She was also the youngest person to win the New York Drama Circle Critics Award. Catch-22 cover Something Happened cover Lorraine Hansberryĭespite her untimely death at age 34, Lorraine Hansberry became the first African-American woman to write a play performed on Broadway. Catch-22 also paved the way for Heller’s commercial success with five more novels, including the bestseller Something Happened. Although Catch-22 has received mixed reviews since its publication and has created controversy among the general public, it’s still as popular and thought-provoking as ever. Catch-22, Heller’s first and best-known novel, was published in 1961 and serves as a critique of war and society through the eyes of a conflicted captain serving in World War II. If you’ve ever heard someone call a contradictory or insane-sounding choice a “catch-22,” you have Joseph Heller to thank for that term. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four cover The Hound of the Baskervilles cover The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (short story collection) cover Joseph Heller The character features in many movies and TV shows, such as the BBC series Sherlock and the popular 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, and has inspired other writers’ work, but Doyle’s original stories are still at the core of the Sherlock Holmes craze. Doyle also wrote numerous other novels, short stories, and poems, although none are as well known as the Sherlock Holmes works.Īlthough Doyle seemed to have had a love-hate relationship with his most famous character and tried to kill off Holmes several times, his stories have become a major part of pop culture. He published many of his writings about Holmes in the literary magazine The Strand before they became books or anthologies.
These characters are featured in four novels and more than 50 short stories by Doyle. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best remembered as the creator of private detective and master of deduction Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. We hope that no matter what you’re looking for, this list will help you find your next favorite used or new book! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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