Order of Agatha Christie Books
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English novelist who is best known for her detective novels featuring characters such as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She has sold four billion novels altogether, making her the best-selling novelist of all time according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Agatha Christie has been dubbed “The Queen of Crime,” having written 66 detective novels along with 14 short stories. Also to her credit are numerous West End Plays, television plays and radioplays. She also wrote six romance novels under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott. Her work has been adapted into just about every medium imaginable – film, television, plays, video games and graphic novels. Without a doubt, Agatha Christie’s legacy lives on.
Below is a list of Agatha Christie’s novels in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Books
| The Mysterious Affair at Styles | (1920) |    |
| The Murder on the Links | (1923) | |
| Poirot Investigates | (1924) | |
| The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | (1926) | |
| The Big Four | (1927) | |
| The Mystery of the Blue Train | (1928) | |
| Black Coffee | (1930) | |
| Peril at End House | (1932) | |
| Lord Edgware Dies / Thirteen at Dinner | (1933) | |
| Three Act Tragedy / Murder in Three Acts | (1934) | |
| Murder on the Orient Express / Murder in the Calais Coach | (1934) | |
| Death in the Clouds / Death in the Air | (1935) | |
| The A.B.C. Murders | (1936) | |
| Murder in Mesopotamia | (1936) | |
| Cards on the Table | (1936) | |
| Dumb Witness / Poirot Loses a Client | (1937) | |
| Death on the Nile | (1937) | |
| Murder in the Mews / Dead Man's Mirror | (1937) | |
| Appointment with Death | (1938) | |
| Hercule Poirot's Christmas / Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas | (1938) | |
| Sad Cypress | (1940) | |
| One, Two, Buckle My Shoe / Overdose of Death | (1940) | |
| Evil Under the Sun | (1941) | |
| Five Little Pigs / Murder in Retrospect | (1942) | |
| The Hollow / Murder after Hours | (1946) | |
| The Labours of Hercules | (1947) | |
| Taken at the Flood | (1948) | |
| Mrs. McGinty's Dead / Blood Will Tell | (1952) | |
| After the Funeral / Funerals are Fatal | (1953) | |
| Hickory Dickory Dock | (1955) | |
| Dead Man's Folly | (1956) | |
| Cat Among the Pigeons | (1959) | |
| The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding | (1960) | |
| The Clocks | (1963) | |
| Third Girl | (1966) | |
| Hallowe'en Party | (1969) | |
| Elephants Can Remember | (1972) | |
| Curtain | (1975) | |
Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Short Stories/Novellas
| The Adventure of the Cheap Flat | (1923) | |
| The King of Clubs | (1923) | |
| The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly | (1923) | |
| The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman | (1923) | |
| The Veiled Lady | (1923) | |
| The Kidnapped Prime Minister | (1923) | |
| The Plymouth Express | (1923) | |
| The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan | (1923) | |
| The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor | (1923) | |
| The Affair at the Victory Ball | (1923) | |
| The Adventure of the Western Star | (1923) | |
| The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb | (1923) | |
| The Submarine Plans | (1923) | |
| The Adventure of the Clapham Cook | (1923) | |
| The Lost Mine | (1923) | |
| The Lemesurier Inheritance | (1923) | |
| The Chocolate Box | (1925) | |
| Double Sin | (1928) | |
| Wasps' Nest | (1929) | |
| The Second Gong | (1932) | |
| The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest | (1932) | |
| How Does Your Garden Grow? | (1935) | |
| Poirot and the Regatta Mystery | (1936) | |
| Yellow Iris | (1937) | |
| The Incredible Theft | (1937) | |
| The Dream | (1937) | |
| The Mystery of the Spanish Chest | (1960) | |
| Afternoon at the Seaside | (1962) | |
| The Patient | (1962) | |
| The Witness for the Prosecution | (1983) | |
| Four and Twenty Blackbirds | (1989) | |
| The Million Dollar Bond Robbery | (1998) | |
| The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim | (2012) | |
| The Market Basing Mystery | (2013) | |
| The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge | (2013) | |
| The Cornish Mystery | (2013) | |
| Problem at Sea | (2013) | |
| The Under Dog | (2016) | |
| The Double Clue | (2019) | |
| The Case of the Missing Will | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Collections
| The Labors of Hercules | (1947) | |
| The Witness for the Prosecution | (1948) | |
| The Under Dog and Other Stories | (1951) | |
| Poirot's Early Cases | (1974) | |
| Hercule Poirot's Casebook | (1984) | |
| The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories | (1997) | |
| The Double Clue | (2016) | |
| The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot | (2019) | |
| The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Miss Marple Books
| The Murder at the Vicarage | (1930) | |
| The Body in the Library | (1942) | |
| The Moving Finger | (1942) | |
| A Murder is Announced | (1950) | |
| They Do It With Mirrors | (1952) | |
| A Pocket Full of Rye | (1953) | |
| 4:50 From Paddington | (1957) | |
| The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | (1962) | |
| A Caribbean Mystery | (1964) | |
| At Bertram's Hotel | (1965) | |
| Nemesis | (1971) | |
| Sleeping Murder | (1976) | |
Publication Order of Miss Marple Short Stories/Novellas
| The Idol House of Astarte | (1928) | |
| Ingots of Gold | (1928) | |
| Motive v. Opportunity | (1928) | |
| The Thumb Mark of St. Peter | (1928) | |
| The Blue Geranium | (1929) | |
| The Herb of Death | (1930) | |
| Miss Marple Tells a Story | (1934) | |
| The Case of the Caretaker | (1941) | |
| Strange Jest | (1941) | |
| Tape-Measure Murder | (1941) | |
| The Case of the Perfect Maid | (1942) | |
| Sanctuary | (1954) | |
| Greenshaw's Folly | (1956) | |
Publication Order of Miss Marple Collections
| The Thirteen Problems | (1932) | |
| 13 Clues for Miss Marple | (1966) | |
| Miss Marple's Final Cases | (1979) | |
| Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories | (1985) | |
| Miss Marple Short Stories | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Tommy and Tuppence Books
| The Secret Adversary | (1922) | |
| Partners in Crime | (1929) | |
| N or M? | (1941) | |
| By the Pricking of My Thumbs | (1968) | |
| Postern of Fate | (1973) | |
Publication Order of Tommy & Tuppence Short Stories/Novellas
| A Fairy in the Flat | (1929) | |
| The Affair of the Pink Pearl | (1929) | |
| The Man in the Mist | (1977) | |
| The House of Lurking Death | (1995) | |
| The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger | (2012) | |
| Finessing the King | (2012) | |
| Blindman's Buff | (2013) | |
| The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper | (2013) | |
| A Pot of Tea | (2013) | |
| The Crackler | (2013) | |
| The Clergyman's Daughter/The Red House | (2013) | |
| The Ambassador's Boots | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Superintendent Battle Books
| The Secret of Chimneys | (1925) | |
| The Seven Dials Mystery | (1929) | |
| Cards on the Table | (1936) | |
| Murder is Easy / Easy To Kill | (1939) | |
| Towards Zero | (1944) | |
Publication Order of Colonel Race Books
| The Man in the Brown Suit | (1924) | |
| Cards on the Table | (1936) | |
| Death on the Nile | (1937) | |
| Sparkling Cyanide | (1944) | |
Publication Order of Harley Quin Books
| The Mysterious Mr. Quin | (1930) | |
Publication Order of Harley Quin Short Stories/Novellas
| The Shadow on the Glass | (1924) | |
| The Sign in the Sky | (1925) | |
| At the 'Bells and Motley' | (1926) | |
| The Soul of the Croupier | (1927) | |
| The World's End | (1927) | |
| The Voice in the Dark | (1927) | |
| The Face of Helen | (1927) | |
| Harlequin's Lane | (1927) | |
| The Dead Harlequin | (1929) | |
| The Man from the Sea | (1929) | |
| The Bird with the Broken Wing | (1930) | |
| The Love Detectives | (1993) | |
| The Coming of Mr. Quin | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Parker Pyne Short Stories/Novellas
| The Case of the Discontented Soldier | (1932) | |
| The Case of the City Clerk | (1932) | |
| The Case of the Distressed Lady | (1932) | |
| The Case of the Discontented Husband | (1932) | |
| The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife | (1932) | |
| The House at Shiraz | (1933) | |
| Have You Got Everything You Want? | (1933) | |
| The Gate of Baghdad | (1933) | |
| The Oracle at Delphi | (1933) | |
| The Pearl of Price | (1933) | |
| The Case of the Rich Woman | (1934) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Giant Bread | (1930) | |
| The Sittaford Mystery / The Murder at Hazelmoor | (1931) | |
| Unfinished Portrait | (1934) | |
| Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | (1934) | |
| And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians | (1939) | |
| Absent in the Spring | (1944) | |
| Death Comes as the End | (1944) | |
| The Rose And The Yew Tree | (1947) | |
| Crooked House | (1949) | |
| They Came to Baghdad | (1951) | |
| A Daughter's a Daughter | (1952) | |
| Destination Unknown / So Many Steps to Death | (1954) | |
| The Burden | (1956) | |
| Ordeal by Innocence | (1958) | |
| The Pale Horse | (1961) | |
| Endless Night | (1967) | |
| 13 at Dinner | (1969) | |
| Passenger to Frankfurt | (1970) | |
| The Unexpected Guest | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Accident | (1923) | |
| The Actress | (1923) | |
| The Red Signal | (1924) | |
| The Mystery of the Blue Jar | (1924) | |
| The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl | (1924) | |
| Philomel Cottage | (1924) | |
| Wireless | (1925) | |
| Within a Wall | (1925) | |
| The House of Dreams | (1926) | |
| Magnolia Blossom | (1926) | |
| The Lonely God | (1926) | |
| The Rajah's Emerald | (1926) | |
| The Edge | (1927) | |
| Sing a Song of Sixpence | (1929) | |
| Manx Gold | (1930) | |
| The Fourth Man | (1933) | |
| The Gipsy | (1933) | |
| The Manhood of Edward Robinson | (1934) | |
| The Dressmaker's Doll | (1958) | |
| The Water Bus | (1965) | |
| Jane in Search of a Job | (1974) | |
| The Girl in the Train | (1993) | |
| S.O.S. | (2013) | |
| The Lamp | (2013) | |
| The Call of Wings | (2013) | |
| The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael | (2013) | |
| A Fruitful Sunday | (2013) | |
| Swan Song | (2013) | |
| The Naughty Donkey | (2013) | |
| In the Cool of the Evening | (2013) | |
| The Island | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories | (1932) | |
| The Hound of Death | (1933) | |
| The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories | (1934) | |
| Parker Pyne Investigates | (1934) | |
| The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories | (1948) | |
| Three Blind Mice and Other Stories | (1952) | |
| Double Sin and Other Stories | (1961) | |
| Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories | (1965) | |
| The Golden Ball and Other Stories | (1971) | |
| The Mousetrap and Other Plays | (1978) | |
| Problem at Pollensa Bay | (1985) | |
| While the Light Lasts | (1997) | |
| Bloodstained Pavement and Other Stories | (2003) | |
| Death by Drowning | (2003) | |
| Murder In Three Stages | (2004) | |
| Seven Deadly Sins | (2004) | |
| Masterpieces in Miniature | (2005) | |
| The Detectives - Short Stories | (2005) | |
| The Tuesday Night Club and Other Stories | (2005) | |
| The Red Signal and Other Stories | (2005) | |
| The Listerdale Mystery | (2005) | |
| Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown | (2006) | |
| The Actress and Other Short Stories | (2006) | |
| A Fruitful Sunday and Other Short Stories | (2006) | |
| Miss Marple and Mystery | (2008) | |
| Midwinter Murder | (2020) | |
| A Deadly Affair | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Plays
| The Mousetrap | (1952) | |
| Spider's Web | (1954) | |
| Verdict | (1958) | |
| Rats | (1962) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Come, Tell Me How You Live | (1946) | |
| Agatha Christie: An Autobiography | (1977) | |
| The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Malice Domestic Books
| Malice Domestic 1 | (1992) | |
| Malice Domestic 2 | (1993) | |
| Malice Domestic 3 | (1994) | |
| Malice Domestic 4 | (1995) | |
| Malice Domestic 5 | (1996) | |
| Malice Domestic 7 | (1998) | |
| Malice Domestic 8 | (1999) | |
| Malice Domestic 9 | (2000) | |
| Each book is an anthology, with the listed author credited as the editor of the book. | ||
Publication Order of The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories Anthology Books
| The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1964) | |
| The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1966) | |
| The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1967) | |
| The 4th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1968) | |
| The 5th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1969) | |
| The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1970) | |
| The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1980) | |
| The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1982) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Floating Admiral | (1931) | |
| Ask a Policeman | (1933) | |
| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine July 1958 | (1958) | |
| The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1982) | |
| The Web She Weaves | (1983) | |
| Witches' Brew | (1984) | |
| Murder British Style | (1993) | |
| Win, Lose or Die | (1996) | |
| Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas | (1999) | |
| A Century of British Mystery and Suspense | (2000) | |
| Malice Domestic 9 | (2000) | |
| Crime Never Pays | (2001) | |
| Books to Die For | (2012) | |
| Bodies from the Library | (2019) | |
| Marple: Twelve New Mysteries | (2022) | |
Notes: Agatha Christie novels have often been released under one or two other titles. For the most part, we have listed the original title (also the title the book is being sold under).
The novels Giant’s Bread, Unfinished Portrait, Absent in the Spring, The Rose and the Yew Tree, A Daughter’s a Daughter and The Burden are romance novels that Christie wrote under the pen name of Mary Westmacott. We have included them in the publication order along with Christie’s other standalone novels. Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories is published as by Agatha Christie Mallowan.
The Monogram Murders is an authorized Hercule Poirot novel, written by Sophie Hannah.
When multiple recurring characters appear in an Agatha Christie novel, we have listed them under both characters.
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Agatha Christie Synopsis: In And Then There Were None, ten people are tricked into coming to an island. Despite the fact that nobody other than the ten are on the island, they are all picked off and murdered one by one. The novel has been adapted countless times as Ten Little Indians.
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Just a question if anyone knows.
What are the differences between the “Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Books” and the “Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Collections”? The collection is like 4 books containg all the other individual stories (i.e like the comics that first publish issues and after that they publish one big collection book with all the issues of that cycle)?
From looking at it it may be a mistake on our part – the “collections” may belong in the short story collections section. I’ve flagged that and will look at it next week.
My mom gave me Murder for Christmas when I was in Grade School and lo these many years later I am still hooked on Agatha Christie. I have the leather bound Bantam Books Christie collection – one signed by David Suchet. He was playing in Amadeus in NYC and I caught him outside for a photo and autograph. I might add this was before Smart Phones!
Agatha Christie also wrote a rarely mentioned mystery “Ahknaton” published in 1973. Under a pseudonym she wrote a few romances but I do not remember her pseudonym nor the books.
The pseudonym used by Agatha Christie was Mary Westmacott.
A web search will give you the full listing of books written by her under that name.
After watching the David Suchet “Poirot” series, I decided to start reading Agatha Christie. I went to the library and took out every book of hers I could find. They were all very much worth the reads mostly due to the character interaction (rather than the mysteries themselves). I find Poirot hilarious, although I wouldn’t recommend The Big Four as he turns into sort of a “Bizzaro World” James Bond.
I also enjoy some of her standalone mysteries like And Then There Were None and Endless Night. Classic reads!