The Best of Sherlock Holmes

 

Sherlockian Short Story Collections and Related Works

Some books selected for this site's "Best of the Year" choices include stories previously published in other books.  To help people know if they've already read these stories in other editions, I list the new book's contents and a prior appearance for the story.

 

Books listed in order by title.

 

The Further Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes by Denis O. Smith

Book selected for Best of 2018.  See the Review of The Further Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes.

Contents and prior book publication when applicable

Volume 1:

Volume 2:

  • "The Man in the Green Tweed Suit"
  • "An Unusual Interview"
  • "The Zodiac Plate" in The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. I (Calabash Press, 1997)
  • "The Watcher in the Woods" in The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories: Part IV (MX, 2015)
  • "The Yellow Glove" in The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. IV (Calabash Press, 2002)
  • "The Thirteenth Step"

 

The Mammoth Book of The Lost Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes by Denis O. Smith

Book selected for Best of 2014.  See the Review of The Lost Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes.

Contents and prior book publication when applicable:

  • "The Adventure of the Crimson Arrow"
  • "The Adventure of Kendal Terrace"
  • "A Hair's Breadth"
  • "The Adventure of the Smiling Face"
  • "The Adventure of the Fourth Glove"
  • "The Adventure of the Richmond Recluse" as "The Richmond Horror" in Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot (Wordsworth, 2008)
  • "The Adventure of the English Scholar"
  • "The Adventure of the Amethyst Ring"
  • "The Adventure of the Willow Pool" in The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. IV (Calabash Press, 2002)
  • "The Adventure of Queen Hippolyta"
  • "The Adventure of the Dedstone Mill"
  • "An Incident in Society"

 

The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes by Terry Golledge

Book selected for Best of 2022.  See the Review of The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes.

Contents and prior book publication when applicable:

  • "A Recollection"
  • "The Pihdarus Papers"
  • "The Case of the Woman at Margate" in The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Part XXXI (MX Publishing, 2022)
  • "The Grosvenor Square Furniture Van" in The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Part XXXI (MX Publishing, 2022)
  • "The Merton Fiends" in The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Part XXXII (MX Publishing, 2022)
  • "The Addleton Tragedy" in The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Part XXXII (MX Publishing, 2022)
  • "The Crown of Light" i in The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Part XXXIII (MX Publishing, 2022)
  • "The Adventure of the Silk Scarf" in The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Part XXXIII (MX Publishing, 2022)
  • "The Bickstone Lodge Affair" (A Novella)
  • "The Adventure of the Lonely Soldier"
  • "The Riverfront Affair"

 

The Perils of Sherlock Holmes by Loren D. Estleman

Book selected for Best of 2012.  See the Review of The Perils of Sherlock Holmes.

Contents and prior book publication when applicable:

  • "Channeling Holmes" in The Ghosts in Baker Street (Carroll & Graf, 2005)
  • "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" in Murder in Baker Street (Running Press, 2001)
  • "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" in Holmes for Holidays (Berkley, 1996)
  • "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" in Murder, My Dear Watson (Carroll & Graf, 2002)
  • "Dr. and Mrs. Watson at Home: A Comedy in One Unnatural Act" in The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Carroll & Graf, 1987)
  • "The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" in Sherlock Holmes in America (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009)
  • "The Adventure of the Greatest Gift" in More Holmes for the Holidays (Berkley, 1999)
  • "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" in The Ghosts in Baker Street (Carroll & Graf, 2005)
  • "The Serpent's Egg"
  • "On the Significance of Boswell's" in Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories (Bantam Books, 1986)
  • "Was Sherlock Holmes the Shadow" in The Baker Street Journal, March 1982

 

The Thames Horror, and Other Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Barbara Roden

Book selected for Best of 2012.  See the Review of The Thames Horror, and Other Adventures....

Contents and prior book publication when applicable:

  • "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them" in Gaslight Grimoire (Edge, 2008)
  • "Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles" in Gaslight Grotesque (Edge, 2009)
  • "The Adventure of the Suspect Servant" in The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (Robinson, 1997)
  • "The Thames Horror"

 

 

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