books like sherlock holmes

[Rachel]

I just finished reading the first sherlock holmes book, I am definitly reading the whole series!! But other than Sherlock Holmes, what some other book/series that are kind of the same?

[Ruby]

Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot murder mysteries. They're longer, more complex and interesting, and have better character development.

[David]

See if you can find "Crime on Her Mind," edited by Michelle Slung. It's a collection of stories from the Holmes era, and often very similar to Holmes, but they're all female sleuths, which gives it a fresh twist.

[Yibbie]

R. A. Freeman wrote some interesting mystery stories. The Dr. Thorndyke series are rather like Holmes but with a medical twist. The Eye of Osiris is really good.
J.S. Fletcher wrote mystery novels as well, though his don't usually involve a professional detective. The Orange Yellow Diamond was very enjoyable.
Emma Orczy's Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is set at the same time as Holmes.
Melville Davisson Post wrote a similar series about Uncle Abner. Those were set in American pioneer days.
Any of those are available for free as e-books.
Earl Derr Biggers's Charley Chan series are amazing.

[Joan]

Yibbie listed some great old mysteries which I have read and really enjoyed. I would also add Anna Katharine Green and Carolyn Wells. Anna is the mother of the American mystery. Some people don't like Carolyn Wells because she tends to withhold information from the reader making it impossible to solve the mystery on your own. However, I feel her memorable endings make it all worthwhile. Enjoy!

[Feliks]

'Solar Pons' for a Holmes homage/pastiche. Wilkie Collins though, is probably your best bet.

see this thread, (particularly message #23)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jon]

Rex Stout's books about Nero Wolfe are the most similar to Holmes that I can think of. As far as I know Stout never officially admitted being inspired by the Holmes stories. The similarities are so many its hard to believe Stout could have written about Wolfe totally without basing some of it on Holmes.

[Feliks]

Wolfe is supposedly a descendant of a romantic liason between Holmes and Adler

[Lorenzo]

Anthony Horowitz's 'The House of Silk' is the most convincing non-Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes I've read. He gets Conan Doyle/Watson's authorial voice better than anyone else. The subject matter (child prostitution) isn't something that could have been attempted in C D's day, but aside from that it's prety much as good as the real thing.