Books like The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle reads as plainspoken, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
Shares the detective thread
100% genome match
The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie · 1923
Shares the detective thread
83% genome match
Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers
Shares the detective thread
69% genome match
A Mind to Murder
P. D. James · 1963
Shares the detective thread
69% genome match
Perry Mason
Erle Stanley Gardner · 1989
Shares the detective thread
69% genome match
Death Times Three
Rex Stout · 1985
Shares the detective thread
69% genome match
Fourteen Great Detective Stories
Vincent Starrett · 1928
Shares the detective thread
69% genome match
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887
Shares the detective thread
100% genome match
The Purloined Letter
Edgar Allan Poe · 1931
Shares the detective thread
69% genome match
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories
Robert Weinberg · 1993
Shares the detective thread
69% genome match
Portrait in crime
Carolyn Keene · 1990
Shares the detective thread
69% genome match
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley
Shares the detective thread
70% genome match
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