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  • Sherlock Holmes
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    The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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    The hound of the Baskervilles
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    The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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    Murder on the Orient Express
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    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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    The ABC Murders
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    Curtain
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Prolific Authors

who have written the most books on this subject
Carolyn Keene, 270 books
Franklin W. Dixon, 77 books
Chase, James Hadley, 72 books
Gertrude Chandler Warner, 60 books
Agatha Christie, 54 books
Erle Stanley Gardner, 38 books
Donald J. Sobol, 37 books
David A. Adler, 34 books
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 32 books
Ruth Rendell, 31 books
James Preller, 31 books
Anne Perry, 30 books
Sue Grafton, 26 books
Stuart Woods, 26 books
Mary Higgins Clark, 24 books
P. D. James, 24 books
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 23 books
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 23 books
Stuart M. Kaminsky, 21 books
Janet Evanovich, 20 books
Lawrence Block, 20 books
E. W. Hildick, 20 books
Ed McBain, 19 books
Jonathan Kellerman, 19 books
Andrew M. Greeley, 19 books

Prominent Publishers

who have published the most books on this subject
Thorndike Press, 448 editions
Pocket Books, 283 editions
HarperCollins, 227 editions
G.K. Hall, 222 editions
St. Martin's Press, 203 editions
Bantam Books, 199 editions
Scholastic, 196 editions
Tandem Library, 182 editions
Random House Publishing Group, 175 editions
Wheeler Pub., 170 editions
Ballantine Books, 148 editions
Collins, 141 editions
Grosset & Dunlap, 127 editions
Penguin USA, Inc., 127 editions
Dell, 122 editions
St. Martin's Minotaur, 117 editions
Chivers Press, 108 editions
Delacorte Press, 107 editions
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 104 editions
Bantam, 103 editions

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