Is there an order i should read these sherlock holmes books in? Ive never read one so i dont know if there is an order to read them in
I have. Sherlock holmes a study in scarlet & the sign of the four, the adventures of sherlock holmes, the memoirs of sherlock holmes, the return of sherlock holmes and his last bow
Once, one of my friends also refused to do a simple Google search and asked a similar question on a public forum (in which order should he watch Star Wars movies?). One of the guys answered, “You should watch episodes in the following order: 2,1,3,6,5,4.” AND HE DID! All of them. To this day I still don’t know how and why that happened.
However, the list I gave you is genuine 🙂
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I suggest you read a few of The Adventures stories first, to get a taste of his short cases, then go back to A Study in Scarlet. The novel is really where he meets Watson, but it works well as a prequel. The problem I personally had with Scarlet is that Part II flashes back abruptly to the historic American West. I read it at age 14 and it confused me. What happened to Sherlock Holmes? It turns out that Part II is background for the case in Scarlet, but it all takes a long time to resolve.
The short stories are mostly standalone, so much easier to get into. Once you’re familiar with Doyle’s style, the novels are more accessible, so that’s why I suggest this approach.
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[Here](https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/classics/sherlock-holmes-books-in-order) you go, my dude.
Once, one of my friends also refused to do a simple Google search and asked a similar question on a public forum (in which order should he watch Star Wars movies?). One of the guys answered, “You should watch episodes in the following order: 2,1,3,6,5,4.” AND HE DID! All of them. To this day I still don’t know how and why that happened.
However, the list I gave you is genuine 🙂
I suggest you read a few of The Adventures stories first, to get a taste of his short cases, then go back to A Study in Scarlet. The novel is really where he meets Watson, but it works well as a prequel. The problem I personally had with Scarlet is that Part II flashes back abruptly to the historic American West. I read it at age 14 and it confused me. What happened to Sherlock Holmes? It turns out that Part II is background for the case in Scarlet, but it all takes a long time to resolve.
The short stories are mostly standalone, so much easier to get into. Once you’re familiar with Doyle’s style, the novels are more accessible, so that’s why I suggest this approach.