All of the canonical Holmes stories are identified by four-letter acronyms, and are listed here.
- ABBE -- Abbey Grange
- BERY -- Beryl Coronet
- BLAC -- Black Peter
- BLAN -- Blanched Soldier
- BLUE -- Blue Carbuncle
- BOSC -- Boscombe Valley Mystery
- BRUC -- Bruce-Partington Plans
- CARD -- Cardboard Box
- CHAS -- Charles Augustus Milverton
- COPP -- Copper Beeches
- CREE -- Creeping Man
- CROO -- Crooked Man
- DANC -- Dancing Men
- DEVI -- Devil's Foot
- DYIN -- Dying Detective
- EMPT -- Empty House
- ENGR -- Engineer's Thumb
- FINA -- Final Problem
- FIVE -- Five Orange Pips
- GLOR -- Gloria Scott
- GREE -- Greek Interpreter
- GOLD -- Golden Pince-Nez
- HOUN -- Hound of the Baskervilles
- IDEN -- Case of Identity
- ILLU -- Illustrious Client
- LADY -- Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
- LAST -- His Last Bow
- LION -- Lion's Mane
- MAZA -- Mazarin Stone
- MISS -- Missing Three-Quarter
- MUSG -- Musgrave Ritual
- NAVA -- Naval Treaty
- NOBL -- Noble Bachelor
- NORW -- Norwood Builder
- PRIO -- Priory School
- REDC -- Red Circle
- REDH -- Red-Headed League
- REIG -- Reigate Puzzle
- RESI -- Residential Patient
- RETI -- Retired Colourman
- SCAN -- Scandal in Bohemia
- SECO -- Second Stain
- SHOS -- Shoscombe Old Place
- SIGN -- Sign of Four
- SILV -- Silver Blaze
- SIXN -- Six Napoleons
- SOLI -- Solitary Cyclist
- SPEC -- Speckled Band
- STOC -- Stock-Broker's Clerk
- STUD -- Study in Scarlet
- SUSS -- Sussex Vampire
- THOR -- Problem of Thor Bridge
- 3GAB -- Three Gables
- 3GAR -- Three Garridebs
- 3STU -- Three Students
- TWIS -- Man with the Twisted Lip
- VALL -- Valley of Fear
- VEIL -- Veiled Lodger
- WIST -- Wisteria Lodge
- YELL -- Yellow Face