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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

Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph McCabe, Jules Verne, Walter Scott, Thomas Babi ...more

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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 · 2,884,493 ratings · 122,781 reviews · 13,999 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 504,649 ratings — published 1887 — 1903 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) 4.13 avg rating — 397,731 ratings — published 1902 — 8180 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 — 331,215 ratings — published 1892 — 6736 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 — 219,029 ratings — published 1887 — 873 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 — 182,920 ratings — published 1890 — 5004 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 — 107,280 ratings — published 1893 — 2737 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 — 82,330 ratings — published 1914 — 82 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 — 72,066 ratings — published 1904 — 3009 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 — 74,051 ratings — published 1912 — 3219 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 — 57,102 ratings — published 1914 — 3380 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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