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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] — Audiobook

9.1est. listening hrs
4.2★171 ratings
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9.1 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 9.1 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 79% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 29% shorter than the average thriller audiobook (12.9 hrs across 259 titles in our dataset).

Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.

Who is this for?

Best for thriller listeners who want a murder to untangle — a solid week of commutes at 9.1 hours (estimated).

About the book

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. Contains: [Scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930611W/A_Scandal_in_Bohemia) [Red-headed League](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930336W/The_Red-Headed_League) [Case of Identity](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929939W/A_Case_of_Identity) [Boscombe Valley Mystery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18495288W/The_Boscombe_Valley_Mystery) [Five Orange Pips](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518120W/Five_Orange_Pips) [Man with the Twisted Lip](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930258W/The_Man_With_the_Twisted_Lip) [Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518317W/Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle) [Adventure of the Speckled Band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W/Adventure_of_the_Speckled_Band) [Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518318W/Adventure_of_the_Engineer's_Thumb) [Adventure of the Noble Bachelor](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149298

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] as an audiobook?

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] runs about 9.1 hours — our estimate from its 309 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

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When was The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] first published?

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] by Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in 1892.