The Sign of Four (1890)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Series: Sherlock Holmes: Original Publication Order (2), Sherlock Holmes Original Novels (2)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
5,227	177	2,178	(3.76)	295

Popularity is position on a rank-ordered list of the number of copies of a works cataloged during a given period. If multiple works have the same number of copies during that period they share a popularity number.

Overall popularity: 2,178

Popularity year-by-year (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Popularity	6,604	4,952	4,138	4,831	3,763	2,617	2,294	1,461	1,549	1,815	1,613	1,845	2,135	2,171	2,294	1,613	1,841	2,651	2,866	3,231

Popularity quarter-by-quarter (top 25,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Q1		4,764	4,963	4,955	4,242	3,099	2,573	1,654	1,472	1,585	1,502	1,739	3,010	1,550	2,058	1,895	1,536	2,398	2,686	3,034
Q2		5,511	4,331	6,035	4,238	2,505	2,710	1,554	1,885	2,109	1,951	1,900	1,730	2,196	2,433	1,583	2,185	2,252	2,907	3,170
Q3	7,796	5,026	4,083	4,847	3,490	2,522	2,237	1,365	1,717	2,384	2,126	1,775	2,204	3,182	3,509	1,279	2,417	3,021	2,811	4,569
Q4	5,554	4,505	3,721	3,993	3,337	2,714	1,988	1,523	1,215	1,609	1,392	2,504	2,375	3,019	2,873	2,202	1,484	2,994	3,061	1,947

Popularity month-by-month (top 10,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Jan		6,553	4,309	3,653	3,531	2,683	2,783	1,730	2,734	1,169	3,148	1,502	3,058	1,942	1,673	1,740	1,350	2,509	2,737	3,340
Feb		3,190	4,450	8,049	4,295	2,851	1,936	1,595	1,585	1,935	876	2,053	3,305	1,129	1,051	1,959	1,621	2,259	2,157	2,318
Mar		5,686	4,521	5,429	5,381	4,302	3,646	1,447	1,122	1,928	1,217	1,807	2,807	1,747	7,237	2,058	1,791	2,496	3,310	3,861
Apr		5,390	3,290		7,879	2,908	5,699	1,479	2,041	3,018	3,031	2,577	2,753	1,948	1,847	1,196	1,497	3,177	2,508	3,283
May		6,244	6,612	6,862	3,224	2,054	1,687	1,709	2,714	2,294	1,779	1,959	1,867	2,348	4,285	2,160	1,985	2,003	4,501	3,036
Jun		5,604	4,101	3,635	3,338	2,792	2,476	1,412	1,313	1,961	1,604	1,647	1,222	2,216	1,781	1,712	3,648	2,155	2,561	3,228
Jul		5,698	5,380	7,622	4,434	3,659	2,819	1,544	1,526	4,415	3,202	1,841	2,469	3,788	2,258	1,556	2,808	2,501	2,590	5,429
Aug		4,045	3,165	2,926	2,633	2,218	1,925	2,855	2,585	2,759	3,169	1,764	1,797	2,965	4,966	1,207	2,885	3,177	2,574	4,100
Sept	7,796	5,968	5,121	4,966	3,574	2,210	2,061	742	1,630	1,619	1,086	1,648	3,002	2,817	3,770	1,349	1,934	4,354	4,288	3,492
Oct	5,851	5,440	2,764	3,844	2,602	2,278	1,991	1,505	1,354	1,408	1,099	2,374	2,264	2,997	5,353	3,061	1,131	3,780	3,046	2,057
Nov	4,099	4,337	3,395	4,827	4,640	2,194	1,925	1,620	1,248	3,222	1,597	2,928	3,305	3,119	2,205	1,933	1,555	3,730	3,382
Dec	7,200	4,641	4,489	4,161	3,258	4,257	2,229	1,454	1,205	1,339	1,537	2,417	2,430	2,693	1,616	2,090	1,876	2,450	2,870

Cumulative popularity by month (top 100,000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Jan		6,011	4,955	4,323	4,402	4,089	3,732	3,363	3,016	2,723	2,636	2,498	2,409	2,356	2,307	2,262	2,187	2,129	2,115	2,150
Feb		5,357	4,903	4,400	4,388	4,045	3,694	3,330	3,006	2,712	2,619	2,493	2,411	2,348	2,289	2,258	2,179	2,128	2,115	2,140
Mar		5,390	4,865	4,439	4,403	4,048	3,675	3,295	2,937	2,704	2,605	2,482	2,414	2,338	2,293	2,256	2,174	2,123	2,119	2,147
Apr		5,354	4,635	4,541	4,445	4,011	3,681	3,259	2,913	2,704	2,596	2,480	2,409	2,327	2,286	2,235	2,165	2,127	2,124	2,152
May		5,430	4,755	4,590	4,391	3,946	3,619	3,226	2,900	2,698	2,587	2,473	2,400	2,319	2,288	2,236	2,163	2,116	2,125	2,146
Jun		5,457	4,685	4,536	4,345	3,923	3,593	3,192	2,873	2,685	2,575	2,461	2,379	2,312	2,281	2,233	2,166	2,111	2,129	2,152
Jul		5,475	4,716	4,599	4,339	3,902	3,576	3,159	2,861	2,683	2,573	2,445	2,375	2,314	2,275	2,228	2,166	2,109	2,124	2,161
Aug		5,177	4,567	4,510	4,268	3,861	3,532	3,151	2,857	2,678	2,573	2,430	2,368	2,313	2,280	2,211	2,169	2,111	2,120	2,166
Sept	7,796	5,244	4,588	4,521	4,239	3,820	3,497	3,092	2,834	2,669	2,558	2,421	2,366	2,311	2,281	2,200	2,160	2,117	2,130	2,166
Oct	6,743	5,250	4,430	4,478	4,178	3,781	3,462	3,065	2,807	2,654	2,536	2,414	2,363	2,316	2,287	2,205	2,143	2,118	2,134	2,155
Nov	5,622	5,142	4,369	4,482	4,179	3,740	3,420	3,046	2,786	2,649	2,526	2,414	2,364	2,320	2,280	2,202	2,139	2,126	2,141	2,155
Dec	5,871	5,068	4,373	4,459	4,157	3,750	3,397	3,024	2,752	2,635	2,521	2,411	2,359	2,318	2,271	2,201	2,130	2,116	2,141

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