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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

Author of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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About the Author

The most famous fictional detective in the world is Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was, at best, ambivalent about his immensely successful literary creation and, at worst, resentful that his more "serious" fiction was relatively ignored. Born in Edinburgh, Doyle studied show more medicine from 1876 to 1881 and received his M.D. in 1885. He worked as a military physician in South Africa during the Boer War and was knighted in 1902 for his exceptional service. Doyle was drawn to writing at an early age. Although he attempted to enter private practice in Southsea, Portsmouth, in 1882, he soon turned to writing in his spare time; it eventually became his profession. As a Liberal Unionist, Doyle ran, unsuccessfully, for Parliament in 1903. During his later years, Doyle became an avowed spiritualist. Doyle sold his first story, "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley," to Chambers' Journal in 1879. When Doyle published the novel, A Study in Scarlet in 1887, Sherlock Holmes was introduced to an avid public. Doyle is reputed to have used one of his medical professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, as a model for Holmes's character. Eventually, Doyle wrote three additional Holmes novels and five collections of Holmes short stories. A brilliant, though somewhat eccentric, detective, Holmes employs scientific methods of observation and deduction to solve the mysteries that he investigates. Although an "amateur" private detective, he is frequently called upon by Scotland Yard for assistance. Holmes's assistant, the faithful Dr. Watson, provides a striking contrast to Holmes's brilliant intellect and, in Doyle's day at least, serves as a character with whom the reader can readily identify. Having tired of Holmes's popularity, Doyle even tried to kill the great detective in "The Final Problem" but was forced by an outraged public to resurrect him in 1903. Although Holmes remained Doyle's most popular literary creation, Doyle wrote prolifically in other genres, including historical adventure, science fiction, and supernatural fiction. Despite Doyle's sometimes careless writing, he was a superb storyteller. His great skill as a popular author lay in his technique of involving readers in his highly entertaining adventures. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) 15,199 copies
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) 14,898 copies
A Study in Scarlet (1888) 7,521 copies
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1892) 4,975 copies
The Sign of Four (1890) 4,888 copies
The Lost World (1912) 4,683 copies
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) 4,267 copies
The Valley of Fear (1914) 2,910 copies
His Last Bow (1917) 2,425 copies
The White Company (1891) 1,212 copies
A Study in Scarlet / The Hound of the Baskervilles (1887) — Author — 612 copies
Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922) 494 copies
Sir Nigel (1906) — Author — 473 copies
The Poison Belt (1913) 443 copies
The Best of Sherlock Holmes (1891) 353 copies
Sherlock Holmes (2017) 342 copies
Tales of Unease (2000) 237 copies
The Red-Headed League (short story) (1891) — Author — 219 copies
The Maracot Deep (1929) 207 copies
The Adventures of Gerard (1903) 204 copies
The Conan Doyle Stories (1929) 198 copies
A Scandal in Bohemia (1891) 194 copies
Round the Fire Stories (1908) 170 copies
The Mystery of Cloomber (1888) 167 copies
The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898) — Author — 161 copies
The Coming of the Fairies (1922) 160 copies
The Edge of the Unknown (1930) 156 copies
Micah Clarke (1889) 150 copies
The Great Boer War (1900) 141 copies
Mr. Holmes [2015 film] (2015) — Original characters — 137 copies
The Land of Mist (1926) 126 copies
The Refugees (1893) 120 copies
Through the Magic Door (1907) 119 copies
Baker Street Dozen (1987) 116 copies
Rodney Stone (1896) 114 copies
Great Detective Stories (Watermill Classics) (1986) — Contributor — 109 copies
Uncollected Stories (1982) 107 copies
Round the Red Lamp (1894) 105 copies
Tales of Sherlock Holmes (1900) 104 copies
Vampire Stories (2009) 102 copies
Lot No. 249 (1892) 95 copies
Beyond the City (1891) 93 copies
The Parasite (1894) 90 copies
The History of Spiritualism (1926) 89 copies
The New Revelation (1918) 89 copies
Silver Blaze (short story) (1892) 80 copies
Memories and Adventures (1924) 76 copies
The Narrative of John Smith (2011) 74 copies
Sherlock Holmes: A play (1976) 68 copies
The Doings of Raffles Haw (1891) 68 copies
Gothic Tales (2016) 65 copies
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2 (2020) — Contributor — 64 copies
The Firm of Girdlestone (1890) 62 copies
The Stark Munro Letters (1895) 58 copies
The Vital Message (1919) 57 copies
Tales of Long Ago (1922) 55 copies
When the World Screamed (1928) 55 copies
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 1 (2017) — Contributor — 54 copies
The Classic Mystery Collection (100 books and stories) (2007) — Contributor — 54 copies
Tales for a Winter's Night (1908) 52 copies
Uncle Bernac (1897) 48 copies
My Friend the Murderer (1882) 47 copies
The Disintegration Machine (1929) 45 copies
The Green Flag (1893) 44 copies
La mummia e altri racconti (1995) 43 copies
Boys' Sherlock Holmes (1961) 43 copies
Merry Murder (1994) 39 copies
The Crime of the Congo (2007) 36 copies
High Adventure (1992) 36 copies
Sherlock Holmes Slipcase (2005) 36 copies
Sherlock Holmes Gesammelte Werke (2012) — Author — 35 copies
[unidentified works] (1991) 34 copies
Tales of Terror (1922) 33 copies
The Book of Sherlock Holmes (1950) 33 copies
Sherlock Holmes (1975) 33 copies
Danger! and Other Stories (1918) 32 copies
The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922) 31 copies
His Last Bow (single story) (1917) 31 copies
Sherlock Holmes (2006) 29 copies
The Vampire: An Anthology (1963) — Contributor — 28 copies
Classic Sherlock Holmes (1992) 27 copies
The Great Shadow (1892) 25 copies
The historical novels (1986) 23 copies
The Lost World [1925 film] (2017) — Original book — 23 copies
The Brazilian Cat (1898) 23 copies
The Annotated Lost World (1996) 23 copies
Our African winter (2001) 22 copies
The Sherlock Holmes Collection: Volume 3 (2004) — Writer — 21 copies
Sherlock Holmes Volume 2 (2007) 20 copies
Sherlock Holmes (1979) 20 copies
Sherlock Holmesin parhaita (2001) 20 copies
A Visit to Three Fronts (1916) 19 copies
Sherlock Holmes Volume 3 (2010) 19 copies
Songs of Action (2004) 19 copies
The Cabman's Story (1884) 19 copies
Hilda Wade: A Woman with Tenacity of Purpose (1899) — Editor — 18 copies
Stories of Sherlock Holmes (1991) 18 copies
La Grande Ombre (1892) 18 copies
Letters to the Press (1986) 17 copies
Przygody Sherlocka Holmesa (1980) 17 copies
Cases of Sherlock Holmes (1947) 16 copies
The Lost World Adventures (1999) 15 copies
Sherlock Holmes Geschichten (1984) 15 copies
Tales of a Monster Hunter (1977) 15 copies
Historias de la antigüedad (1990) 14 copies
On the unexplained (2013) 14 copies
Obras selectas (1986) 13 copies
Pirati (1997) 13 copies
The Case of Lady Sannox (1893) 13 copies
The Lost Special (1898) 13 copies
The Man from Archangel (1885) 12 copies
The game's afoot: Sherlock Holmes plays, (1969) — Creator — 12 copies
The case of Oscar Slater (1912) 12 copies
Historias espeluznantes (1991) 12 copies
Tales of the Ring and Camp (1924) 11 copies
Essays on Photography (1982) 11 copies
Songs of the road (2007) 11 copies
Suphe Asla Uyumaz (2012) 11 copies
Our American Adventure (2019) 11 copies
Akil Oyunlarinin Golgesinde (2012) 11 copies
The Return of Gerard (1982) 11 copies
Sherlock Holmes (1993) 11 copies
Sherlock Holmesi lood. I (2003) 11 copies
Great Stories (1959) 10 copies
The Brown Hand (1899) 10 copies
Pheneas Speaks (1926) 10 copies
Aventuras de Gerard (1999) 10 copies
The Los Amigos Fiasco (1892) 10 copies
Elemental, querido Watson (2000) 10 copies
The Last Galley (1910) 9 copies
Sherlock Holmes (1956) 9 copies
Sherlock Holmes enquête (2004) 9 copies
Stories for Summer (1992) 9 copies
Word Cloud Box Set: Brown (2015) 8 copies
Relatos de hombres lobos y otra (1997) — Contributor — 8 copies
Doyle Selected Works (1900) 8 copies
Sherlock Holmes Volume 1 (2015) 7 copies
Waterloo (1998) 7 copies
Danger! (1914) 7 copies
How It Happened (1913) 7 copies
Geheimzinnige verhalen (1973) 7 copies
The German War (1915) 6 copies
Unearthed (2013) 6 copies
The Sealed Room (1898) 6 copies
Dominoes (2015) 6 copies
Novelas de Aventuras (1964) 6 copies
Four More Sherlock Holmes Plays (1839) — Creator — 6 copies
The Crown Diamond (1958) 6 copies
Sherlock Holmesi lood. II (2022) 6 copies
The Leather Funnel (1902) 6 copies
The New Catacomb (1898) 5 copies
Sherlock Holmes Volume 1 (2015) 5 copies
The Man with the Watches (1898) 5 copies
TheValleyofFear (2020) 5 copies
Cuentos Espeluznantes (1996) 5 copies
Reaparece Sherlock Holmes (1983) 5 copies
B. 24 (1899) 5 copies
Sherlock Holmes triumfer (1995) 5 copies
Sherlock Holmes - vol. 2 (2016) 5 copies
The Jew's Breastplate (1899) 5 copies
Sherlock Holmes 2 (2008) 5 copies
Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen (Dramatized) (2001) — Original Text — 5 copies
Trujące pasmo 5 copies
Our Midnight Visitor (2001) 5 copies
Western Wanderings (1994) 5 copies
The Beetle-Hunter (1898) 4 copies
Our Derby Sweepstakes (1882) 4 copies
The Blood Stone (1995) 4 copies
The American's Tale (1880) 4 copies
Murder: Vintage Minis (2020) 4 copies
Kizil Takip (2013) 4 copies
Jobb nem firtatni (2011) 4 copies
The Lost Sherlock Holmes Story? (2015) — Attributed to — 4 copies
Det tomme hus (1980) 4 copies
Thoths ring (2021) 4 copies
Sherlock Holmes Panik (2012) 4 copies
John Barrington Cowles (1884) 4 copies
Mysteries and Adventures (2012) 4 copies
The Wrong Passage (2012) 4 copies
A Study in Scarlet / A Case of Identity (1898) — Author — 4 copies
RELATOS DE TERROR (1985) 4 copies
Detective Stories (2017) 4 copies
Sherlock Holmes enquête (1999) 3 copies
Sherlock Holmes Handbuch (1993) 3 copies
Obras completas (2007) 3 copies
A Foreign Office Romance (1894) 3 copies
Contes de terreur (2011) 3 copies
Four From the Canon (2004) 3 copies
Cuentos del Ring (1975) 3 copies
Ein Duett 3 copies
The Club-footed Grocer (1898) 3 copies
Novelas históricas (1965) 3 copies
The Silver Hatchet (1883) 3 copies
The Pot of Caviare (2014) 3 copies
Sherlock holmes enquete 3 (1998) 3 copies
De Profundis (1892) 3 copies
Sherlock Holmes 3 copies
Le cinque rose 3 copies
Sherlock Holmes (2015) 3 copies
SHERLOCK HOLMES (1980) 3 copies
Powrot Sherlocka Holmesa (2014) 3 copies
Strange Secrets 3 copies
The Japanned Box (1899) 3 copies
Strange secrets 3 copies
L'homme à la lèvre tordue (2020) — Author — 3 copies
The Coming of the Huns (1910) 3 copies
Reaparece Sherlock Holmes (2010) 3 copies
Sølvøksen (1994) 3 copies
Sherlock Holmes. (1985) 3 copies
The Silver Mirror (1908) 3 copies
The Curse of Eve (1894) 3 copies
Le dernier problème (1998) 3 copies
Het laatste probleem (2015) 2 copies
Reaparece Sherlock Holmes (1983) 2 copies
The Winning Shot (2011) 2 copies
Golge Oyunlari (2013) 2 copies
A négyek jele (2016) 2 copies
Sherlock Holmes: Kusku (2012) 2 copies
Sherlock Holmes. Volume 4 (2016) 2 copies
Hexalogy 2 copies
221 B Baker Street (2001) 2 copies
Historias del ring (1995) 2 copies
Crabbe's Practice (1884) 2 copies
4 Short Stories 2 copies
Uncollected Short Stories (2009) 2 copies
Cuentos de aventuras (1977) 2 copies
Behind The Times (1894) 2 copies
His First Operation (1894) 2 copies
The Third Generation (1894) 2 copies
A Medical Document (1894) 2 copies
The Surgeon Talks (1894) 2 copies
Through the Veil (1911) 2 copies
Histrias Extraordinrias (2003) 2 copies
Was ist Spiritismus? (2016) 2 copies
Alabama Joe : nouvelle (2016) 2 copies
Borrowed Scenes (1913) 2 copies
Return of Sherlock Holmes (2023) 2 copies
The Contest (1911) 2 copies
Rodney Stone. Volume 2 — Author — 2 copies
Sherlock Holmes: vol.1 (2018) 2 copies
Zeldzame verhalen (1988) 2 copies
The Home-coming (1909) 2 copies
The First Cargo (1910) 2 copies
An Iconoclast 2 copies
Giant Maximin (1911) 2 copies
The Red Star (1911) 2 copies
Conan Doyle au pôle Nord (2014) 2 copies
Sherlock Holmes - vol.4 (2002) 2 copies
Cuentos varios 2 copies
Due inchieste di Sherlock Holmes (1990) — Author — 2 copies
CUENTOS DE MÉDICOS. (1975) 2 copies
Viaje por el Ártico (2016) 2 copies
A Literary Mosaic (1886) 2 copies
Het aapje 2 copies
Psychic Experiences (2012) 2 copies
Il libro dell'aldilà (1983) 2 copies
Modrý drahokam (2002) 2 copies
The Doctors Of Hoyland (1894) 2 copies
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Author — 2 copies
O mundo perdido 2 copies
La Valle del miedo (2014) 2 copies
Der Diamant des Kardinals (1990) 2 copies
Sherlock Holmes Tom 2 (2014) 2 copies
La Hachette d'argent (1982) 2 copies
The Field Bazaar (2014) 2 copies
A Physiologist's Wife (1890) 2 copies
The Journey 2 copies
Třikrát Sherlock Holmes (1994) 2 copies
Reaparece Sherlock Holmes (1983) 2 copies
Contes d'Aventures (2013) 2 copies
John Huxford's Hiatus (1888) 2 copies
Avanture Serloka Holmsa (2015) 2 copies
A Shadow Before (1898) 2 copies
Sherlock Holmes (2002) 1 copy
Afrikaresan 1 copy
Sherlock (2013) 1 copy
Sherlock holmes II (1959) 1 copy
Sherlok Holms (2016) 1 copy
Tales of Terror (1992) 1 copy
Dolina Strachu (2012) 1 copy
The Crime of the Congo (1909) 1 copy
Т. 4 (1993) 1 copy
Le monde perdu Tome 1 — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
Sherlock Holmes (1956) 1 copy
Dr. Negro 1 copy
SHERLOCK HOLMES (II) (2015) 1 copy
El carbunclo azul (2021) 1 copy
HOLMES & WATSON (2014) 1 copy
El estudio escarlata (2021) 1 copy
Le dernier tireur (1983) 1 copy
Il vampiro del Sussex (2011) 1 copy
Sjö sögur 1 copy
ESTUDIO EN CARLATA (2014) 1 copy
Grimizna nit 1 copy
Un début en médecine (2015) 1 copy
Jim Harrison : Boxeur (2015) 1 copy
Sherlock Holmes-III (2016) 1 copy
La Sangonera vermella (1992) 1 copy
Monster 1 copy
Baskerville Köpeği (2014) 1 copy
Novelas 1 copy
La criniere du lion (1993) 1 copy
Sherlock Holmes (II) (1996) 1 copy
Un crimen extraño (1981) 1 copy
Uncle Bernac 1 copy
Y Cylch Brith (2014) 1 copy
Kayip Dünya (2020) 1 copy
El gato de Brasil (2017) 1 copy
A Pot Of Caviare (2015) 1 copy
Juvenilia 1 copy
Os Fugitivos 1 copy
Rodney Stone Annotated (2019) 1 copy
Napoleonic Stories (1892) 1 copy
La piedra de Mazarino (2019) 1 copy
Obra selecta 1 copy
Údolie hrôzy (1991) 1 copy
f (2019) 1 copy
Meregovezet 1 copy
Posljednji naklon (2016) 1 copy
Nestala zaručnica (2020) 1 copy
My Religion 1 copy
Short Stories vol.I (2010) 1 copy
The Lift (1922) 1 copy
A Point of Contact (1922) 1 copy
A Point Of View (1918) 1 copy
The Prisoner's Defence (1916) 1 copy
Out Of The Running (2014) 1 copy
A False Start (1891) 1 copy
Sweethearts (1894) 1 copy

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The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992) — Contributor — 529 copies
The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (1976) — Contributor — 504 copies
English Country House Murders (1989) — Contributor — 468 copies
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror (1818) — Contributor — 433 copies
Flight or Fright (2018) — Contributor — 428 copies
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (1990) — Contributor — 392 copies
Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful (1961) — Contributor — 307 copies
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000) — Contributor — 290 copies
A Treasury of Short Stories (1947) — Contributor — 287 copies
Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2001) — Contributor — 283 copies
Detective Stories (1998) — Contributor — 267 copies
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (2013) — Contributor — 266 copies
Shudder Again: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror (1993) — Contributor — 228 copies
Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries (2015) — Contributor — 226 copies
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural (1968) — Contributor — 223 copies
Crime Stories from the Strand (1991) — Contributor — 222 copies
The Omnibus of Crime (1929) — Contributor — 205 copies
Sherlock Holmes in America (2009) — Contributor — 196 copies
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense (1988) — Contributor — 184 copies
Late Victorian Gothic Tales (2005) — Contributor — 183 copies
100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994) — Contributor — 177 copies
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories (1990) — Contributor — 170 copies
Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age (2017) — Contributor — 167 copies
Blood on the Tracks (2018) — Contributor — 166 copies
The New Junior Classics Volume 09: Sport and Adventure (1938) — Contributor — 165 copies
Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (2016) — Contributor — 160 copies
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic (1990) — Contributor — 152 copies
Vampires, Wine, and Roses (1997) — Contributor — 152 copies
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries (2015) — Contributor — 150 copies
Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space (1984) — Contributor — 146 copies
Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries (2015) — Contributor — 144 copies
The Golden Age Of Science Fiction (1946) — Contributor — 137 copies
Short Stories from the Strand (1992) — Contributor — 135 copies
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Contributor — 135 copies
The Oxford Book of Villains (1992) — Contributor — 134 copies
The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988) — Contributor — 133 copies
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (2015) — Contributor — 132 copies
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Contributor — 130 copies
Science Fiction Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2015) — Contributor — 128 copies
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 4: Spells (1942) — Contributor — 125 copies
Witches' Brew (2002) — Contributor — 122 copies
Chilling Horror Short Stories (2016) — Contributor — 120 copies
The Folio Book of Christmas Crime Stories (2004) — Contributor — 117 copies
Into the Mummy's Tomb (2001) — Contributor — 109 copies
Chilling Ghost Short Stories (2015) — Cover artist — 109 copies
Strange Tales From the Strand (1991) — Contributor — 108 copies
The Penguin Book of First World War Stories (2007) — Contributor — 103 copies
Great Tales of Action and Adventure (1958) — Contributor — 99 copies
Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes (2016) — Contributor — 94 copies
More Stories to Remember, Volume II (1958) — Contributor — 94 copies
221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes (1940) — Contributor — 91 copies
Continental Crimes (2017) — Contributor — 91 copies
Murder Most Scottish (1656) — Contributor — 90 copies
Crime for Christmas (1991) — Contributor — 85 copies
Murder for Christmas, Vol. 2 (1982) — Contributor — 83 copies
Mystery Stories: An Intriguing Collection (1996) — Contributor — 83 copies
More Stories to Remember, Volume I (1958) — Contributor — 82 copies
Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves (2019) — Contributor — 81 copies
The Treasury of English Short Stories (1985) — Contributor — 81 copies
Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic (2019) — Contributor — 81 copies
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) — Contributor — 79 copies
Murder Mayhem Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2016) — Contributor — 79 copies
65 Great Spine Chillers (1988) — Contributor — 75 copies
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Granada Television Series (1984) — Original stories; Original author — 75 copies
The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics (1954) — Contributor — 75 copies
The Measure of Malice: Scientific Mysteries (2019) — Contributor — 75 copies
Great Spy Stories From Fiction (1969) — Contributor — 74 copies
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998) — Contributor — 73 copies
Selected Stories from the 19th Century (2000) — Contributor — 71 copies
Horror Times Ten (1967) — Contributor — 70 copies
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000) — Contributor — 69 copies
Best Loved Books for Young Readers 04 (1831) — Author — 68 copies
The Bedside Book of Famous British Stories (1940) — Contributor — 66 copies
Crime and Mystery Short Stories (2016) — Contributor — 66 copies
Supernatural Horror Short Stories (2017) — Contributor — 65 copies
Return from the Dead: Classic Mummy Stories (2004) — Contributor — 64 copies
Tales of the Dead (1981) — Contributor — 64 copies
Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1991) — Contributor — 64 copies
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998) — Contributor — 62 copies
Dressed to Kill [1946 film] (1946) — Inspiration — 62 copies
The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1990) — Contributor — 60 copies
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979) — Contributor — 59 copies
The Lock and Key Library (Volume 8: Modern English) (1909) — Contributor — 57 copies
65 Great Tales of Horror (1981) — Contributor — 57 copies
Murderous Schemes (1996) — Contributor — 57 copies
A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000) — Contributor — 56 copies
14 Great Detective Stories (1949) — Contributor — 55 copies
The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966) — Contributor — 55 copies
The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus (1984) — Contributor — 54 copies
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999) — Contributor — 53 copies
Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries (2020) — Contributor — 52 copies
Great Classic Stories: 22 Unabridged Classics (2006) — Contributor, some editions — 51 copies
Lost Worlds Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2017) — Contributor — 51 copies
Detective Duos (1997) — Contributor — 51 copies
Great Science Fiction about Doctors (1963) — Contributor — 50 copies
Swords & Steam Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2016) — Contributor — 49 copies
Great Ghost Stories (Books of Wonder) (1998) — Contributor — 49 copies
Chillers for Christmas (1989) — Contributor — 49 copies
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 (1656) — Contributor — 49 copies
Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2017) — Contributor — 47 copies
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1997) — Contributor — 46 copies
Prose and Poetry for Appreciation (1934) — Contributor — 45 copies
The Speckled Band and Other Stories (1977) — Contributor — 44 copies
Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson (2014) — Contributor — 43 copies
Scottish Stories of Fantasy and Horror (1971) — Contributor — 43 copies
Elementary: Season 3 (2014) — Director, some editions — 42 copies
A Century of Humour (1934) — Contributor — 42 copies
Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories (1993) — Contributor — 42 copies
65 Great Murder Mysteries (1983) — Contributor — 41 copies
The Oxford Book of Historical Stories (1994) — Contributor — 40 copies
Futures Unlimited (1969) — Contributor — 39 copies
The Television Late-night Horror Omnibus (1993) — Contributor — 39 copies
The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939 film] (1939) — Original book — 38 copies
Ladybird Classics: The Lost World (1981) — Original story — 38 copies
Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries (2021) — Contributor — 38 copies
The Best of British SF 1 (1977) — Contributor — 37 copies
Fourteen Great Detective Stories (1928) — Contributor — 36 copies
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays (2019) — Contributor — 36 copies
Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Stories (1969) — Contributor — 35 copies
Cornish Horrors: Tales from the Land's End (2021) — Contributor — 35 copies
Terror by Gaslight: More Victorian Tales of Terror (1975) — Contributor — 34 copies
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2018) — Contributor — 34 copies
The Dick Francis Complete Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1989) — Contributor, some editions — 34 copies
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries (2021) — Contributor — 33 copies
Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Horror Novels (1987) — Contributor — 33 copies
Stories To Get You Through The Night (2010) — Contributor — 32 copies
The Boy's Book of Great Detective Stories (1938) — Contributor, some editions — 32 copies
The World's Great Detective Stories (1927) — Contributor — 31 copies
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror (1928) — Contributor; Contributor — 31 copies
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Mysterious Sea Stories (1985) — Contributor — 30 copies
The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics (2012) — Contributor — 29 copies
Great Law and Order Stories (1990) — Contributor — 29 copies
Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1982) — Contributor — 29 copies
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The Mystery Book (1934) — Contributor — 28 copies
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Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural (2002) — Contributor — 25 copies
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Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre (1990) — Contributor — 24 copies
In the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes (2011) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Fate of Fenella (1892) — Contributor — 23 copies
Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2020) — Contributor — 23 copies
The Sherlock Holmes Collection : 1968 Television Series Box Set (1968) — Original author — 23 copies
The Best Horror Stories (1977) — Contributor — 22 copies
Tales of Terror and Suspense (1963) — Contributor — 22 copies
The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 6 (1929) — Contributor — 22 copies
Classic Detective Stories (1992) — Contributor — 21 copies
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Cuentos de amor victorianos (2004) — Contributor — 21 copies
Great English Short Stories (1930) — Contributor — 20 copies
Great detective stories (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies
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Currents in Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 20 copies
Murder at the Races (1995) — Contributor — 20 copies
Vampire and Werewolf Stories (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies
Sea Tales of Terror (1974) — Contributor — 20 copies
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The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short Stories (2004) — Contributor — 19 copies
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Sherlock: The Complete Series One & Two (2010) — Author — 19 copies
The Magicians: Occult Stories (1972) — Contributor — 18 copies
A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen (First Series) (1934) — Contributor — 18 copies
The Hound of the Baskervilles [1978 film] (2004) — Original story — 18 copies
Kill or Cure (1985) — Contributor — 17 copies
Murder by the Seaside: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2022) — Contributor — 17 copies
Nightmare Reader: v. 2 (1973) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Sign of Four [1932 film] (1932) — Original book — 17 copies
Horror by Lamplight (1993) — Contributor — 17 copies
Masters of British Literature, Volume B (2007) — Contributor — 16 copies
Tales of the Occult (1975) — Author, some editions — 16 copies
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Horse Stories (2012) — Contributor — 16 copies
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The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories (1947) — Contributor — 15 copies
Stories by English Authors (1902) — Contributor — 15 copies
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Murder on Trial (1994) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Panorama of Modern Literature (1934) — Contributor — 14 copies
Creature!: A Chrestomathy of "Monstery" (1981) — Contributor — 13 copies
Mummy: A Chrestomathy of Cryptology (1980) — Contributor — 13 copies
Famous Tales of the Fantastic (1965) — Contributor — 13 copies
Car Tales: Classic Stories About Dream Machines (1991) — Contributor — 13 copies
My Favorite Mystery Stories (1960) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Mummy (Ladybird Horror Classics) (1985) — Author — 13 copies
Ten Tales of Detection (1967) — Contributor — 13 copies
Dark Holidays: A Collection of Ghost Stories (2006) — Contributor — 13 copies
Stories by English Authors: Africa (1896) — Contributor — 13 copies
Monsters, monsters, monsters (1974) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Veiled Lodger (The Sherlock Holmes Children's Collection) (2019) — Original Author — 12 copies
The Second Century of Detective Stories (1938) — Contributor — 12 copies
Crime and Detection (1926) — Contributor — 11 copies
Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al (1996) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse (1988) — Contributor — 11 copies
Phantastische Literatur 82 (1982) 11 copies
Weirdies, Weirdies, Weirdies (1975) — Contributor — 11 copies
Shapes of the Supernatural (1969) — Contributor — 11 copies
A Cavalcade of Collier's (1959) — Contributor — 10 copies
The 7th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1972) — Contributor — 10 copies
Sherlock Holmes [1954 TV series] (1954) — Original book — 10 copies
World's Great Mystery Stories (1943) — Contributor — 10 copies
Short Stories of To-Day (1924) — Contributor — 10 copies
Inside Stories I (1987) — Contributor — 10 copies
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My First Book (1894) — Contributor — 9 copies
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The Fourth Ghost Story MEGAPACK TM: 25 Classic Haunts! (2014) — Contributor — 9 copies
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Cries of Terror (1976) — Contributor — 9 copies
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Great Horse Stories (2010) — Contributor — 8 copies
International Short Stories English (Volume 2) (1910) — Contributor — 8 copies
Famous Stories (1966) — Contributor — 8 copies
My Favorite Suspense Stories (1968) — Contributor — 8 copies
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A Vintage Christmas (Vintage Minis) (2018) — Contributor — 8 copies
Four Sherlock Holmes Plays (1964) — Creator — 8 copies
Great Classic Mysteries II (2012) — Contributor — 7 copies
The Black Cabinet (1989) — Contributor — 7 copies
50 Classic Mystery Books (2010) — Contributor — 7 copies
Armchair Horror Collection (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies
Great Short Stories Volume 1: Detective Stories (1906) — Contributor — 7 copies
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Suspense: A Treasury for Young Adults (1966) — Contributor — 6 copies
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace [1962 film] (1962) — Original story — 6 copies
The Trials of Love (1990) — Contributor — 6 copies
The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres (1998) — Contributor — 6 copies
Verdens største detektiver II (1995) — Contributor — 5 copies
Den kriminelle novelle (1999) — Author, some editions — 5 copies
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London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 2 (1996) — Contributor — 3 copies
Sherlock Holmes: The Red Death (1992) — Creator — 3 copies
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The nightmare reader (1973) — Contributor — 2 copies
Crime and Detection (Second Series) — Contributor — 2 copies
Thrilling Stories from the Past for Boys (1970) — Contributor — 2 copies
Great Britain and the Congo: The Pillage of the Congo Basin (1909) — Introduction, some editions — 2 copies
Best Railway Stories (1969) — Contributor — 2 copies
Enjoying Stories (1987) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Great Stories of Detection (1960) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Doyle, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan
Birthdate
1859-05-22
Date of death
1930-07-07
Burial location
Minstead Churchyard, Hampshire, England, UK
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
Scotland, UK
Birthplace
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Place of death
Crowborough, Sussex, England, UK
Cause of death
heart attack
Places of residence
Portsmouth, England, UK
Vienna, Austria
London, England, UK
Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Education
University of Edinburgh (MB|CM|1881|MD|1885)
Occupations
physician
writer
ophthalmologist
Relationships
Doyle, Charles Altamont (father)
Doyle, Adrian Conan (son)
Hornung, E. W. (brother in law)
Doyle, John (grandfather)
Awards and honors
Knight Bachelor (1902)
Knight of the Order of St. John (1903)
Queen's South Africa Medal (1901)
Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1895)
Order of the Medjidie, 2nd class [Ottoman Empire] (1907)
Archie Goodwin Award (2005)
Agent
The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate
Short biography
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle 22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was a British writer and medical doctor. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 when he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and more than fifty short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer; other than 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, r