Topic: Arthur Conan Doyle

'The Raven': 5 other movies that turned well-known figures into action heroes

As Edgar Allan Poe hunts a murderer in 'The Raven,' here are 5 other movies that took well-known historical and literary figures and made them action stars

10 sequels based on a classic book

10 authors who wrote a novel based in another author's literary world.

On Conan Doyle

Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda offers a love letter to Arthur Conan Doyle, the author he credits with changing his life.

10 book-to-movie adaptations coming this holiday season

These movies adapted from both children's and adult books are hitting the screen this holiday season.

5 best mysteries of the holiday season

From Austen and Conan Doyle imitators to a reporter following a mysterious homicide, these five novels are sure to please any mystery fan

'Sherlock Holmes 2' looks to be as big and loud as its predecessor

'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' has a trailer with even more explosions and one-liners than the first Robert Downey Jr. movie.

Bestselling books the week of 12/1/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bumps in the night

Hearing the prolonged creaking sound and occasional clump, an imaginative boy surveyed his options.

Project Gutenberg founder Michael Stern Hart: an e-book visionary

Hart was a college student in 1971 when he first glimpsed the potential of the e-book.

Fall books: 20 nonfiction titles you don't want to miss

From the energy crisis to The Doors, from Hitler’s Germany to Rin Tin Tin, here are the nonfiction titles that have readers buzzing this fall.

Sherlock Holmes knocked off a school reading list

The Sherlock Holmes novel, "A Study in Scarlet," has been taken off the sixth-grade reading list in a Virginia high school.

Guyanese chow mein

A traditional Guyanese dish that reveals a fusion of Asian influences.

Harry Houdini: Why the world needs magicians

It's the 137th anniversary of the birth of Harry Houdini, an apt occasion to acknowledge the conjurers, escapologists, and prestidigitators who continually remind us that all is not what it seems.

Sherlock Holmes: He's back!

Sherlock Holmes will return to the written page in a new novel authorized by the Arthur Conan Doyle estate.

Argentina bank heist echoes Woody Allen films and Sherlock Holmes tales

In the Argentina bank heist over the weekend, a band of thieves tunneled through a 100-foot-hole into a neighboring bank and stole the contents of more than 100 safety deposit boxes.

Classic review: The Black Tower

With a nod to Poe, Bayard pens a mystery about a lost king and a real-life convict.

Sherlock Holmes is on the case again

Sherlock Holmes – the most frequently impersonated fictional character in the world – returns to contemporary London by way of "Masterpiece Mystery"!

8 (smart) books for the beach

From the Monitor's summer reading guide: beach reading for smart readers.

E-readers: the compatibility conundrum

With the Kindle, Nook, a raft of new e-readers comes an issue well known to early adopters: what’s next?

Sherlock Holmes: movie review

As the famous detective, Robert Downey Jr. puts a grubby, fighting twist on the new ‘Sherlock Holmes’ franchise.

Mystery fans embrace a "new" Agatha Christie story

The curious incident of Conan Doyle's 150th

Swiss village where Sherlock Holmes's archenemy meets his end readies for flood of fans May 22.

A telltale Poe-pourri

It’s the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, creator of the detective yarn. Where better than the city of idiosyncrasy – Baltimore – to celebrate?

Best novels of 2008

The Monitor’s annual gift guide to the best fiction books of 2008.