“Your cases have indeed been of the greatest interest to me,” I observed.

A  small selection of the stories is included here for your reading pleasure.  We’ll be adding to this at irregular intervals so that eventually all sixty stories will be readily accessible on our website.

THE CANON - STORY BY STORY TOGETHER WITH CODES, ORIGINAL PUBLICATION SOURCES & DATES.

The Sherlock Holmes Canon consists of  fifty six short stories and four long stories (the latter are sometimes referred to as novels or novellas) written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The full title of each story is shown here, followed by its equivalent Christ case code (shown in capitals). The four letter/number codes used in articles on this website and in our publications are those devised by American Sherlockian Jay Finley Christ (pronounced like ‘wrist’). The codes are widely used by scholars as abbreviations for the sixty stories which constitute the Sherlock Holmes canon. They can either appear in block capitals (as shown in the following list) or in the upper-lower-case format (e.g. Abbe, Blac, Engr, RedC, 3 Stu, and so on) which Christ used in His Irregular Guide to Sherlock Holmes (1947) where these codes first appeared. We would admit that not everyone approves of the use of these codes but many of us do find them rather convenient, for instance  when writing articles or referring quickly to individual stories in conversation. That said, we do try and encourage the use of the proper story titles as much as possible.

The majority of these stories were originally published in the UK in the Strand Magazine. The exceptions to this are the first two stories, both long ones - A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. We’ve also included the name and date of the publication in which each story first appeared in the UK.

A Study in Scarlet STUD  Beeton’s Christmas Annual November 1887

The Sign of Four SIGN   Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine February 1890

A Scandal in Bohemia SCAN The Strand Magazine July 1891

The Red-headed League REDH The Strand Magazine August 1891

A Case of Identity IDEN The Strand Magazine September 1891

The Boscombe Valley Mystery BOSC The Strand Magazine October 1891

The Five Orange Pips  FIVE The Strand Magazine November 1891

The Man with the Twisted Lip TWIS The Strand Magazine December 1891

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle BLUE The Strand Magazine January 1892

The Adventure of the Speckled Band SPEC The Strand Magazine February 1892

The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb ENGR The Strand Magazine March 1892

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor NOBL The Strand Magazine April 1892

The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet BERY The Strand Magazine May 1892

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches COPP The Strand Magazine June 1892

Silver Blaze SILV The Strand Magazine December 1892

The Adventure of the Cardboard Box CARD The Strand Magazine January 1893

The Yellow Face YELL  The Strand Magazine February 1893

The Stock-broker’s Clerk STOC The Strand Magazine March 1893

The “Gloria Scott” GLOR The Strand Magazine April 1893

The Musgrave Ritual MUSG The Strand Magazine May 1893

The Reigate Puzzle REIG The Strand Magazine June 1893

The Crooked Man CROO The Strand Magazine July 1893

The Resident Patient RESI The Strand Magazine August 1893

The Greek Interpreter GREE The Strand Magazine September 1893

The Naval Treaty NAVA The Strand Magazine October – November 1893

The Final Problem FINA The Strand Magazine December 1893

The Hound of the Baskervilles HOUN The Strand Magazine August 1891 – April 1902

The Adventure of the Empty House EMPT The Strand Magazine October 1903

The Adventure of the Norwood Builder NORW The Strand Magazine November 1903

The Adventure of the Dancing Men DANC The Strand Magazine December 1903

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist SOLI The Strand Magazine January 1904

The Adventure of the Priory School PRIO The Strand Magazine February 1904

The Adventure of Black Peter BLAC The Strand Magazine March 1904

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton CHAS The Strand Magazine April 1904

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons SIXN The Strand Magazine May 1904

The Adventure of the Three Students 3STU The Strand Magazine June 1904

The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez GOLD The Strand Magazine July 1904

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter MISS The Strand Magazine August 1904

The Adventure of the Abbey Grange ABBE The Strand Magazine September 1904

The Adventure of the Second Stain SECO The Strand Magazine December 1904

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge WIST The Strand Magazine September – October 1908

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans BRUC The Strand Magazine December 1908

The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot DEVI The Strand Magazine December 1910

The Adventure of the Red Circle REDC The Strand Magazine March – April 1911

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax LADY The Strand Magazine December 1911

The Adventure of the Dying Detective DYIN The Strand Magazine December 1913

The Valley of Fear VALL The Strand Magazine September 1914 – May 1915

His Last Bow LAST The Strand Magazine September 1917

The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone MAZA The Strand Magazine October 1921

The Problem of Thor Bridge THOR The Strand Magazine February – March 1922

The Adventure of the Creeping Man CREE The Strand Magazine March 1923

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire SUSS The Strand Magazine January 1924

The Adventure of the Three Garridebs 3GAR The Strand Magazine January 1925

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client ILLU The Strand Magazine February – March 1925

The Adventure of the the Three Gables 3GAB The Strand Magazine October 1926

The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier BLAN The Strand Magazine November 1926

The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane LION The Strand Magazine December 1926

The Adventure of the Retired Colourman RETI The Strand Magazine January 1927

The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger VEIL The Strand Magazine February 1927

The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place SHOS The Strand Magazine April 1927