I enjoyed "Arthur and Sherlock" by Michael Sims. He told the story of how Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, based on one of the doctors he learned from in medical school, Joseph Bell. He also traced Holmes' lineage back to Poe's detective stories as well as others that Doyle liked to read. It was fairly short and his writing style was interesting and insightful without being too bogged down by minutia.
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