The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a book by Vincent Starrett originally published in 1933.

[1] It is considered the first book on Sherlock Holmes scholarship,[1][2] as well as a cornerstone of the study of Sherlockiana.

[1][3][4] It has been credited with jumpstarting the creation of Sherlockian Societies.

[5] It has been used as an inspiration and a reference for "biographies" of Sherlock Holmes such as Nick Rennison's 2005 Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography.

[6] The book was dedicated to William Gillette, Frederic Dorr Steele, and Gray Chandler Briggs.