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Wikipedia says that traditionally, the canon of Sherlock Holmes consists of the 56 short stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this context, the term “canon” is an attempt to distinguish between Doyle's original works and subsequent works by other authors using the same characters.
This is a listing of all 56 short stories and four novels in the Canon. It also includes, as a separate item, the preface to “His Last Bow.” The second column shows the three character abbreviation for each collection or the four character abbreviation for the novel or story. These abbreviations are often used to refer to the stories and novels in scholarly writing about the Canon.
This list first shows the novels, and then the collections. The stories in each collection are listed in alphabetical order by their abbreviations. Listings in alphabetical order by story or novel title and the order in which the stores and novels were written are also available.
Story or Novel Title | ABBR |
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The Sign of the Four | SIGN |
A Study in Scarlet | STUD |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | HOUN |
The Valley of Fear | VALL |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | ADV |
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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet | BERY |
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle | BLUE |
The Boscombe Valley Mystery | BOSC |
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches | COPP |
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb | ENGR |
The Five Orange Pips | FIVE |
A Case of Identity | IDEN |
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor | NOBL |
The Red-Headed League | REDH |
A Scandal in Bohemia | SCAN |
The Adventure of the Speckled Band | SPEC |
The Man with the Twisted Lip | TWIS |
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes | CAS |
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The Adventure of the Three Gables | 3GAB |
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs | 3GAR |
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | BLAN |
The Adventure of the Creeping Man | CREE |
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client | ILLU |
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane | LION |
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone | MAZA |
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman | RETI |
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place | SHOS |
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire | SUSS |
The Problem of Thor Bridge | THOR |
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger | VEIL |
His Last Bow | HIS |
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans | BRUC |
The Cardboard Box | CARD |
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot | DEVI |
The Adventure of the Dying Detective | DYIN |
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | LADY |
His Last Bow | LAST |
Preface to "His Last Bow" | PREF |
The Adventure of the Red Circle | REDC |
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge | WIST |
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | MEM |
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The Crooked Man | CROO |
The Final Problem | FINA |
The "Gloria Scott" | GLOR |
The Greek Interpreter | GREE |
The Mustgrave Ritual | MUSG |
The Naval Treaty | NAVA |
The Reigate Squires | REIG |
The Resident Patient | RESI |
Silver Blaze | SILV |
The Stockbroker's Clerk | STOC |
The Yellow Face | YELL |