Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Problem of Thor Bridge | 1922 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 2 | The Adventure of the Creeping Man | 1923 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 3 | The Adventure of the Illustrious Client | 1925 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 4 | The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone | 1921 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 5 | How Watson Learned the Trick | 1924 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 6 | The Adventure of Black Peter | 1904 | Arthur Conan Doyle | N/A |
| 7 | The Adventure of the Three Garridebs | 1925 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 8 | The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton | 1904 | Arthur Conan Doyle | N/A |
| 9 | The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire | 1924 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 10 | The Adventure of the Three Gables | 1926 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 11 | The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | 1926 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 12 | The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane | 1926 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 13 | The Adventure of the Retired Colourman | 1927 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 14 | The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger | 1927 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
| 15 | The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place | 1927 | Arthur Conan Doyle | Buy |
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final collection of original Holmes stories, published between 1921 and 1927. These twelve stories (plus a few related pieces) complete the canon that Doyle began in 1887. By this point, Doyle was in his sixties and his interests had shifted toward spiritualism, but he continued to produce Holmes stories partly out of financial necessity and partly to satisfy his enormous readership.
The tone of these later stories is sometimes darker than the earlier collections. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client involves a dangerous villain who preys on women, while The Problem of Thor Bridge is a clever murder mystery with an unexpected mechanism. How Watson Learned the Trick is a short parody that Doyle wrote for a miniature library at Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House. Though critics have sometimes ranked these stories below the earlier collections, several of them remain popular with readers and show Doyle’s continued skill at constructing a short mystery.