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yeah the novel is pretty good. havent read the sequels yet. I also really liked http://www.amazon.com/Dust-Shadow-Account-Ripper-Killings/dp/1416583300

Check that listing from a desktop, they sometimes offer "look inside" option. This one says "Large Print." So you're good on that front

Also unless you specifically need this part lf the stories to complete a collection, do yourself a favor and got a full volume of complete stories/novels. Usually something like "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" or "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Volume 1".

This book is only 1 of the groups of the short stories. And apparently it maye be split up since it says Volume 1.

I recommend:

The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2 Volumes) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553328255/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_bow9Bb4AWPNTW

But it is mass market so its smaller print. However it is complete all stories.


This is large print:

The Complete Sherlock Holmes: part 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506130631/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Jqw9Bb3A2H911

But it is only half. Don't seem to see part 2

There's a number of different methods, but the tried and true is that A Study in Scarlet is a natural entry point.

The Cheap Collection can be found here.

The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes has the vast majority of stories (minus novels except Hound, as well as Casebook and His Last Bow). It’s cheap and really nice, with facsimile printing of the Strand pages. https://www.amazon.com/Original-Illustrated-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0890090572

It’s the only edition I’m aware of to include all the original illustrations, although it is unfortunately incomplete.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to buy one book to check it out, but I've heard mixed reviews, like the ones echoed here. Here's a link:

http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-The-Liverpool-Demon/dp/1606904361/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1371229157&sr=8-3&keywords=sherlock+holmes+dynamite

http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Year-One-Homes/dp/1606902172/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1371229133&sr=8-8&keywords=sherlock+holmes+comic

They are pricier and not at all portable, but the Annotated three-volume set is my favorite:
https://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Complete/dp/0393059162/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509829992&sr=1-2&keywords=sherlock+holmes+annotated

and

https://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Slipcased/dp/039305800X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509829992&sr=1-1&keywords=sherlock+holmes+annotated

I've never read any of the non-canon stories, but there are two that are on my short list for next reads: The House of Silk and a steampunk story, both of which are supposedly authorized/approved by the Doyle estate (for whatever that is worth). I've heard good things about both of them.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sherlock-Holmes-Volume-Classics/dp/1593080409/ref=pd_sim_b_8

I have this (both volumes) and it's great.

The book on which this is based, A Slight Trick of the Mind, is devastatingly good. I really hope this is true to the novel.

Does this help? Look at the review by the top 100 reviewer.

You might enjoy the annotated collection:

http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Fifty-Six-Complete/dp/0517502917/

I've read The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr. I thought it was really good.

Sorry you did not enjoy it. You can't get it for free. But you can buy it for $5 from Amazon. The link is here. IndianaPeach https://www.amazon.com/Hopeless-Stairway-Sherlock-Holmes-Fiction/dp/1546316841/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494365028&sr=1-1&keywords=the+hopeless+stairway

I have this and the corresponding second volume, and they're good

Go with a complete set. Make sure it has four novels and fifty-six short stories.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Sherlock-Holmes-Stories/dp/0553328255/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330901544&sr=8-1

Read it as it was published, as the first readers experienced it. Reading A Study in Scarlet might be the only exception to the rule since it might unfairly turn you away. If you have the time, as others suggested, read them along with an annotated guide

This one is excellent, but there are others.
Just don't read the first few chapters (about characters, dates, places etc) without reading the stories first.

Moriarty: Hound of the D'Urbervilles might be what you are looking for. It's a story about Moriarty, or rather a series of stories as part of a larger narrative, with Sebastian Moran acting as his Watson. It ends with the Reichenbach Falls rather than beginning with it, as Anthony Horowitz's Moriarty does.

I think he means „The Last Sherlock Holmes Story“ by Michael Dibdin:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0394500652/