Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2025-07-08
Books mentioned on Sherlock Holmes: The Man, The Myth
Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous fictional character in the world, and for good reason. More than a hundred years on, Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 Holmes stories are still in print and he is the most portrayed human literary character in history.
Josh Clark discussed The Five Orange Pips by Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, and Adventure of the Empty House by Arthur Conan Doyle. Chuck Bryant discussed The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, and The Seven-per-cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Five Orange Pips
Discussed“Which is based on the short story The Five Orange Pips. And, uh, it's really good. Basil Wthbone and Nigel Rogers and just the straight ahead midcentury black and white Sherlock Holmes mystery that you think of when you think of a Sherlock Holmes movie”
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A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet is Arthur Conan Doyle's foundational 1887 detective novel that introduced the legendary fictional character Sherlock Holmes to the reading public.
Discussed“And, and the first one was uh a study in Scarlet in 1887. And uh I mean let's go ahead and I guess just talk a little bit about how who Holmes is as a character.”
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A Scandal in Bohemia
Discussed“Um, he's I believe Watson described him in a scandal in Bohemia from 1891 as the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen.”
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a classic collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the legendary detective.
Discussed“Uh I think they ended up collecting those short stories in well a collection called The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. And like you said, that was where I mean, I'm I'm sure the novels are great”
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The Lost World
Discussed“He wrote uh the original um book The Lost World uh which is also a film in 1925 and Michael Kiteon directly paid homage uh with his own novel The Lost World.”
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Discussed“So, uh, he published, uh, The Hound of the Baskervilles, which was, uh, sort of a prequel. It wasn't Bringing him back from the dead just yet. It was Holmes before he died.”
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Adventure of the Empty House
Discussed“Um, he finally resurrected him in, uh, The Adventure of the Empty House in 1903 and just said he he faked his death.”
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The Seven-per-cent Solution
Discussed“There was one pretty famous case where uh the movie 7% Solution from the 70s from 1974 from director Herbert Ross. Uh, apparently they thought it was in the public domain and it wasn't.”
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