Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes) vs Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]): Which Should You Read?

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Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]) Arthur Conan Doyle · 1946 ★★★★☆ 3.8 326 pages · ≈ 6 h 02 m · Challenging

“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.”

The verdict

Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]) is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 24 for Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes).
Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes) has the widest readership — 63 ratings behind its score.

	Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)	Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])
Apple Books	4.0 (63)	—

	Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)	Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])
Ratings	63	1
Editions	15	16
Pages	1336	326