Other Authors besides Arthur Conan Doyle which I own

  • A Slight Trick of the Mind

  • The Mary Russel Books Starting with The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King (great books written for women and the guy is wonderful, but he is not Sherlock Holmes)

  • The Sherlockian by by Graham Moore ( mystery centers on the hunt for the holy grail of Holmesophiles-the lost diary of Arthur Conan Doyle.)

  • Spider Dance : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes

  • The Forgotten Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : Based on the Original Radio Plays Jeffers, H. Paul


  • The Patients Eyes : The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes Pirie, David


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