Subgroup Results of 1999 Poll on Sherlock Holmes Stories

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The Best of Sherlock Holmes

The Best Sherlock Holmes Stories - 1999 Poll
By Publishing Experience

(sorted by each group's score)

Published				Not Published
Rank	Title	Score	%	Rank	Title	Score	%
1	SPEC	958	9.1%	1	SPEC	755	8.9%
2	REDH	951	9.0%	2	SCAN	721	8.5%
3	SILV	761	7.2%	3	REDH	717	8.4%
4	SCAN	747	7.1%	4	SILV	571	6.7%
5	BLUE	714	6.8%	5	BLUE	568	6.7%
6	MUSG	507	4.8%	6	MUSG	506	6.0%
7	BRUC	418	4.0%	7	FINA	472	5.6%
8	SIXN	409	3.9%	8	EMPT	421	5.0%
9	FINA	408	3.9%	9	DANC	419	4.9%
10	EMPT	370	3.5%	10	SIXN	306	3.6%
11	DANC	347	3.3%	11	BRUC	278	3.3%
12	TWIS	295	2.8%	12	NAVA	176	2.1%
13	PRIO	259	2.5%	13	DEVI	173	2.0%
14	THOR	246	2.3%	14	TWIS	168	2.0%
15	CHAS	217	2.1%	15	THOR	167	2.0%
16	DEVI	213	2.0%	16	SECO	156	1.8%
17	NAVA	210	2.0%	17	CHAS	154	1.8%
18	SECO	209	2.0%	18	COPP	140	1.6%
19	COPP	195	1.9%	19	SOLI	124	1.5%
20	ABBE	193	1.8%	20	GREE	121	1.4%
21	LAST	168	1.6%	21	DYIN	114	1.3%
22	SOLI	148	1.4%	22	FIVE	110	1.3%
23	FIVE	133	1.3%	23	NORW	97	1.1%
24	ILLU	120	1.1%	24	PRIO	96	1.1%
25	DYIN	106	1.0%	25	LAST	81	1.0%
26	NORW	102	1.0%	26	GLOR	66	0.8%
27	GREE	100	0.9%	27	ABBE	64	0.8%
28	BLAC	95	0.9%	28	CROO	61	0.7%
29	BOSC	81	0.8%	29	ENGR	53	0.6%
30	CARD	77	0.7%	30	BLAC	52	0.6%
31	LION	66	0.6%	31	LION	51	0.6%
32	3GAR	60	0.6%	32	CARD	50	0.6%
33	SHOS	59	0.6%	33	BOSC	48	0.6%
34	GLOR	47	0.4%	34	REIG	43	0.5%
35.1	ENGR	46	0.4%	35	REDC	42	0.5%
35.1	IDEN	46	0.4%	36	IDEN	37	0.4%
37	YELL	42	0.4%	37.1	ILLU	32	0.4%
38	LADY	40	0.4%	37.1	RESI	32	0.4%
39	CREE	37	0.4%	39.1	CREE	27	0.3%
40.1	CROO	35	0.3%	39.1	SUSS	27	0.3%
40.1	NOBL	35	0.3%	41	BLAN	23	0.3%
42	WIST	34	0.3%	42.1	3GAR	20	0.2%
43	REDC	29	0.3%	42.1	BERY	20	0.2%
44	REIG	28	0.3%	44.1	SHOS	19	0.2%
45	RETI	27	0.3%	44.1	WIST	19	0.2%
46	BERY	22	0.2%	46	RETI	18	0.2%
47	GOLD	21	0.2%	47	YELL	17	0.2%
48	SUSS	20	0.2%	48	LADY	16	0.2%
49	RESI	19	0.2%	49.1	MISS	14	0.2%
50	3STU	18	0.2%	49.1	NOBL	14	0.2%
51	STOC	16	0.2%	51	3STU	11	0.1%
52	MAZA	14	0.1%	52	GOLD	7	0.1%
53	VEIL	6	0.1%	53	MAZA	3	0.0%
54	MISS	5	0.0%	54.1	3GAB	0	0.0%
55.1	3GAB	0	0.0%	54.1	STOC	0	0.0%
55.1	BLAN	0	0.0%	54.1	VEIL	0	0.0%

Reference:
Randall Stock, "A Study in Sherlockians" The Baker Street Journal, December 1999, pp. 12-20. This version of Table 4 lists results for all the stories for this group.

Notes
- Rankings followed by ".1" indicate a tie.
- Scores are also expressed as a percentage of all points awarded by this group.

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