Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories and 4 novels. Many of the stories have been adapted for film. I thought it would be interesting to compile them into a list.
I used the Canon of Sherlock Holmes as listed in Wikipedia to compile this list. The entire canon is listed but not all of them have been adapted or the adaptations could not be found.
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Novels
A Study in Scarlet (1887)
The Sign of Four (1890)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-1902)
The complete video playlist of The Hound of the Baskervilles 1982 starring Tom Baker
The Valley of Fear (1914-1915)
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes featuring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes was adapted from The Valley of Fear.
Short stories
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
A Scandal in Bohemia (June 1891)
The Red-Headed League (August 1891)
A Case of Identity (September 1891)
Not adapted to film.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (October 1891)
The Five Orange Pips (November 1891)
The House of Fear featuring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes was adapted from The Five Orange Pips.
The Man with the Twisted Lip (December 1891)
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (January 1892)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (February 1892)
The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb (March 1892)
The Shoeless Engineer features Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes. I guess it is better to loose a shoe than a thumb for TV.
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (April 1892)
The Eligible Bachelor featuring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes adopted a more sinister twist to the story.
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (May 1892)
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (June 1892)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893–94)
The Adventure of Silver Blaze (December 1892)
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (January 1893)
The Adventure of the Yellow Face (February 1893)
1921 film adaptation not available.
The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk (March 1893)
1922 film adaptation not available.
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott (April 1893)
The Blind Man’s Bluff featuring Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes was based loosely on the Adventure of the Gloria Scott.
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (May 1893)
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire (June 1893)
Adaptations not available.
The Adventure of the Crooked Man (July 1893)
The Adventure of the Resident Patient (August 1893)
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter (September 1893)
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (October–November 1893)
The Final Problem (December 1893)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905)
The Adventure of the Empty House (October 1903)
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (November 1903)
The Adventure of the Dancing Men (December 1903)
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist (January 1904)
The Adventure of the Priory School (February 1904)
The Adventure of Black Peter (March 1904)
Film adaptations not available.
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (April 1904)
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (May 1904)
The Adventure of the Three Students (June 1904)
Film adaptation not available.
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (July 1904)
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (August 1904)
Film adaptation not available.
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (September 1904)
The Adventure of the Second Stain (December 1904)
His Last Bow (1917)
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (1908)
The Adventure of the Red Circle (1911)
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908)
The Adventure of the Dying Detective (1913)
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911)
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot (1910)
His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes (1917)
The Voice of Terror featuring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes was loosely based on His Last Bow.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1921)
This adaptation combined the Adventure of the Mazarin Stone with that of the Adventures of the 3 Garridebs.
The Problem of Thor Bridge (1922)
The Adventure of the Creeping Man (1923)
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1924)
The Last Vampyre is set in the context of the Sussex Vampire using the same characters but is not faithful to the original story.
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (1924)
This adaptation combined the Adventure of the Mazarin stone with that of the Adventures of the 3 Garridebs.
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924)
The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926)
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (1926)
Film adaptation not available.
The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane (1926)
Film adaptation not available.
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1926)
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927)
Film adaptation not available.
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (1927)
Read the Books Too!
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. A Scottish doctor born in 1859 and died in 1930. His stories began in serials and were quickly compiled into books due to their popularity. I highly recommend reading them. If you want to binge read the entire collection, try this omnibus at Amazon [affiliate link] or borrow from a library near you.
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