“Every crease is a story.”

Author
1859–1930
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.
He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1927

A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1887

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1900
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Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories]
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893

The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1912

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903

The Sign of Four
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1889

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1927

The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1914
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His Last Bow [8 stories]
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1917

Sherlock Holmes
Charles Verral & Arthur Conan Doyle, 1957

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
Chris Baldick, Anna Laetitia Aiken & others, 1992

Tales of Terror and Mystery
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1963

A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1967

The Poison Belt
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1964

The White Company
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890

The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
Otto Penzler, Edgar Allan Poe & others, 1998

The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1965

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Kate Kinsella, Joan Aiken & others, 2002

Detective stories
Philip Pullman, Arthur Conan Doyle & others, 1998
The Oxford Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Hour / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet / Valley of Fear)
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1993
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The Annotated Sherlock Holmes [1/2]
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1968

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, John Dickson Carr & others, 1954

Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror
Editors of Readers Digest, Arthur Conan Doyle & others, 1982
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Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1946

65 Great Spine Chillers
Mary Danby, Joan Aiken & others, 1982

Flight or Fright
Stephen King, Bev Vincent & others

Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult
Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & others, 1989

Country House Murders
Thomas Godfrey, Arthur Conan Doyle & others, 1989

Murder Most Foul
Ray Bradbury, Jack London & others, 1984

The History of Spiritualism
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1926
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Works (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of The Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1970

The Refugees
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891

The Adventures of Gerard
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1902

The Nightmare Reader
Peter Haining, Matthew Gregory Lewis & others, 1973

Sir Nigel
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1906

Ghost Stories
Joan Aiken, Ruth Ainsworth & others, 1956

21 Great Stories
Abraham Harold Lass, Norma L. Tasman & others, 1969

The Detective Story
Saul Schwartz, Edgar Allan Poe & others, 1975

Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space
Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & others, 1984

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Silver Level
Kate Kinsella, Kevin Feldman & others, 2002

Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense
Martin H. Greenberg, Arthur Conan Doyle & others, 1988

The Land of Mist
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1926

100 Creepy Little Creatures
Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert E. Weinberg & others, 1994

The Best horror stories
Lynn Picknett, William Faulkner & others, 1977

Senior Sleuths
Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & others, 1989

The Mystery of Cloomber
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1895
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