Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)

FICTION

Sherlock Holmes

Novels

• A Study in Scarlet (1887) Read now
• The Sign of Four (1890) Read now
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) Read now
• The Valley of Fear (1915) Read now

Short Story Collections

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) Read now
  A Scandal in Bohemia
  The Red-headed League
  A Case of Identity
  The Boscombe Valley Mystery
  The Five Orange Pips
  The Man with the Twisted Lip
  The Blue Carbuncle
  The Speckled Band
  The Engineer's Thumb
  The Noble Bachelor
  The Beryl Coronet
  The Copper Beeches
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) Read now
  Silver Blaze
  The Yellow Face
  The Stock-Broker's Clerk
  The "Gloria Scott"
  The Musgrave Ritual
  The Reigate Puzzle
  The Crooked Man
  The Resident Patient
  The Greek Interpreter
  The Naval Treaty
  The Final Problem
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) Read now
  The Adventure of the Empty House
  The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
  The Adventure of the Dancing Men
  The Adventure of the Politary Cyclist
  The Adventure of the priory School
  The Adventure of Black Peter
  The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
  The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
  The Adventure of the Three Students
  The Adventure of the Golden Pince-nez
  The Adventure of the Missing Three-quarter
  The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
  The Adventure of the Second Stain
• His Last Bow (1917) Read now
  The Cardboard Box
  The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
  The Bruce-Partington Plans
  The Devil's Foot
  The Red Circle
  Lady Frances Carfax
  The Dying Detective
  His Last Bow
• The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927) Read now
  The Mazarin Stone
  The Problem of Thor Bridge
  The Creeping Man
  The Sussex Vampire
  The Three Garridebs
  The Illustrious Client
  The Blanched Soldier
  The Retired Colourman
  The Three Gables
  The Lion's Mane
  The Veiled Lodger
  Shoscombe Old Place

Professor Challenger
[ at Freeread in various formats]

• The Lost World (1912)
• The Poison Belt (1913)
• The Land of mist (1926)
• The Disintegration Machine (1927)
• When the World Screamed (1928)

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

• Collected Short Stories
• Mysteries and Adventures
• The "Tales" series of Stories
• Round the Red Lamp
• The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales
• The Green Flag and Other Stories
• The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery
• The Captain of the "Polestar" and Other Stories
• The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales
• The Maracot Deep and Other Stories
• Danger! and Other Stories
• The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure
• Other Stories (not available in a story collection)

Collected Short Stories - Read now
(an ebook compiled by Project Gutenberg Australia)

• That Veteran (1882)
• Gentlemanly Joe (1883)
• The Winning Shot (1883)
• An Exciting Christmas Eve or, My Lecture on Dynamite (1883)
• The Heiress of Glenmahowley (1884)
• The Tragedians (1884)
• The Lonely Hampshire Cottage (1885)
• The Fate of the Evangeline (1885)
• Touch and Go: A Midshipman's Story (1886)
• Uncle Jeremy's Household (1887)
• The Stone of Boxman's Drift (1887)
• A Pastoral Horror (1890)
• Our Midnight Visitor (1891)
• The Voice of Science (1891)
• The Colonel's Choice (1891)
• A Sordid Affair (1891)
• A Regimental Scandal (1892)
• The Recollections of Captain Wilkie (1895)
• The Confession (1898)
• The Retirement of Signor Lambert (1898)
• A True Story of the Tragedy of Flowery Land (1899)
• An Impression of the Regency (1900)
• The Centurion (1922)
• The Death Voyage (1929)
• The End of Devil Hawker (1930)
• The Last Resource (1930)

Mysteries and Adventures (1889) Read now
(Also published as 'The Gully of Bluemansdyke' and as
'My Friend the Murderer and Other Mysteries and Adventures')

• The Gully of Bluemansdyke (sometimes "Gulley")
• The Parson of Jackman's Gulch
• My Friend the Murderer (this story not available from this site)
• The Silver Hatchet (this story not available from this site)
• The Man from Archangel
• That Little Square Box
• A Night Among the Nihilists
• The American's Tale
• Bones. The April Fool of Harvey's Sluice
• The Mystery of Sasassa Valley
• Our Derby Sweepstakes
• Selecting a Ghost

The "Tales" series of stories (1922)
[Later published as "The Conan Doyle Stories" (1929)]

Tales of the Ring and the Camp (1922) Read now

• Tales of the Ring
  The Croxley Master
  The Lord of Falconbridge
  The Fall of Lord Barrymore
  The Crime of the Brigadier
  The King of the Foxes
  The Bully of Brocas Court
• Tales of the Camp
  A Straggler of '15
  The Pot of Caviare
  The Green Flag
  The Three Correspondents
  The Marriage of the Brigadier
  The Lord of Chateau Noir

Tales of Pirates and Blue Water (1922) Read now

• Tales of Pirates
  Captain Sharkey
  The Dealings of Captain Sharkey
  The Blighting of Sharkey
  How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey
  The "Slapping Sal"
  A Pirate of the Land
• Tales of Blue Water
  The Striped Chest
  The Captain of the "Polestar"
  The Fiend of the Cooperage
  Jelland's Voyage
  J Habakuk Jephson's Statement
  That Little Square Box

Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922) Read now

• Tales of Terror
  The Horror of the Heights
  The Leather Funnel
  The New Catacomb
  The Case of Lady Sannox
  The Terror of Blue John Gap
  The Brazilian Cat
• Tales of Mystery
  The Lost Special
  The Beetle-Hunter
  The Man with the Watches
  The Japanned Box
  The Black Doctor
  The Jew's Breastplate
  The Nightmare Room
  

Tales of Twilight and the Unseen - Read now

•  The Brown Hand
  The Usher of Lea House School
  B. 24
  The Great Keinplatz Experiment
  Cyprian Overbeck Wells: A Literary Mosaic
  Playing with Fire
  The Ring of Troth
  The Los Amigos Fiasco
  How it Happened
  Lot No. 249
  De Profundis
  The Lift
  

Tales of Adventure and Medical Life Read now

• Tales of Adventure
  The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce
  The Surgeon of Gaster Fell
  Borrowed Scenes
  The Man from Archangel
  The Great Brown-Pericord Motor
  The Sealed Room
• Tales of Medical Life
  A Psysiologist's Wife
  Behind the Times
  His First Operation
  The Third Generation
  The Curse of Eve
  A Medical Document
  The Surgeon Talks
  The Doctor of Holyland
  Crabbe's Practice
  

Tales of Long Ago Read now

• The Last of the Legions
  The Last Galley
  Through the Veil
  The Coming of the Huns
  The Contest
  The First Cargo
  An Iconoclast
  Giant Maximin
  The Red Star
  The Silver Mirror
  The Home-coming
  A Point of Contact
  

Round the Red Lamp (1894) Read now

• Behind the Times
• His First Operation
• A Straggler of '15
• The Third Generation
• A False Start
• The Curse of Eve
• Sweethearts
• A Physiologist's Wife
• The Case of Lady Sannox
• A Question of Diplomacy
• A Medical Document
• Lot No. 249
• The Los Amigos Fiasco
• The Doctors of Hoyland
• The Surgeon Talks

The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales (1892)--at Freeread in various formats

• The Great Shadow
• The Crime of the Brigadier
• The "Slapping Sal"

The Green Flag and Other Stories (1900) Read now

• The Green Flag
• Captain Sharkey
• The Croxley Master
• The Lord of Chateau Noir
• The Striped Chest
• A Shadow Before
• The King of the Foxes
• The Three Correspondents
• The New Catacomb
• The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce
• A Foreign office Romance

The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery (1925) See Tales of Terror and Mystery

• The Beetle-Hunter
• The Black Doctor
• The Brazilian Cat
• The Case of Lady Sannox
• The Horror of the Heights
• The Japanned Box
• The Jew's Breastplate
• The Leather Funnel
• The Lost Special
• The Man with the Watches
• The New Catacomb
• The Nightmare Room
• The Terror of Blue John Gap

The Captain of the "Polestar" and Other Stories (1890) Read now

• The Captain of the Polestar
• J Habakuk Jephson's Statement
• The Great Keinplatz Experiment
• The Man From Archangel
• That Little Square Box
• John Huxford's Hiatus
• Cyprian Overbeck Wells: A Literary Mosaic
• John Barrington Cowles
• The Parson of Jackman's Gulch
• The Ring of Thoth

The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales (1911) Read now

• The Last Galley
• The Contest
• Through the Veil
• An Iconoclast
• Giant Maximin
• The Coming of the Huns
• The Last of the Legions
• The First Cargo
• The Home-coming
• The Red Star
• The Silver Mirror
• The Blighting of Sharkey
• The Marriage of the Brigadier
• The Lord of Falconbridge
• Out of the Running
• De Profundis
• The Great Brown-pericord Motor
• The Terror of Blue John Gap

The Maracot Deep and Other Stories (1929) (most of the stories are available elsewhere on this page)

• The Maracot Deep Read now
• Spedegue's Dropper
• The Disintegration Machine (see Professor Challenger)
• When the World Screamed (see Professor Challenger)

Danger! and Other Stories (1918) Read now

• Danger!
• One crowded hour.
• A point of view.
• The fall of Lord Barrymore.
• The horror of the heights.
• Borrowed scenes.
• The surgeon of Gaster Fell.
• How it happened.--The prisoner's defence.
• Three of them:--
  * A chat about children, snakes, and zebus.
  * About cricket.
  * Speculations.
  * The leatherskin tribe

The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure (Collection ) (1925)

• No details available

Other Short Stories

• The Bravoes of Market Drayton (1889)
• The Cabman's Story: the Mysteries of a London 'Growler' (1884) Read now
• The Debatable Case of Mrs. Emsley (1901) Read now
• The Holocaust of Manor Place (1901) Read now
• The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker (1901) Read now
• The Parasite (1894) Read now
• An Actor's Duel and the Winning Shot (1894)
• Cyprian Overbeck Wells: A Literary Mosaic (1886)
• Spedegue’s Dropper (1929)
• The Silver Hatchet (1889)

The Conan Doyle Historical Fiction

• Volume I (1931)
  Micah Clarke (1889)--at Freeread in various formats
  Refugees (1893)--at Freeread in various formats
  Sir Nigel (1906)--at Freeread in various formats
  The White Company (1891)--at Freeread in various formats
• Volume II (1932)
  Rodney Stone (1896)--at Freeread in various formats
  The Adventures of Gerard (1903)--at Freeread in various formats
  The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896)--at Freeread in various formats
  Uncle Bernac (1896)--at Freeread in various formats
  The Firm of Girdlestone (1890) Read now
  The Blood-Stone Tragedy (1884)

Other Fiction

• A Duet with an Occasional Chorus (1899) Read now
• Beyond the City Read now
• The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892) Read now
• The Mystery of Cloomber (1888) Read now
• The Parish Magazine (1930) Read now
• The Stark Munro Letters (1895) Read now
• The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898) Read now
• The Dreamers (1928)
• The Field Bazaar (1934)
• Strange Studies from Life (1901)

• Other
• Beyond The City: The Idyll Of A Suburb--at Freeread in various formats
• The Doings Of Raffles Haw--at Freeread in various formats
• A Duet: With An Occasional Chorus--at Freeread in various formats
• The Firm Of Girdlestone--at Freeread in various formats
• The Mystery Of Cloomber--at Freeread in various formats
• The Stark Munro Letters--at Freeread in various formats
• The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" (illustrated)--at Freeread in various formats
• Hilda Wade (co-author with Grant Allen)--at Freeread in various formats

Plays, Verse and Esoteric Writing

• Esoteric Writings--at Freeread in various formats
  The New Revelation
  The Vital Message
  The Coming Of The Fairies
  The History Of Spiritualism, Volume 1
  The History Of Spiritualism, Volume 2
  Pheneas Speaks
  D.D. Home: His Life And Mission (editor)
  The Mystery Of Joan Of Arc (translator)
  The Case For Spirit Photography (not available)

• Poetry and Drama--at Freeread in various formats
  Songs Of Action
  Songs Of The Road
  The Guards Came Through And Other Poems
  A Reminiscence Of Cricket (W.G. Grace: A Memory)
  
  Sherlock Holmes: A Drama In Four Acts
  Jane Annie, Or: The Good Conduct Prize
  Waterloo
  A Pot Of Caviare
  The Speckled Band
  The Crown Diamond
  The Journey
  Foreign Policy
  Brothers (aka Halves)
  A Duet: A Duologue
  Adventures Of Brigadier Gerard
  The Fires Of Fate
  The House Of Temperley
  Angels Of Darkness

NON FICTION

War and Army, Spiritualism, Books and Reading, Memoirs, Current Affairs, etc.

• A History of the Great War--at Freeread in various formats
• A Visit to the Three Fronts (1916)--at Freeread in various formats
• A Word of Warning (1928)
• An Appreciation of sir John French (1916)
• An Incursion into Diplomacy (1906)
• An Open Letter to those of my Generation (1929)
• Divorce Law Reform (1909)
• Leon Denis: The Mystery of Joan of Arc (Translator) (1924)
• Life After Death (A Form Letter) (1918)
• Memoirs and Adventures (1924)
• Our African Winter (1929)
• Our American Adventure (1923)
• Our Second American Adventure (1924)
• Pheneas Speaks. Direct Spirit Communications (1927)
• Spiritualism-Some Straight Questions and Direct Answers (1922)
• Supremacy of the British Soldier (1917)
• The Case for Spirit Photography (with others) (1922)
• The Civilian National Reserve (1914)
• The Coming of the Fairies (1922)
• The Crime of the Congo (1909)
• The Edge of the Unknown (1930)
• The Fiscal Question (1905)
• The German War (1914)
• The Great Boer War (1900) Read now
• The History of Spiritualism Vol I (1926) Read now
• The History of Spiritualism Vol II (1926) Read now
• The Immortal Memory (1901)
• The New Revelation (1918) Read now
• The Outlook on the War (1915)
• The Roman Catholic Church. A rejoinder (1929)
• The Spiritualists Reader (Editor) (1924)
• The Vital Message (1919) Read now
• The World War Conspiracy (1914)
• Three of them. A Reminiscence (1923)
• Western Wanderings (1915)
• What does Spiritualism actually Teach and Stand for? (1928)
• Why he is now in favour of Home Rule (1911)
• Through the Magic Door [about Books and Reading] (1907) Read now

• Autobiographical and Miscellaneous--at Freeread in various formats

Pamphlets

• The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct (1902)
• The Case of Mr. George Edalji (1907)
• The Case of Oscar Slater (1912)
• In Quest of Truth (1914)
• To Arms! (1914)
• Great Britain and the Next War (1914)
• The Treatment of our Prisoners (1915)
• Our Reply to the Cleric (1920)
• A Debate with Dr. Joseph McCabe (1920)
• Spiritualism and Rationalism (1920)
• The Early Christian Church and Modern Spiritualism (1925)
• Psychic Experiences (reprint) (1925)