Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Captain of the Polestar | - | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 2 | My Friend The Murderer And Other Mysteries And Adventures | - | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 3 | Round the Red Lamp | - | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 4 | Tales of Unease | - | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 5 | The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport | 1900 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 6 | Round the Fire Stories | 1908 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 7 | The Last Galley | 1911 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 8 | Danger! And Other Stories | 1918 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 9 | The Great Keinplatz Experiment | 1919 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 10 | Tales Of Adventure And Medical Life | 1920 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 11 | Tales Of Pirates And Blue Water | 1922 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 12 | Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates | 1925 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 13 | The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago | 1925 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 14 | The Black Doctor and other Tales of Terror and Mystery | 1937 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 15 | The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure | 2009 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 16 | Gothic Tales | 2018 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 17 | Tales of Terror and Mystery | 2022 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific short story writer whose non-Holmes output fills numerous collections. The Captain of the Polestar draws on his own experience as a ship’s doctor on an Arctic whaling vessel and features eerie tales set at sea. Round the Red Lamp collects stories based on his years in medical practice, with a frankness about illness and death that was unusual for the period.
Other collections reflect different sides of Doyle’s interests. Round the Fire Stories gathers supernatural and horror tales, many of which remain genuinely unsettling. The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport mixes military fiction with tales of boxing and horseracing. The Last Galley contains historical stories set in ancient Rome and other classical settings. Dealings of Captain Sharkey collects his pirate fiction, while Gothic Tales (2018) is a modern selection focusing on his darker work. These collections make clear that Doyle’s talent extended well beyond 221B Baker Street.