The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

'' '' - 40 400 1200 These stand-alone short stories can be read at any stage of this list but one small thing keeps this section in seventh place. ''The Adventure of the Illustrious Client'' refers to the death of a character who died in a previous installment of the series. So if you want to avoid any major spoilers right at the start this is definitely the best place to start with The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Published 40 years after the first Sherlock Holmes book this collection breaks away from Conan Doyle''s usual style and Watson''s faithful narration and features two stories narrated by Holmes himself.