28+ of Your Favorite Sherlock Retellings and Adaptations
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When the city is struck by a series of unexpected deaths, suspicion falls on her sister and father. Charlotte is determined to find the true culprits. She’ll have some help, but in the end, it’s up to Charlotte, a brilliant mind wrapped in a most feminine package, to challenge society’s expectations and solve the mystery under the assumed name Sherlock Holmes.
From modern YA re-imaginings of the Holmes/Watson relationship (hello, A Study in Charlotte) to swager-tastic but period appropriate adaptations (Robert! Downey! Jr!), the Sherlock universe is ripe for retellings both on screen and on the page.
We asked you to share your favorite Sherlock retellings and adaptations, and you responded. Here are over 28 of your favorites of all forms and shapes!
“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” film series with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
Dead Man’s Land by Robert Ryan
Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Fay
“Elementary” TV series with Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu
“The Enola Holmes” series by Nancy Springer
Every Breath by Ellie Marney
Final Solution by Michael Chabon
The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg
Honour Among Punks by Guy Davis
The House at Baker Street by Michelle Birkby
“Irene Adler” series by Carole Nelson Douglas
“Jackaby” series by William Ritter
“Lock and Mori” series by Heather W. Petty
“Mary Russell” series by Laurie R. King
“The Portia Adams” series by Angela Misri
“Sherlock” TV series with Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke
“Sherlock” TV series with Jeremy Irons
“Sherlock” TV series with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman
“Sherlock” TV series with Ronald Howard
“Stoker and Holmes” series by Colleen Gleason
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
“A Study in Emerald” short story by Neil Gaiman
A Study in Sable by Mercedes Lackey
Watson and Holmes: A Study in Black by Karl Bollers
Without a Clue film with Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine
You Buy Bones by Marcia Wilson
Young Sherlock Holmes film
“Young Sherlock Holmes” series by Andy Lane
