Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels books in order

Q: "How many books are in the Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels series?"

"There are nineteen books in the Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels series, published between 1906 and 2011."

Q: "What is the first book in the Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels series?"

"The first book in the Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels series is The Surgeon of Gaster Fell."

Q: "Which of Arthur Conan Doyle's standalone novels is considered his best?"

"Doyle himself believed The White Company, a historical adventure set during the Hundred Years' War, was his greatest achievement. Sir Nigel, its prequel, was also a personal favorite. Modern readers tend to gravitate toward Micah Clarke or Rodney Stone. The Narrative of John Smith, his first attempt at a novel, was lost in the mail and only published posthumously in 2011 from a surviving manuscript."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	The Surgeon of Gaster Fell	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
2	The Mystery of Cloomber	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
3	Micah Clarke	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
4	The Firm of Girdlestone	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
5	The White Company	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
6	The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
7	The Doings of Raffles Haw	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
8	Beyond the City	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
9	The Refugees	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
10	My Friend the Murderer	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
11	The Parasite	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
12	The Stark Munro Letters	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
13	Rodney Stone	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
14	Uncle Bernac	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
15	The Tragedy of the Korosko	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
16	A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus	-	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
17	Sir Nigel	1906	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
18	The Maracot Deep	1929	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy
19	The Narrative of John Smith	2011	Arthur Conan Doyle	Buy

Arthur Conan Doyle produced a large body of fiction outside the Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger series. His standalone novels cover a wide range of settings and periods. The White Company and its prequel Sir Nigel are set during the Hundred Years’ War and follow English bowmen and knights in France. Micah Clarke takes place during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, while The Great Shadow draws on the Napoleonic era. These historical novels were the work Doyle took most seriously.

His other standalone books include The Tragedy of the Korosko, a thriller set during a Nile river cruise interrupted by Dervish raiders, and The Parasite, a short novel about mesmerism and mind control. The Firm of Girdlestone was an early novel about commercial fraud. Several of these books were written before or alongside the Holmes stories, and they show the range of Doyle’s interests beyond detective fiction. Many of the publication dates in this listing are not recorded because early editions varied widely.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels series?

There are nineteen books in the Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels series, published between 1906 and 2011.

What is the first book in the Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels series?

The first book in the Arthur Conan Doyle Standalone Novels series is The Surgeon of Gaster Fell.

Which of Arthur Conan Doyle's standalone novels is considered his best?

Doyle himself believed The White Company, a historical adventure set during the Hundred Years’ War, was his greatest achievement. Sir Nigel, its prequel, was also a personal favorite. Modern readers tend to gravitate toward Micah Clarke or Rodney Stone. The Narrative of John Smith, his first attempt at a novel, was lost in the mail and only published posthumously in 2011 from a surviving manuscript.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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