If you want to read the books in publication order before you discuss them this is the list for you.
For the books the year indicates the first publication, whether in the US or UK, and where
possible we have given the alternative US/UK titles. The collections listed are those that feature
the first book appearance of one or more stories:
1920
1922
1923
1924
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1929
1930
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Secret Adversary
Murder on the Links
The Man in the Brown Suit
Poirot Investigates - containing:
The dventure of the ‘Western Star’
The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
The Kidnapped Prime Minister
The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim The
Adventure of the Italian Nobleman The
Case of the Missing Will
The Secret of Chimneys
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Big Four
The Mystery of the Blue Train
The Seven Dials Mystery
Partners in Crime - containing:
A Fairy in the Flat
A Pot of Tea
The Affair of the Pink Pearl
The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger
Finessing the King/The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper
The Case of the Missing Lady
Blindman’s Buff
The Man in the Mist
The Crackler
The Sunningdale Mystery
The House of Lurking Death
The Unbreakable Alibi
The Clergyman’s Daughter/The Red House
The mbassador’s Boots
The Man Who Was No.16
The Mysterious Mr Quin - containing:
The Coming of Mr Quin
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1930
1931
1932
1932
1933
1933
1934
1934
The Shadow on the Glass
t the ‘Bells and Motley’
The Sign in the Sky
The Soul of the Croupier
The Man from the Sea
The Voice in the Dark
The Face of Helen
The Dead Harlequin
The Bird with the Broken Wing
The World’s End
Harlequin’s Lane
The Murder at the Vicarage
The Sittaford Mystery
US also as - Murder at Hazelmoor
Peril at End House
The Thirteen Problems
US also as The Tuesday Club Murders
containing:
The Tuesday Night Club
The Idol House of Astarte
Ingots of Gold
The Bloodstained Pavement
Motive v Opportunity
The Thumb Mark of St Peter
The Blue Geranium
The Companion
The Four Suspects
A Christmas Tragedy
The Herb of Death
The Affair at the Bungalow
Death by Drowning
Lord Edgware Dies
The Hound of Death (not US) - containing:
The Hound of Death
The Red Signal
The Fourth Man
The Gipsy
The Lamp
Wireless
The Witness for the Prosecution
The Mystery of the Blue Jar
The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
The Call of Wings
The Last Séance
SOS
Murder on the Orient Express
US also as Murder in the Calais Coach
The Listerdale Mystery (not US) - containing:
The Listerdale Mystery
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1934
1934
1934
1935
1936
1936
1936
1937
1937
1937
1938
1938
Philomel Cottage
The Girl in the Train
Sing a Song of Sixpence
The Manhood of Edward Robinson
Accident
Jane in Search of a Job
A Fruitful Sunday
Mr Eastwood’s dventure
The Golden Ball
The Rajah’s Emerald
Swan Song
Why Didn’t They sk Evans?
US also as The Boomerang Clue
Parker Pyne Investigates
US also as Mr Parker Pyne, Detective
containing:
The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
The Case of the Discontented Soldier
The Case of the Distressed Lady
The Case of the Discontented Husband
The Case of the City Clerk
The Case of the Rich Woman
Have You Got Everything You Want?
The Gate of Baghdad
The House of Shiraz
The Pearl of Price
Death on the Nile
The Oracle at Delphi
Three-Act Tragedy
US also as Murder in Three Acts
Death in the Clouds
US also as Death in the Air
The ABC Murders
US also as The Alphabet Murders
Murder in Mesopotamia
Cards on the Table
Dumb Witness
US also as Poirot Loses a Client, Mystery at
Littlegreen House, Murder at Littlegreen House
Death on the Nile
Murder in the Mews
US also as Dead Man’s Mirror
containing:
Murder in the Mews
The Incredible Theft
Dead Man’s Mirror
Triangle at Rhodes
Appointment with Death
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
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1939
1939
1939
1940
1940
1941
1941
1942
1942
1942
1944
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
US also as Murder for Christmas, A
Holiday for Murder
Easy to Kill
US also as Easy to Kill
And Then There Were None
The Regatta Mystery (not UK) containing:
The Regatta Mystery
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Problem at Pollensa Bay
Yellow Iris
Miss Marple Tells a Story
The Dream
In a Glass Darkly
Problem at Sea
Sad Cypress
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
US also as The Patriotic Murders,
An Overdose of Death
Evil Under the Sun
N or M?
The Body in the Library
Five Little Pigs
US also as Murder in Retrospect
The Moving Finger
US also as The Case of the Moving Finger
Towards Zero
US also as Come and Be Hanged
Death Comes as the End
Sparking Cyanide
US also as Remembered Death
The Hollow
US also as Murder after Hours
The Labours of Hercules - containing:
The Nemean Lion
The Lernean Hydra
The Arcadian Deer
The Erymanthian Boar
The Augean Stables
The Stymphalean Birds
The Cretan Bull
The Horses of Diomedes
The Girdle of Hyppolita
The Flock of Geryon
The Apples of the Hesperides
The Capture of Cerberus
Taken at the Flood
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1948
1949
1950
1950
1951
1951
1952
1952
1953
1953
1954
1955
1956
US also as There is a Tide…
Witness for the Prosecution (not UK) containing:
The Witness for the Prosecution
The Red Signal
The Fourth Man
SOS
Where There’s a Will
The Mystery of the Blue Jar
Sing a Song of Sixpence
The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl
Philomel Cottage
Accident
Second Gong
Crooked House
A Murder is Announced
Three Blind Mice (not UK)
US also as The Mousetrap - containing:
Three Blind Mice
Strange Jest
Tape-Measure Murder
The Case of the Perfect Maid
The Case of the Caretaker The
Third-Floor Flat
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
Four and Twenty Blackbirds
The Love Detectives
They Came to Baghdad
The Under Dog (not UK) - containing:
The Under Dog
The Plymouth Express
The Affair at the Victory Ball
The Market Basing Mystery
The Lemesurier Inheritance
The Cornish Mystery
The King of Clubs
The Submarine Plans
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
Mrs McGinty’s Dead
US also as Blood Will Tell
They Do It with Mirrors
US also as Murder with Mirrors
After the Funeral
US also as Funerals are Fatal,
A Pocket Full of Rye
Destination Unknown
US also as So Many Steps to Death
Hickory Dickory Dock
US also as Hickory Dickory Death
Dead Man’s Folly
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1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1971
4.50 from Paddington
US also as What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!,
Murder She Said
Ordeal by Innocence
Cat Among the Pigeons
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
(not US) - containing:
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
The Under Dog
Four and Twenty Blackbirds
The Dream
Greenshaw’s Folly
The Pale Horse
Double Sin (not UK) - containing:
Double
Sin
Wasps’ Nest
The Theft of the Royal Ruby
The Dressmaker’s Doll
Greenshaw’s Folly
The Double Clue
The Last Séance
Sanctuary
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
US also as The Mirror Crack’d
The Clocks
A Caribbean Mystery
At Bertram’s Hotel
Third Girl
Endless Night
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Hallowe’en Party
Passenger to Frankfurt
Nemesis
The Golden Ball (not UK) - containing:
The Listerdale Mystery
The Girl in the Train
The Manhood of Edward Robinson
Jane in Search of a Job
A Fruitful Sunday
The Golden Ball
The Rajah’s Emerald
Swan Song
The Hound of Death
The Gipsy
The Lamp
The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
The Call of Wings
Magnolia Blossom
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1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1979
1991
1997
Next to a Dog
Elephants Can Remember
Postern of Fate
Poirot’s Early Cases
US also as Hercule Poirot’s Early Cases
Containing:
The Affair of the Victory Ball
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
The Cornish Mystery
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
The Double Clue
The King of Clubs
The Lemesurier Inheritance
The Lost Mine
The Plymouth Express
The Chocolate Box
The Submarine Plans
The Third-Floor Flat
Double Sin
The Market Basing Mystery
Wasps’ Nest
The Veiled Lady
Problem at Sea
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Curtain
Sleeping Murder
Miss Marple’s Final Cases (not US) - containing:
Sanctuary
Strange Jest
Tape-Measure Murder
The Case of the Caretaker
The Case of the Perfect Maid
Miss Marple Tells a Story
The Dressmaker’s Doll
In A Glass Darkly
Problem at Pollensa Bay (not US) - containing:
Problem at Pollensa Bay
The Second Gong
Yellow Iris
The Harlequin Tea Set
The Regatta Mystery
The Love Detectives
Next to a Dog
Magnolia Blossom
The Harlequin Tea Set (not UK) - containing:
The Edge
The Actress
While the Light Lasts
House of Dreams
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1997
The Lonely God
Manx Gold
Within a Wall
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
The Harlequin Tea Set
While the Light Lasts (not US) - containing:
The House of Dreams
The Actress
The Edge
Christmas Adventure
The Lonely God
Manx Gold
Within a Wall
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
While the Light Lasts
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