Book Series Guide

Agatha Christie · character series

Hercule Poirot books in order

Mysteries featuring Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

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Publication order

  1. 1 Cover of The Mysterious Affair at Styles
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    Book 1 · novel · 1920

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    Poirot Investigates

    Book 3 · short-story-collection · 1924

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  3. 4 Cover of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

    Book 4 · novel · 1926

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  4. 5 Cover of The Big Four
    The Big Four

    Book 5 · novel · 1927

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  5. 6 Cover of The Mystery of the Blue Train
    The Mystery of the Blue Train

    Book 6 · novel · 1928

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  6. 7 Cover of Black Coffee
    Black Coffee

    Book 7 · play · 1930 Optional

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  7. 8 Cover of Peril at End House
    Peril at End House

    Book 8 · novel · 1932

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  8. 9 Cover of Lord Edgware Dies
    Lord Edgware Dies

    Book 9 · novel · 1933

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  9. 10 Cover of Murder on the Orient Express
    Murder on the Orient Express

    Book 10 · novel · 1934

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  10. 11 Cover of Three Act Tragedy
    Three Act Tragedy

    Book 11 · novel · 1935

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  11. 12 Cover of Death in the Clouds
    Death in the Clouds

    Book 12 · novel · 1935

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  12. 13 Cover of The A.B.C. Murders
    The A.B.C. Murders

    Book 13 · novel · 1936

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  13. 14 Cover of Murder in Mesopotamia
    Murder in Mesopotamia

    Book 14 · novel · 1936

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  14. 15 Cover of Cards on the Table
    Cards on the Table

    Book 15 · novel · 1936

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  15. 16 Cover of Dumb Witness
    Dumb Witness

    Book 16 · novel · 1937

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  16. 17
    Murder in the Mews

    Book 17 · short-story-collection · 1937

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  17. 18 Cover of Death on the Nile
    Death on the Nile

    Book 18 · novel · 1937

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  18. 19 Cover of Appointment with Death
    Appointment with Death

    Book 19 · novel · 1938

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  19. 20 Cover of Hercule Poirot's Christmas
    Hercule Poirot's Christmas

    Book 20 · novel · 1938

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  20. 21 Cover of Sad Cypress
    Sad Cypress

    Book 22 · novel · 1940

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  21. 22 Cover of One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
    One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

    Book 23 · novel · 1940

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  22. 23 Cover of Evil Under the Sun
    Evil Under the Sun

    Book 24 · novel · 1941

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  23. 24 Cover of Five Little Pigs
    Five Little Pigs

    Book 25 · novel · 1942

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  24. 25 Cover of The Hollow
    The Hollow

    Book 26 · novel · 1946

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  25. 26
    The Labours of Hercules

    Book 27 · short-story-collection · 1947

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  26. 27 Cover of Taken at the Flood
    Taken at the Flood

    Book 29 · novel · 1948

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  27. 29 Cover of Mrs McGinty's Dead
    Mrs McGinty's Dead

    Book 30 · novel · 1952

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  28. 30 Cover of After the Funeral
    After the Funeral

    Book 31 · novel · 1953

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  29. 31 Cover of Hickory Dickory Dock
    Hickory Dickory Dock

    Book 32 · novel · 1955

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  30. 32 Cover of Dead Man's Folly
    Dead Man's Folly

    Book 33 · novel · 1956

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  31. 33 Cover of Cat Among the Pigeons
    Cat Among the Pigeons

    Book 34 · novel · 1959

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  32. 34 Cover of The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
    The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

    Book 34 · short-story-collection · 1960

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  33. 35 Cover of The Clocks
    The Clocks

    Book 35 · novel · 1963

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  34. 36
    Third Girl

    Book 36 · novel · 1966

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  35. 37 Cover of Hallowe'en Party
    Hallowe'en Party

    Book 37 · novel · 1969

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  36. 38 Cover of Elephants Can Remember
    Elephants Can Remember

    Book 38 · novel · 1972

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  37. 39 Cover of Poirot's Early Cases
    Poirot's Early Cases

    Book 39 · short-story-collection · 1974

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  38. 40 Cover of Curtain
    Curtain

    Book 40 · novel · 1975

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  39. 41 Cover of Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly
    Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly

    Book 42 · novella · 2013

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  40. 42 Cover of The Harlequin Tea Set
    The Harlequin Tea Set

    Book 41 · short-story-collection · 1997 Optional

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  41. 43
    The Wasp's Nest

    Book 43 · play · 2017 Optional

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  42. 44 Cover of Yellow Iris
    Yellow Iris

    Book 44 · play · 2017 Optional

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  43. 45
    A Poirot Double Bill

    Book 45 · play-collection · 2017 Optional

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  44. 46
    Murder in the Studio

    Book 46 · play · 2017 Optional

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  45. 47 Cover of Rule of Thumb
    Rule of Thumb

    Book 47 · play · 2017 Optional

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