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Special List: Sherlock Holmes Stories

This is a list of all of the Sherlock Holmes stories that were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Publication
Chronology

In Publication Order

This is in order of publication which also happens to link nicely with the collection in which each story is found.
Note: "His Last Bow" was published after The Valley of Fear but, since it is a stand-alone novel, it is listed before with the collection in which it appears.

Abbr	Title	Published	Collection
STUD	A Study in Scarlet	Nov 1887	Novel
SIGN	The Sign of the Four	Feb 1890	Novel
SCAN	A Scandal in Bohemia	Jul 1891	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
REDH	The Red-headed League	Aug 1891
IDEN	A Case of Identity	Sep 1891
BOSC	The Boscombe Valley Mystery	Oct 1891
FIVE	The Five Orange Pips	Nov 1891
TWIS	The Man with the Twisted Lip	Dec 1891
BLUE	The Blue Carbuncle	Jan 1892
SPEC	The Speckled Band	Feb 1892
ENGR	The Engineer's Thumb	Mar 1892
NOBL	The Noble Bachelor	Apr 1892
BERY	The Beryl Coronet	May 1892
COPP	The Copper Beeches	Jun 1892
SILV	Silver Blaze	Jun 1892	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
YELL	The Yellow Face	Feb 1893
STOC	The Stock-Broker's Clerk	Mar 1893
GLOR	The "Gloria Scott"	Apr 1893
MUSG	The Musgrave Ritual	May 1893
REIG	The Reigate Puzzle	Jun 1893
CROO	The Crooked Man	Jul 1893
RESI	The Resident Patient	Aug 1893
GREE	The Greek Interpreter	Sep 1893
NAVA	The Naval Treaty	Oct 1893
FINA	The Final Problem	Nov 1893
HOUN	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Feb 1890	Novel
EMPT	The Empty House	Sep 1903	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
NORW	The Norwood Builder	Oct 1903
DANC	The Dancing Men	Dec 1903
SOLI	The Solitary Cyclist	Dec 1903
PRIO	The Priory School	Jan 1904
BLAC	The Adventure of Black Peter	Feb 1904
CHAS	Charles Augustus Milverton	Mar 1904
SIXN	The Six Napoleons	Apr 1904
3STU	The Three Students	Jun 1904
GOLD	The Golden Pince-Nez	Jul 1904
MISS	The Missing Three-Quarter	Aug 1904
ABBE	The Abbey Grange	Sep 1904
SECO	The Second Stain	Oct 1904
WIST	The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge	Aug 1908	His Last Bow
CARD	The Cardboard Box	Jan 1893
REDC	The Red Circle	Mar-Apr 1911
BRUC	The Bruce-Partington Plans	Dec 1909
DYIN	The Dying Detective	Nov 1913
LADY	Lady Frances Carfax	Desc 1911
DEVI	The Devil's Foot	Desc 1910
LAST	His Last Bow	Sep 1917
VALL	The Valley of Fear	Sep 1914	Novel
MAZA	The Mazarin Stone	Oct 1921	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
THOR	The Problem of Thor Bridge	Feb-Mar 1922
CREE	The Creeping Man	Mar 1923
SUSS	The Sussex Vampire	Jan 1924
3GAR	The Three Garridebs	Oct 1924
ILLU	The Illustrious Client	Nov 1924
BLAN	The Blanched Soldier	Oct 1926
RETI	The Retired Colourman	Dec 1926
3GAB	The Three Gables	Sep 1926
LION	The Lion's Mane	Nov 1926
VEIL	The Veiled Lodger	Jan 1927
SHOS	Shoscombe Old Place	Mar 1927

In Chronological Order

This is a listing of the order in the life of Sherlock Holmes that the stories took place. This is based on William Baring-Gould's Chronology as found at www.dfw-sherlock.org.

Other resources:

Diogenes Club

Abbr	Title	Date Began	Collection
GLOR	The "Gloria Scott"	Jul 12, 1874	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
MUSG	The Musgrave Ritual	Oct 2, 1879	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
STUD	A Study in Scarlet	Mar 4, 1881	Novel
SPEC	The Speckled Band	Apr 6, 1883	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
RESI	The Resident Patient	Oct 6, 1886	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
NOBL	The Noble Bachelor	Oct 8, 1886	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
SECO	The Second Stain	Oct 12, 1886	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
REIG	The Reigate Puzzle	Apr 14, 1887	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
SCAN	A Scandal in Bohemia	May 20, 1887	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
TWIS	The Man with the Twisted Lip	Jun 18, 1887	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
FIVE	The Five Orange Pips	Sep 29, 1887	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
IDEN	A Case of Identity	Oct 18, 1887	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
REDH	The Red-Headed League	Oct 29, 1887	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
DYIN	The Dying Detective	Nov 19, 1887	His Last Bow
BLUE	The Blue Carbuncle	Dec 27, 1887	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
VALL	The Valley of Fear	Jan 7, 1888	Novel
YELL	The Yellow Face	Apr 7, 1888	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
GREE	The Greek Interpreter	Sep 12, 1888	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
SIGN	The Sign of the Four	Sep 18, 1888	Novel
HOUN	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Sep 25, 1888	Novel
COPP	The Copper Beeches	Apr 5, 1889	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
BOSC	The Boscombe Valley Mystery	Jun 8, 1889	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
STOC	The Stock-Broker's Clerk	Jul 30, 1889	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
NAVA	The Naval Treaty	Jul 30, 1889	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
CARD	The Cardboard Box	Aug 31, 1889	His Last Bow
ENGR	The Engineer's Thumb	Sep 7, 1889	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
CROO	The Crooked Man	Sep 11, 1889	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
WIST	The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge	Mar 24, 1890	His Last Bow
SILV	Silver Blaze	Sep 25, 1890	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
BERY	The Beryl Coronet	Dec 19, 1890	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
FINA	The Final Problem	Apr 24, 1891	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
EMPT	The Empty House	Apr 5, 1894	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
GOLD	The Golden Pince-Nez	Nov 14, 1894	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
3STU	The Three Students	Apr 5, 1895	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
SOLI	The Solitary Cyclist	Apr 13, 18953	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
BLAC	The Adventure of Black Peter	Jul 3, 1895	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
NORW	The Norwood Builder	Aug 20, 1895	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
BRUC	The Bruce-Partington Plans	Nov 21, 1895	His Last Bow
VEIL	The Veiled Lodger	Oct 1896	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
SUSS	The Sussex Vampire	Nov 19, 1896	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
MISS	The Missing Three-Quarter	Dec 8, 1896	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
ABBE	The Abbey Grange	Jan 23, 1897	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
DEVI	The Devil's Foot	Mar 16, 1897	His Last Bow
DANC	The Dancing Men	Jul 27, 1898	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
RETI	The Retired Colourman	Jul 28, 1898	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
CHAS	Charles Augustus Milverton	Jan 5, 1899	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
SIXN	The Six Napoleons	Jun 8, 1900	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
THOR	The Problem of Thor Bridge	Oct 4, 1900	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
PRIO	The Priory School	May 16, 1901	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
SHOS	Shoscombe Old Place	May 6, 1902	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
3GAR	The Three Garridebs	Jun 26, 1902	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
LADY	Lady Frances Carfax	Jul 1, 19011	His Last Bow
ILLU	The Illustrious Client	Sep 3, 1902	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
REDC	The Red Circle	Sep 24, 1902	His Last Bow
BLAN	The Blanched Soldier	Jan 7, 1903	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
3GAB	The Three Gables	May 26, 1903	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
MAZA	The Mazarin Stone	Summer 1903	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
CREE	The Creeping Man	Sep 6, 1903	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
LION	The Lion's Mane	Jul 27, 1909	The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
LAST	His Last Bow	Aug 2, 1914	His Last Bow

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In Chronological Order