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Arthur Conan Doyle

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland

May 22, 1859

Died

July 07, 1930

Website

https://conandoyleestate.com/

Genre

Fiction, Crime, Thriller

Influences

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea wit ...more

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Arthur Conan Doyle’s books

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	A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 492,043 ratings — published 1887 — 6541 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 385,869 ratings — published 1902 — 267 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 325,072 ratings — published 1892 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 216,357 ratings — 871 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 176,832 ratings — published 1890 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 105,150 ratings — published 1893 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume II by Arthur Conan Doyle, Kyle Freeman (Contributor) 4.48 avg rating — 81,865 ratings — published 1914 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Owen Dudley Edwards (Series Editor), Angus Wilson (Foreword), Richard Lancelyn Green (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 70,032 ratings — published 1905 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Crichton (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 72,365 ratings — published 1912 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) 3.96 avg rating — 55,147 ratings — published 1914 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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