All the stories listed below are brilliant, I wouldn't be able to pick a favourite.
Novels and series
The original stories, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (of course) click here and go to end of post for list of books (I think it's better to read these first, you will know things that make the experience of reading the stories richer, like you'll get all the clever references and stuff, but the stories below are also just good stories.)
The Mary Russell Novels, (A series) by Laurie R. King (click here for list of books)
(this series is beautifully written, especially the first book.)
(this series is beautifully written, especially the first book.)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, (a very great book) by Michael Dibdin
(this one you definitely can't read the end first or anything like that, the power of it depends on the not knowing, but it's one of the most amazing, extraordinary books ever.)
(this one you definitely can't read the end first or anything like that, the power of it depends on the not knowing, but it's one of the most amazing, extraordinary books ever.)
The Boy Sherlock Holmes, (a series) by Shane Peacock (click here for list of books)
(this series is the type a kid and an adult could read and both discover something, it's masterfully done, and it's also suspenseful no matter how many times you read it.)
(this series is the type a kid and an adult could read and both discover something, it's masterfully done, and it's also suspenseful no matter how many times you read it.)
the Enola Holmes Mysteries, (series) by Nancy Springer (click here for list of books)
(The people in it just as much as the mysteries make this series awesome.)
the Professor Moriarty novels and short stories, by Michael Kurland
(original, and funny, as well as being suspenseful. when in first person the narrator is one of my absolute favourites.) click here for list of novels
Dust and Shadow: an account of the ripper killings by Dr. John H. Watson, by Lyndsay Faye
(One of the greatest and most awful books ever.)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, by Nicholas Meyer
(The people in it just as much as the mysteries make this series awesome.)
the Professor Moriarty novels and short stories, by Michael Kurland
(original, and funny, as well as being suspenseful. when in first person the narrator is one of my absolute favourites.) click here for list of novels
Dust and Shadow: an account of the ripper killings by Dr. John H. Watson, by Lyndsay Faye
(One of the greatest and most awful books ever.)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, by Nicholas Meyer
Anthologies
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Ellery Queen
(I think you can only get this in libraries?)
(I think you can only get this in libraries?)
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by John Joseph Adams
(really good stories)
(really good stories)
Sherlock Holmes In Orbit, by Mike Resnick and Martin Harry Greenberg
(more really good stories- i'm running out of things to say, but look at the top- all the stories are great.)
(more really good stories- i'm running out of things to say, but look at the top- all the stories are great.)
Sherlock Holmes: The American Years, by Michael Kurland
(I like it!)
Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, by Michael Kurland (even better)
Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror, by Michael Reaves and John Pelan
(more really great stories- most of the stories aren't actually terrifying.)
(I like it!)
Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, by Michael Kurland (even better)
Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror, by Michael Reaves and John Pelan
(more really great stories- most of the stories aren't actually terrifying.)
commentaries
Sherlock Holmes For Dummies, by Steven Doyle and David A. Crowder
the Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson entries on Wikipedia
A Basic Timeline of Terra 221B (really interesting and different)
The Sherlock Holmes Companion: An Elementary Guide, by Daniel Smith
Sherlock Holmes was Wrong, by Pierre Bayard (translated from french)
Eliminate the Impossible: an examination of the world of Sherlock Holmes on page and screen, by Alistair Duncan
Eliminate the Impossible: an examination of the world of Sherlock Holmes on page and screen, by Alistair Duncan
and all these are interesting, too, or they wouldn't be here!
other
The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook, by Peter Haining
(stories and newspaper articles on the subject - very interesting. A lot of them are funny!)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography, by Nick Rennison ( just what it says it is, written as if he were real)
other
The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook, by Peter Haining
(stories and newspaper articles on the subject - very interesting. A lot of them are funny!)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography, by Nick Rennison ( just what it says it is, written as if he were real)
