Sherlockian.Net: A bibliography of books about ACD

Not including his own works or general Sherlockiana

Reference and bibliography

  • A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, MD, LLD (1928)
  • Jay Finley Christ, The Fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1959)
  • Donald A. Redmond, A Checklist of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection in the Metropolitan Toronto Central Library (1973)
  • Idem. second edition (1977)
  • Benny R. Reece, A Bibliography of First Appearances of the Writings by A. Conan Doyle (1975)
  • Gaby Goldscheider, Conan Doyle Bibliography (1977)
  • Richard Lancelyn Green and John Michael Gibson, A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle (1983)
  • Richard Lancelyn Green, ed., The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes (1983)
  • Jon L. Lellenberg, ed., The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographers in Search of a Life (1987)
  • Idem., second edition on CD-ROM (1997)
  • Gerhard Lindenstruth, Arthur Conan Doyle: Eine illustrierte Bibliographie der Veröfftentlichungen im Deutschen Sprachraum (German, 1994)
  • A Bibliography of First Appearances of the Writings of A. Conan Doyle (Tiger Books, 1994)
  • Scott Allen Nollen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Cinema (1996)

    Biography — general

  • Viktor Olsson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Liv och Minnen (Swedish, 1930)
  • John Lamond, Arthur Conan Doyle: A Memoir (1931)
  • Hesketh Pearson, Conan Doyle (1943)
  • Adrian Conan Doyle, The True Conan Doyle (1945)
  • John Dickson Carr, The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1949)
  • Adrian Conan Doyle, ed., Conan Doyle Centenary (1959)
  • Michael and Mollie Hardwick, The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1964)
  • Pierre Nordon, Conan Doyle (1964, French; English translation 1966)
  • James Playsted Wood, The Man Who Hated Sherlock Holmes: A Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1965)
  • Mary Hoehling, The Real Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle (1965)
  • Ivor Brown, Conan Doyle: A Biography of the Creator of Sherlock Holmes (1972)
  • Charles Higham, The Adventures of Conan Doyle (1976)
  • Ronald Pearsall, Conan Doyle: A Biographical Solution (1977)
  • Julian Symons, Conan Doyle: Portrait of an Artist (1979)
  • Owen Dudley Edwards, The Quest for Sherlock Holmes (1983)
  • James McCearney, Arthur Conan Doyle (1988, French)
  • Michael Coren, Conan Doyle (1995)
  • Martin Booth, The Doctor, the Detective and Arthur Conan Doyle (1997)
  • Daniel Stashower, Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle (1999)
  • Janet B. Pascal, Arthur Conan Doyle — Beyond Baker Street (2000)
  • Andrew Lycett, Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes (2007)
  • Andrew Norman, Arthur Conan Doyle: Beyond Sherlock Holmes (2007)

    Biography — specialized

  • Bernard M. L. Ernst and Hereward Carrington, Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship (1932)
  • Alvin E. Rodin and Jack D. Key, Journal of a Quest for the Elusive Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle (1982)
  • Alvin E. Rodin and Jack D. Key, Medical Casebook of Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle (1984)
  • Howard Lachtman, Sherlock Slept Here (1985)
  • Alvin E. Rodin and Jack D. Key, Adventuring in England with Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle (1986)
  • Geoffrey Stavert, A Study in Southsea: From Bush Villas to Baker Street (1987)
  • Christopher Redmond, Welcome to America, Mr. Sherlock Holmes (1987)
  • Kelvin I. Jones, Conan Doyle and the Spirits (1989)
  • Peter Costello, The Real World of Sherlock Holmes: The True Crimes Investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle (1991)
  • Massimo Polidoro, Final Séance: The Strange Friendship Beween Houdini and Conan Doyle (2001)
  • Rodger Garrick-Steele, House of the Baskervilles (2003)
  • Georgina Doyle, Out of the Shadows: The Untold Story of Arthur Conan Doyle's First Family (2004)
  • Gordon Weaver, Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son: The George Edalji Case (2006)

    Literary criticism and publishing

  • Samuel Rosenberg, Naked Is the Best Disguise: The Death & Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes (1974)
  • Trevor H. Hall, Sherlock Holmes and His Creator (1978)
  • Donald A. Redmond, Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Sources (1982)
  • Idem. second edition (2002)
  • Christopher Redmond, In Bed with Sherlock Holmes: Sexual Elements in Arthur Conan Doyle's Stories of the Great Detective (1984)
  • Michael Harrison, A Study in Surmise: The Making of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
  • Don Richard Cox, Arthur Conan Doyle (1985)
  • Jacqueline Jaffe, Arthur Conan Doyle (1987)
  • Alvin E. Rodin and Jack D. Key, Lost Worlds in Time, Space and Medicine: The Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle (1988)
  • Donald A. Redmond, Sherlock Holmes Among the Pirates: Copyright and Conan Doyle in America 1890-1930 (1990)
  • Jon L. Lellenberg, Nova 57 Minor: The Waxing and Waning of the Last Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (1990)
  • David S. Payne, Myth and Modern Man in Sherlock Holmes: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Uses of Nostalgia (1992)
  • Harold Orel, ed., Critical Essays on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1992)
  • John A. Hodgson, ed., Sherlock Holmes: The Major Stories with Contemporary Critical Essays (1994)
  • Rosemary Jann, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Detecting Social Order (1995)
  • Michael Atkinson, The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Other Eccentric Readings (1996)
  • Charles R. Putney et al., ed., Sherlock Holmes: Victorian Sleuth to Modern Hero (1996)
  • Clifford S. Goldfarb, The Great Shadow: Arthur Conan Doyle, Brigadier Gerard, and Napoleon (1997)
  • Joseph A. Kestner, Sherlock's Men: Masculinity, Conan Doyle, and Cultural History (1997)
  • Diana Barsham, Arthur Conan Doyle and the Meaning of Masculinity (2000)
  • Donald J. Terras, ed., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes: Essays and Art on the Doctor and the Detective (2003)
  • Charles Press, Looking over Sir Arthur's Shoulder: How Conan Doyle Turned the Trick (2004)

    Relatives and associates

  • Michael Baker, The Doyle Diary: The Last Great Conan Doyle Mystery (1978)
  • Ely M. Liebow, Dr. Joe Bell: Model for Sherlock Holmes (1982)

    Letters, interviews, reminiscences, ephemera, spiritualist messages

  • Ivan Cooke, ed., The Return of Arthur Conan Doyle (1963)
  • John Michael Gibson and Richard Lancelyn Green, eds. The Unknown Conan Doyle: Letters to the Press (1986)
  • Harold Orel, ed., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Interviews and Recollections (1991)
  • Philip Weller, ed., Recollections of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1993)
  • Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley, eds., Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters (2007)

    Fiction

  • Robert Saffron, The Demon Device (1979)
  • Peter Marks, Skullduggery (1987)
  • Steve Szilagyi, Photographing Fairies (1992)
  • Mark Frost, The List of 7 (1993)
  • William Hjortsberg, Nevermore (1994)
  • Mark Frost, The 6 Messiahs (1995)
  • Walter Satterthwait, Escapade (1995)
  • Howard Engel, Mr. Doyle & Dr. Bell: A Victorian Mystery (1997)
  • Roberta Rogow, The Problem of the Missing Miss (1998)
  • David Pirie, The Patient's Eyes (2002)
  • Robin Paige, Death at Dartmoor (2002)
  • David Pirie, The Night Calls (2003)
  • Dennis Burges, Graves Gate (2003)
  • Julian Barnes, Arthur & George (2004)
  • Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders (2007; also published as Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance)
  • Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death (2008; also published as Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder)
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