The Hound of the Baskervilles
British novelist, 1859–1930.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1901 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle.
On 4 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- First published
- 1901
- Length
- 173 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Crime and mystery, Gothic, Adventure
- Series
- Book 3 of Sherlock Holmes
Is The Hound of the Baskervilles worth reading?
4 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 books of the century (Le Monde) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 44 | See the list |
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 41 | See the list |
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles
The edition we link to is the Brentwood Classics paperback (2026), 173 pages.
- Publisher
- Brentwood Classics (paperback, 2026)
- Pages
- 173
- ISBN
- 9781808940194
How critics and readers rate The Hound of the Baskervilles
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 31% of the points available on critics' lists, against 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Hound of the Baskervilles
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