How would you rank the sherlock Holmes books. It would be nice to have a list of recommended books from the series. I plan on reading all of them but I am on a tight budget and would love to read the good ones on paper. What would you suggest?
by riimouz
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I’ve read all the books, there is two kinds, there is longer ones with a story and a plot and there is ones that are like a compilation of short stories.
my favorites ones are:
A study in scarlet
The valley of fear
Not on paper, but I’d start with the ones available for [free on Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69?sort_order=title). Or [free on Project Gutenberg Canad](https://gutenberg.ca/index.html#catalogueD)a (scroll down to “Doyle”.
Or see if your library or local used book store has The Complete Sherlock Holmes.
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Of the novels hound of the Baskerville’s is my fav.
Of the short story compilation I find the earlier the better.
If you are into audio books I cannot recommend Stephen fry reading the entire omnibus enough.
Get a library card and borrow a collection/anthology, most stories are relatively short.