Doyle (again), but Sherlock this time.

[Ian]

This question is about the number of Sherlock Holmes series listed in goodreads. There are three separate English language Holmes series. This seems an abundance of riches, certainly given that there is a great deal of overlap. "The Blue Carbuncle", for example, is in both "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and in "Sherlock Holmes" series. The series are not separate groups of Holmes stories.

I would have thought that all the Holmes stories would go into one, single series. Am I missing something of overwhelming simplicity? Can someone tell me why this is so?

[Banjomike]

The only thing that surprises me is that only two of the Holmes volumes are included as separate series, Adventures and Memoirs.

The stories listed on the Adventures and Memoirs pages are ebook editions of single stories so if someone was working their way through the Holmes canon a story at a time from Amazon or Kobo these lists could be useful.

The Sherlock Holmes series, on the other hand, is the 'proper' list of books that most readers will read through (even on Kindle or Kobo) and which includes all the Holmes stories in the original collected volumes (with or without the original illustrations).

"The Blue Carbuncle" is only on the Sherlock Holmes series page as part of the Adventures (which where is ought to be) unless you are talking about a different series.

[Ian]

Ok, I understand. I was thinking of a series as something different.

I believe that I have sorted Mr Perris. I found two more books with variant spellings of his name.