Arthur Conan Doyle bibliography

Arthur Conan Doyle
bibliography
	Arthur Conan Doyle, 1914
Books↙	10
Novels↙	22
Stories↙	204
Collections↙	16
Poems↙	4
Plays↙	14
Spiritualist and paranormal books↙	13
Spiritualist and paranormal pamphlets↙	10
Operettas↙	1
	References and footnotes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician. In addition to the series of stories chronicling the activities of Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr John Watson for which he is well known, Doyle wrote on a wide range of topics, both fictional and non-fictional.^[1] In 1876 Doyle entered the University of Edinburgh Medical School, where he became a pupil of Joseph Bell, whose deductive processes impressed his pupil so much that the teacher became the chief model for Holmes.^[1] Doyle began writing while still a student, and in October 1879 he had his first work—"The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley"—published in Chambers's Journal.^[2] He continued writing short works—both fictional and non-fictional—throughout his career, and had over 200 stories and articles published.^[3]

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In July 1891 Doyle published the short story "A Scandal in Bohemia" in The Strand Magazine—a "story which would change his life", according to his biographer, Andrew Lycett, as it introduced Holmes and Watson to a wide audience; the duo had provided the subject of Doyle's first novel, A Study in Scarlet, which was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887. The story in The Strand was one in a series of six, published in successive months.^[4] They were well received by the public, and the editors of the magazine commissioned a further six stories, and then another series of twelve. Doyle, fearful of having his other work overshadowed by his fictional detective, killed his creation off in December 1893 in "The Adventure of the Final Problem".^[1] He also wrote four full-length Holmes works, as well as adventure novels and nine historical works of fiction. In 1912 he began the adventure series featuring Professor Challenger, who first appeared in The Lost World—both in short stories and novels.^[3]

Doyle also wrote four volumes of poetry and a series of stage works—his first was Jane Annie, an unsuccessful attempt at a libretto to an operetta, which he wrote with J. M. Barrie.^[5] Doyle was an enthusiastic supporter of the Boer War, and wrote two histories of the events. During the First World War he also wrote extensively on that conflict, both short articles and a six-volume history. Following the close successive deaths of his son and his brother, Doyle turned to spiritualism and wrote extensively on the subject;^[1]^[3] his biographer Owen Dudley Edwards writes that at the time of Doyle's death in July 1930, while the writer "most wanted to be remembered as a champion of spiritualism and as a historical novelist, it is Sherlock Holmes who has continued to capture the imagination of the public".^[1]

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Title^[3]^[10]^[11]^[12]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (London, unless otherwise stated)	Series or genre	Notes
The Narrative of John Smith	1883 (2011)	British Library Publishing		Written in 1883, but lost. Found and published for the first time in 2011.
A Study in Scarlet	1887	Beeton's Christmas Annual	Sherlock Holmes
Micah Clarke	1889	Longmans, Green & Co.	Historical fiction
The Mystery of Cloomber	1889	Ward and Downey	Horror / adventure
The Sign of the Four	1890	Spencer Blackett	Sherlock Holmes	Also appeared in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in February 1890
The Firm of Girdlestone	1890	Chatto & Windus	Romance/adventure
The White Company	1891	Smith, Elder & Co.	Historical fiction	First of three volumes
The Doings of Raffles Haw	1891	Cassell & Co	Social science fiction
The Great Shadow	1892	J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol	Historical fiction	In 1893 the second edition was published that also included Beyond the City
The Refugees	1893	Longmans, Green & Co.	Historical fiction	First of three volumes
The Parasite	1894	Constable & Co.	Horror/adventure
The Stark Munro Letters	1895	Longmans, Green & Co.	–
Rodney Stone	1896	Smith, Elder & Co.	Historical fiction
Uncle Bernac	1897	Horace Cox	Historical fiction
The Tragedy of the Korosko	1898	Smith, Elder & Co.	Historical fiction
A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus	1899	Grant Richards	–
The Hound of the Baskervilles	1902	George Newnes	Sherlock Holmes
Sir Nigel	1906	Smith, Elder & Co.	Historical fiction
The Lost World	1912	Hodder & Stoughton	Professor Challenger
The Poison Belt	1913	Hodder & Stoughton	Professor Challenger
The Valley of Fear	1915	Smith, Elder & Co.	Sherlock Holmes
The Land of Mist	1926	Hutchinson & Co	Professor Challenger
The Maracot Deep	1929	J. Murray & Sons	Horror / adventure	Novel with three short stories

Title^[3]^[10]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (All London)	Series or genre
Mysteries and Adventures	1890	Scott	Mysteries
The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales	1890	Longmans, Green	–
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	1892	George Newnes	Sherlock Holmes
The Gully of Bluemansdyke	1893	Scott	Mysteries
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes	1894	George Newnes	Sherlock Holmes
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life	1894	Methuen	–
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard	1896	George Newnes	Brigadier Gerard
The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport	1900	Smith, Elder & Co.	–
The Adventures of Gerard	1903	George Newnes	Brigadier Gerard
The Return of Sherlock Holmes	1905	George Newnes	Sherlock Holmes
Round the Fire Stories	1908	Smith, Elder & Co.	–
The Last Galley	1911	Smith, Elder & Co.	–
His Last Bow	1917	John Murray	Sherlock Holmes
Danger! and Other Stories	1918	John Murray	–
Three of Them	1923	John Murray	–
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes	1927	John Murray	Sherlock Holmes

Title^[13]	Location of first performance	Date of first performance	Year of publication	Publisher (London, unless otherwise stated)	Notes
Jane Annie; or, The Good Conduct Prize	London	1893	1893	Chappell & Co.	Libretto to operetta, with J.M. Barrie; music by Ernest Ford
Foreign Policy	London	1893	–	–	Based on A Question of Diplomacy
The Story of Waterloo	Bristol	1894	1907	Samuel French Ltd.	A one-act play written for Sir Henry Irving
Brothers	Aberdeen	1899		–	Based on novel Halves by James Payn
Sherlock Holmes	London	1899	1922	Samuel French Ltd.	With William Gillette
A Duet	London	1902	1903	Samuel French Ltd.
Brigadier Gerard	London	1906	1986	Gaslight, Bloomington, IN
The Fires of Fate	Liverpool	1909	–	–
The House of Temperley	London	1910	–	–
A Pot of Caviare	London	1910	–	–
The Speckled Band	London	1910	1912	Samuel French Ltd.
The Crown Diamond	Bristol	1921	1958	Privately printed
Angels of Darkness: A Drama in Three Acts	–	–	2001	The Baker Street Irregulars in cooperation with the Toronto Public Library, New York, NY

Title^[3]^[13]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (All London)
Songs of Action	1898	Smith, Elder & Co.
Songs of the Road	1911	Smith, Elder & Co.
The Guards Came Through, and Other Poems	1919	J. Murray
The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle: Collected Edition	1922	J. Murray

Title^[3]^[10]^[14]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (All London)	Topic
The Great Boer War	1900	Smith, Elder & Co.	Military history
The War in South Africa – Its Cause and Conduct	1902	Smith, Elder & Co.	Military history
Through the Magic Door	1907	Smith, Elder & Co.	Memoir of the books in Doyle's library
The Crime of the Congo	1909	Hutchinson	History
The Case of Oscar Slater	1912	Hodder & Stoughton	Crime
The German War: Some Sidelights and Reflections	1914	Hodder & Stoughton	Military history
A Visit to Three Fronts	1916	Hodder & Stoughton	Military history
The British Campaign in France and Flanders	1916–20^[a]	Hodder & Stoughton	Military history
Memories and Adventures	1924	Hodder & Stoughton	Autobiography
Dangerous Work: Diary of an Arctic Adventure	2012	The British Library Publishing Division	Autobiography

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Spiritualist and paranormal pamphlets by Doyle
Title^[18]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (London, unless otherwise stated)	Pages
A Full Report of a Lecture on Spiritualism Delivered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Connaught Hall, Worthing on Friday July 11th 1919	1919	The Worthing Gazette	11
Our reply to the Cleric: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Lecture in Leicester, October 19th 1919	1920	Spiritualists' National Union, Halifax	16
Spiritualism and Rationalism	1920	Hodder & Stoughton	32
The Early Christian Church and Modern Spiritualism	1925	Psychic Bookshop and Library	12
Psychic Experiences	1925	G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York	12
A Word of Warning	1928	Psychic Bookshop and Library	19
What Does Spiritualism Actually Teach and Stand For?	1928	Psychic Bookshop and Library	16
The Roman Catholic Church: A Rejoinder	1929	Psychic Press	72
An Open Letter to Those of My Generation	1929	Psychic Press	12
The New Revelation	1997	Rupert Books, Cambridge	32