/lit/ - Literature

read Adventures if you want to go the traditional route of reading them "in order". no harm in that, and you'll be made familiar with some of the most well-known stories. (A Scandal in Bohemia, the Read Headed League, The Blue Carbuncle, The Speckled Band).

Memoirs is good because it has The Final Problem, which is a major landmark in the cannon since it kicked off The Hiatus. but dont start with that story you gotta build up to it, 'cause i said so. It's also got The Musgrave Ritual and The Gloria Scott, which give you a look at Holmes solving cases before Watson was with him.

His Last Bow has got The Dying Detective, which is one my favorites. I also like The Cardboard Box, mainly because of holmes' ridiculous trick at the beginning of the story, it just makes me lol. The Devil's Foot is also good, and the title story is interesting because it's in 3rd person.