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Top 10 The Hound of the Baskervilles Books

By Esther Lombardi, About.com

The Hound of the Baskervilles a tale of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was first published in serial form in 1901, then in book form in 1902. It's the story of an age-old curse and it's deadly ramifications to the Baskerville family. The mystery goes back generations, but Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on the case.

1. The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle, and W. Robson (Editor). Oxford University Press. From the publisher: "The Hound of the Baskervilles is the tale of an ancient curse suddenly given a terrifying modern application. The detective is contemptuous of supernatural manifestations, but the reader will remain perpetually haunted by the hound from the moor."

2. Detections and Its Designs: Narrative and Power

by Peter Thoms. Ohio University Press. From the publisher: "In readings of Godwin's Caleb Williams, Poe's Dupin stories, Dickens's Bleak House, Collins's The Moonstone, and Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, Thorns argues that the detective's figurative writing emerges out of a desire to exert control over others and sometimes over himself."

3. The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio. As the publishers write, "For generations, the legend has been passed down. A satanic tale of a gigantic hell-hound, a devil incarnate who stalks the wastes of Dartmoor wreaking a bloody and terrible vengeance upon the heirs of the house of Baskerville."
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4. The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle. Penguin. From the publisher: "Perhaps the most popular of all Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles combines the traditional detective tale with elements of horror."

5. The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle. Signet Classic. From the publisher: "This special 100th anniversary edition of the only full-length Holmes novel includes a new afterword... Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Doctor Watson are faced with their most terrifying case... in this wonderful classic of masterful detection and bone-chilling suspense."

6. The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle. Modern Library. From the publisher: "The most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles features the phantom dog of Dartmoor, which, according to an ancient legend, has haunted the Baskervilles for generations."

7. The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle. Wordsworth Editions. From the publisher: "The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast 'with blazing eyes and dripping jaws' which roams the mist enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of a family curse? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this affair."

8. Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction, 1900-14 : New Voices in the Age

by Sandra Kemp (Editor), David Trotter (Editor), Charlotte Mitchell (Editor). Oxford University Press. According to the publisher, this book is "an illuminating guide to this remarkable but little known period, covering the literary scene in the years from 1900 to the outbreak of the First World War."

9. The Sherlock Holmes Crossword Puzzle Book

by Ruth Lake Tepper, Sidney Paget (Illustrator). Norton. From the publisher: "A collection of crossword puzzles is based on the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes. Each mystery is told in condensed form. It contains the problem, the action, and the clues--but not the solution. That will be found among the words of the crossword puzzle that follows the story."
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10. Craft of Detection: Solving Mysteries

McGraw-Hill. From the publisher: "Presents three annotated mystery and detective stories--'The Biter Bit,' 'Hunted Down,' and The Hound of the Baskervilles--along with a section of related articles with discussion questions."
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