The Best of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes Story Rankings from All Polls

(sorted by 1999 rankings)

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Title	1944	1954	1959	1989	1999*	Avg.
SPEC	1	1	1	1	1	1
REDH	3	2	2	2	2	2
SCAN	2	3	5	5	3	3
SILV	4	4	3	6	4	4
BLUE	25	6	3	4	5	6
MUSG	6	5	6	3	6	5
FINA	8	13	12	8	7	9
EMPT	9	9	10	11	8	10
DANC	5	9	9	7	9	7
SIXN	14	11	8	12	10	11
BRUC	10	7	7	9	11	8
TWIS	33	16	12	13	12	17
THOR	58	33	23	58	13	20
DEVI	12	24	14	10	14	13
NAVA	27	15	11	14	14	15
CHAS	14	27	15	58	16	18
SECO	11	14	20	15	17	15
PRIO	18	8	19	58	18	13
COPP	33	24	26	58	19	27
SOLI	22	37	42	58	20	29
ABBE	28	18	28	58	21	24
LAST	21	30	17	58	22	21
FIVE	7	12	18	58	23	12
GREE	23	19	24	58	24	24
DYIN	17	22	27	58	25	24
NORW	30	20	16	58	26	21
ILLU	Case	38	29	58	27	32
BLAC	19	35	36	58	28	29
BOSC	30	20	22	58	29	27
CARD	35	22	31	58	30	32
LION	Case	57	39	58	31	37
GLOR	25	36	57	58	32	35
ENGR	13	24	25	58	33	21
CROO	57	57	57	58	34	46
IDEN	57	32	42	58	35	41
3GAR	Case	40	29	58	36	35
SHOS	Case	57	31	58	37	37
REDC	36	57	36	52	38	41
REIG	19	30	38	58	38	31
CREE	Case	57	33	58	40	41
YELL	57	57	57	58	41	46
LADY	57	41	40	58	42	46
WIST	23	57	57	58	43	37
RESI	57	33	57	58	44	41
NOBL	57	57	57	58	45	46
SUSS	Case	57	33	58	46	41
RETI	Case	57	57	58	47	46
BERY	28	29	35	58	48	32
3STU	32	27	41	58	49	37
GOLD	14	17	21	58	50	19
BLAN	Case	57	57	58	51	53
MISS	57	41	57	55	52	53
MAZA	Case	57	57	53	53	46
STOC	57	38	57	58	54	46
VEIL	Case	57	57	54	55	53
3GAB	Case	57	57	56	56	53

Reference:
Randall Stock, "The Best of the Best" The Baker Street Journal, December 1999, p. 32. This is the complete version of Table 2.

1944 Poll Notes

Stories listed at "57" received no votes but were eligible
THOR listed at "58" received 1 vote but was not eligible
Case-Book stories were not eligible

1954 Poll Notes
Stories listed at "57" received no positive votes but were eligible.

1959 Poll Notes
Stories listed at "57" received no positive votes but were eligible.

1989 Poll Notes
Stories listed at "58" were ranked between 16-51, but specific scores and rankings were not available for these stories.

Avg. Notes
As discussed in the related article, scores from each poll were standardized by expressing them as a percentage of each poll's total points. The average percentage was calculated from all the stories with known scores. These average percentage scores were then sorted and the results are listed in the "Avg." column.

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