reading list
The best classic detective fiction
The detectives that built the genre — Holmes, Poirot, Father Brown, Lupin and Dupin — in their original, free editions. 48 books, each readable in full on Folio — a few finishable pages a day.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1902
A Study in Scarlet
Folio
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887
The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1890
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1894
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1905
His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1917
The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1915
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie · 1920
The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie · 1922
The Innocence of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton · 1911
The Man Who Was Thursday
G. K. Chesterton · 1908
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins · 1868
The Woman in White
Folio
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins · 1859
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
Folio
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
Maurice Leblanc · 1907
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gaston Leroux · 1907
The Phantom of the Opera
Folio
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux · 1910
Trent's Last Case
E. C. Bentley · 1913
Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers · 1923
The Leavenworth Case
Anna Katharine Green · 1878
Poirot Investigates
Agatha Christie · 1924
The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie · 1923
The Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie · 1924
The Secret of Chimneys
Folio
The Secret of Chimneys
Agatha Christie · 1925
The Big Four
Folio
The Big Four
Agatha Christie · 1927
The Red Thumb Mark
Folio
The Red Thumb Mark
R. Austin Freeman · 1907
The Hollow Needle
Folio
The Hollow Needle
Maurice Leblanc · 1909
The Problem of Cell 13
Jacques Futrelle · 1905
The Chase of the Golden Plate
Folio
The Chase of the Golden Plate
Jacques Futrelle · 1906
The Wisdom of Father Brown
Folio
The Wisdom of Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton · 1914
The Eye of Osiris
Folio
The Eye of Osiris
R. Austin Freeman · 1911
The Singing Bone
R. Austin Freeman · 1912
The Filigree Ball
Anna Katharine Green · 1903
The Club of Queer Trades
Folio
The Club of Queer Trades
G. K. Chesterton · 1905
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Folio
The Man Who Knew Too Much
G. K. Chesterton · 1922
Armadale
Wilkie Collins · 1866
The Law and the Lady
Folio
The Law and the Lady
Wilkie Collins · 1875
813
Folio
813
Maurice Leblanc · 1910
Arsène Lupin
Maurice Leblanc · 1909
The Confessions of Arsène Lupin
Maurice Leblanc · 1913
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
Folio
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
Maurice Leblanc · 1922
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
Folio
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
Maurice Leblanc · 1908
The Golden Triangle
Folio
The Golden Triangle
Maurice Leblanc · 1917
The Teeth of the Tiger
Folio
The Teeth of the Tiger
Maurice Leblanc · 1914
Hand and Ring
Anna Katharine Green · 1883
That Affair Next Door
Folio
That Affair Next Door
Anna Katharine Green · 1897
The Circular Study
Anna Katharine Green · 1900
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
Folio
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
Anna Katharine Green · 1915