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Happy Birthday, Sherlock Holmes

Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never specified a birthdate for literature's most famous detective; scholars and fans have scoured every story for hints anyway, and settled on January 6 as the most likely date. To celebrate, we've compiled a list for anyone who has read every Sherlock story and wants more. These books expand the Holmesian universe with new mysteries, stories starring his friends and relatives, and re-imaginings that take Doyle's ideas for a spin through other genres.

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  • These prequels center on Sherlock's brother, Mycroft, as he begins his career in the British Government. These mysteries have an air of spycraft and intrigue-and don't worry, Sherlock will make his appearance before too long.
    BookLondon : Titan Books, 2015 — MYSTERY FICTION ABDUL-JABBAR
  • When Sherlock Holmes turns down a case, Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson take on the investigation themselves, with the assistance of the Baker Street Irregulars and the infamous Irene Adler.
    BookLondon : Pan Books, 2016 — MYSTERY FICTION BIRKBY
  • Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. The shop—located at 222 Baker Street—specializes in the Holmes…
    BookNew York : Crooked Lane, 2017 — MYSTERY FICTION DELANY
  • From USA Today and internationally bestselling author Leonard Goldberg comes a new thrilling tale of Sherlock Holmes' daughter and her companion Dr. John Watson, Jr. as they investigate a murder at the highest levels of British society.
    BookNew York : Minotaur Books, 2017 — MYSTERY FICTION GOLDBERG
  • This book has everything: fine arts dealing, international intrigue, corruption at the highest levels of government, and of course, our friends Holmes and Watson in a new mystery by bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.
    BookNew York : Mulholland Books, 2011 — MYSTERY FICTION HOROWITZ
  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice

    on the Segregation of the Queen

    King, Laurie R
    A long-retired Holmes takes on a young apprentice-just in time to help Scotland Yard solve an international kidnapping.
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 1994 — MYSTERY FICTION KING
  • Do you like a bit of Lovecraftian horror with your mysteries? In these tales Holmes and Watson are up against much more threatening than clever fiends.
    BookLondon Titan Books 2021 — MYSTERY FICTION LOVEGROVE
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram From Hell

    Extracts From the Diaries of John H. Watson, M.D. June 1916-November 1918

    Meyer, Nicholas, 1945-
    June 1916. The height of the Great War. Dr. John Watson is occupied full-time with tending to the wounded; so the last person he expects to see is his old friend Sherlock Holmes. The detective shares that Germany has a top-secret scheme to…
    BookNew York : The Mysterious Press, 2024 — MYSTERY FICTION MEYER
  • Sherlock and Mycroft have a younger sister, and she's much more fun. Recently adapted into a Netflix movie starring Millie Bobby Brown.
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2021 — YA FICTION SPRINGER
  • Private investigators Timothy Badger and Benjamin Watson take on another unusual and baffling case in Victorian London when a mummy unwrapping party takes a chilling turn. London, 1895. Although their last high-profile case was a huge…
    BookEdinburgh : Severn House, 2024 — MYSTERY FICTION WESTERSON