Canonical Sherlock Holmes Stories

The Canonical Sherlock Holmes Stories are the original collection of detective tales written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, primarily featuring the brilliant consultant detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson. These stories are considered the definitive narratives that introduce Holmes’s remarkable deductive reasoning, keen observation skills, and iconic methods of solving complex crimes. They include four novels and 56 short stories, published between 1887 and 1927. The canon forms the core of Holmes’s fictional universe, providing a consistent and influential blueprint for detective fiction and cementing Holmes as a legendary figure in literature.