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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

Average rating: 4.16 · 2,819,545 ratings · 118,294 reviews · 15,750 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 494,223 ratings — published 1887 — 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 Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.14 avg rating — 387,716 ratings — published 1902 — 8 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 — 326,150 ratings — published 1892 — 652 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 — 216,817 ratings — published 1887 — 18 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 — 177,796 ratings — published 1890 — 1616 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 — 105,471 ratings — published 1893 — 259 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 — 81,929 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 — 70,256 ratings — published 1905 — 1825 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 — 72,636 ratings — published 1912 — 3054 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 — 55,425 ratings — published 1914 — 23 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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