Below is the complete list of Agatha Christie books in order of publication. This is the recommended reading sequence for the series.
Hercule Poirot Series
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
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View Book - Poirot Investigates (1924)
View Book - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
View Book - The Big Four (1927)
View Book - The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
View Book - Black Coffee (1930)
View Book - Peril at End House (1932)
View Book - Lord Edgware Dies / Thirteen at Dinner (1933)
View Book - Three Act Tragedy / Murder in Three Acts (1934)
View Book - Murder on the Orient Express / Murder in the Calais Coach (1934)
View Book - Death in the Clouds / Death in the Air (1935)
View Book - The ABC Murders (1936)
View Book - Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
View Book - Cards on the Table (1936)
View Book - Dumb Witness / Poirot Loses a Client (1937)
View Book - Death on the Nile (1937)
View Book - Murder in the Mews / Dead Man’s Mirror (1937)
View Book - Appointment with Death (1938)
View Book - Hercule Poirot’s Christmas / Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas (1938)
View Book - The Girdle of Hyppolita (1939)
View Book - The Nemean Lion (1939)
View Book - Sad Cypress (1940)
View Book - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe / Overdose of Death (1940)
View Book - Evil Under the Sun (1941)
View Book - Five Little Pigs / Murder in Retrospect (1942)
View Book - The Hollow / Murder after Hours (1946)
View Book - Taken at the Flood / There Is A Tide…. (1948)
View Book - Mrs. McGinty’s Dead / Blood Will Tell (1952)
View Book - After the Funeral / Funerals are Fatal (1953)
View Book - Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)
View Book - Dead Man’s Folly (1956)
View Book - Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
View Book - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding / The Theft of the Royal Ruby (1960)
View Book - The Clocks (1963)
View Book - Third Girl (1966)
View Book - Hallowe’en Party / A Haunting in Venice (1969)
View Book - Elephants Can Remember (1972)
View Book - Curtain (1975)
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Hercule Poirot Short Stories/Novellas Series
- The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (1923)
View Book - The King of Clubs (1923)
View Book - The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly (1923)
View Book - The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (1923)
View Book - The Veiled Lady (1923)
View Book - The Kidnapped Prime Minister (1923)
View Book - The Plymouth Express (1923)
View Book - Christmas Adventure (1923)
View Book - The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (1923)
View Book - The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (1923)
View Book - The Affair at the Victory Ball (1923)
View Book - The Adventure of the Western Star (1923)
View Book - The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (1923)
View Book - The Submarine Plans (1923)
View Book - The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (1923)
View Book - The Lost Mine (1923)
View Book - The Lemesurier Inheritance (1923)
View Book - The Chocolate Box (1925)
View Book - The Chess Problem (1927)
View Book - Double Sin (1928)
View Book - The Third-Floor Flat (1929)
View Book - Wasps’ Nest (1929)
View Book - The Second Gong (1932)
View Book - The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (1932)
View Book - How Does Your Garden Grow? (1935)
View Book - Triangle at Rhodes (1936)
View Book - Poirot and the Regatta Mystery (1936)
View Book - Yellow Iris (1937)
View Book - The Incredible Theft (1937)
View Book - The Dream (1937)
View Book - The Cretan Bull (1939)
View Book - The Stymphalean Birds (1939)
View Book - The Lernean Hydra (1939)
View Book - The Apples of Hesperides (1940)
View Book - The Flock of Geryon (1940)
View Book - The Horses of Diomedes (1940)
View Book - The Augean Stables (1940)
View Book - The Erymanthian Boar (1940)
View Book - The Arcadian Deer (1940)
View Book - The Capture of Cerberus (1947)
View Book - The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (1960)
View Book - Afternoon at the Seaside (1962)
View Book - The Patient (1962)
View Book - The Witness for the Prosecution (1983)
View Book - Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1989)
View Book - The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (1998)
View Book - The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim (2012)
View Book - The Market Basing Mystery (2013)
View Book - The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge (2013)
View Book - The Cornish Mystery (2013)
View Book - Problem at Sea (2013)
View Book - Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly (2013)
View Book - The Under Dog (2016)
View Book - The Double Clue (2019)
View Book - The Case of the Missing Will (2019)
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Hercule Poirot Collections Series
- The Labours of Hercules / The Labors of Hercules (1947)
View Book - The Witness for the Prosecution (1948)
View Book - The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951)
View Book - Poirot’s Early Cases (1974)
View Book - Hercule Poirot’s Casebook (1984)
View Book - Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories (1984)
View Book - The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories (1997)
View Book - Poirot’s Finest Cases (2014)
View Book - The Double Clue (2016)
View Book - The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot (2019)
View Book - The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot (2019)
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Miss Marple Series
- The Four Suspects (1930)
View Book - The Companion (1930)
View Book - The Affair at the Bungalow (1930)
View Book - The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
View Book - The Body in the Library (1942)
View Book - The Moving Finger (1942)
View Book - A Murder is Announced (1950)
View Book - They Do It With Mirrors / Murder With Mirrors (1952)
View Book - A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
View Book - 4:50 From Paddington / What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! (1957)
View Book - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (1962)
View Book - A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
View Book - At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)
View Book - Nemesis (1971)
View Book - Sleeping Murder (1976)
View Book - Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel Series (2026)
(With Lucy Foley)
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Miss Marple Short Stories/Novellas Series
- The Idol House of Astarte (1928)
View Book - Ingots of Gold (1928)
View Book - Motive v. Opportunity (1928)
View Book - The Thumb Mark of St. Peter (1928)
View Book - The Blue Geranium (1929)
View Book - The Herb of Death (1930)
View Book - Miss Marple Tells a Story (1934)
View Book - The Case of the Caretaker (1941)
View Book - Strange Jest (1941)
View Book - Tape-Measure Murder (1941)
View Book - The Case of the Perfect Maid (1942)
View Book - Sanctuary (1954)
View Book - Greenshaw’s Folly (1956)
View Book - A Christmas Tragedy (2013)
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Miss Marple Collections Series
- The Thirteen Problems (1932)
View Book - 13 Clues for Miss Marple (1966)
View Book - Miss Marple’s Final Cases (1979)
View Book - Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (1985)
View Book - Miss Marple Short Stories (2005)
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Tommy and Tuppence Series
- The Secret Adversary (1922)
View Book - Partners in Crime (1929)
View Book - N or M? (1941)
View Book - By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)
View Book - Postern of Fate (1973)
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Tommy & Tuppence Short Stories/Novellas Series
- A Fairy in the Flat (1929)
View Book - The Man Who Was No. 16 (1929)
View Book - The Affair of the Pink Pearl (1929)
View Book - The Sunningdale Mystery (1933)
View Book - The Man in the Mist (1977)
View Book - The House of Lurking Death (1995)
View Book - The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger (2012)
View Book - Finessing the King (2012)
View Book - Blindman’s Buff (2013)
View Book - The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper (2013)
View Book - A Pot of Tea (2013)
View Book - The Crackler (2013)
View Book - The Clergyman’s Daughter/The Red House (2013)
View Book - The Ambassador’s Boots (2013)
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Superintendent Battle Series
- The Secret of Chimneys (1925)
View Book - The Seven Dials Mystery (1929)
View Book - Cards on the Table (1936)
View Book - Murder is Easy / Easy To Kill (1939)
View Book - Towards Zero (1944)
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Ariadne Oliver Series
- Cards on the Table (1936)
View Book - Mrs. McGinty’s Dead / Blood Will Tell (1952)
View Book - Dead Man’s Folly (1956)
View Book - The Pale Horse (1961)
View Book - Third Girl (1966)
View Book - Hallowe’en Party / A Haunting in Venice (1969)
View Book - Elephants Can Remember (1972)
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Colonel Race Series
- The Man in the Brown Suit (1924)
View Book - Cards on the Table (1936)
View Book - Death on the Nile (1937)
View Book - Sparkling Cyanide / Remembered Death (1944)
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Harley Quin Series
- The Mysterious Mr. Quin (1930)
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Harley Quin Short Stories/Novellas Series
- The Coming of Mr. Quin (1924)
View Book - The Shadow on the Glass (1924)
View Book - The Sign in the Sky (1925)
View Book - At the ‘Bells and Motley’ (1926)
View Book - The Soul of the Croupier (1927)
View Book - The World’s End (1927)
View Book - The Voice in the Dark (1927)
View Book - The Face of Helen (1927)
View Book - Harlequin’s Lane (1927)
View Book - The Dead Harlequin (1929)
View Book - The Man from the Sea (1929)
View Book - The Bird with the Broken Wing (1930)
View Book - The Harlequin Tea Set (1971)
View Book - The Love Detectives (1993)
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Parker Pyne Short Stories/Novellas Series
- The Case of the Discontented Soldier (1932)
View Book - The Case of the City Clerk (1932)
View Book - The Case of the Distressed Lady (1932)
View Book - The Case of the Discontented Husband (1932)
View Book - The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (1932)
View Book - The House at Shiraz (1933)
View Book - Have You Got Everything You Want? (1933)
View Book - The Gate of Baghdad (1933)
View Book - The Oracle at Delphi (1933)
View Book - The Pearl of Price (1933)
View Book - The Case of the Rich Woman (1934)
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Standalone Novels Series
- Giant Bread (1930)
(As:Mary Westmacott)
View Book - The Sittaford Mystery / The Murder at Hazelmoor (1931)
View Book - Unfinished Portrait (1934)
(As:Mary Westmacott)
View Book - Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? / The Boomerang Clue (1934)
View Book - And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians (1939)
View Book - Absent in the Spring (1944)
(As:Mary Westmacott)
View Book - Death Comes as the End (1944)
View Book - The Rose And The Yew Tree (1947)
(As:Mary Westmacott)
View Book - Crooked House (1949)
View Book - They Came to Baghdad (1951)
View Book - A Daughter’s a Daughter (1952)
(As: Mary Westmacott)
View Book - Destination Unknown / So Many Steps to Death (1954)
View Book - The Burden (1956)
(As:Mary Westmacott)
View Book - Ordeal by Innocence (1958)
View Book - The Pale Horse (1961)
View Book - Endless Night (1967)
View Book - 13 at Dinner (1969)
View Book - Passenger to Frankfurt (1970)
View Book - The Unexpected Guest (1999)
(With Charles Osborne)
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Short Stories/Novellas Series
- Accident (1923)
View Book - The Actress (1923)
View Book - The Red Signal (1924)
View Book - The Mystery of the Blue Jar (1924)
View Book - The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl (1924)
View Book - Philomel Cottage (1924)
View Book - Wireless (1925)
View Book - Within a Wall (1925)
View Book - The House of Dreams (1926)
View Book - Magnolia Blossom (1926)
View Book - The Lonely God (1926)
View Book - The Rajah’s Emerald (1926)
View Book - The Edge (1927)
View Book - Sing a Song of Sixpence (1929)
View Book - Manx Gold (1930)
View Book - The Fourth Man (1933)
View Book - The Gipsy (1933)
View Book - The Manhood of Edward Robinson (1934)
View Book - Three Blind Mice: A Novella (1948)
View Book - The Dressmaker’s Doll (1958)
View Book - Express to Stamboul (1965)
View Book - The Water Bus (1965)
View Book - Jane in Search of a Job (1974)
View Book - The Girl in the Train (1993)
View Book - S.O.S. (2013)
View Book - The Lamp (2013)
View Book - The Call of Wings (2013)
View Book - The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael (2013)
View Book - A Fruitful Sunday (2013)
View Book - Swan Song (2013)
View Book - The Naughty Donkey (2013)
View Book - In the Cool of the Evening (2013)
View Book - The Island (2013)
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Short Story Collections Series
- The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (1932)
View Book - The Hound of Death (1933)
View Book - The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories (1934)
View Book - Parker Pyne Investigates (1934)
View Book - The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948)
View Book - Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1952)
View Book - Double Sin and Other Stories (1961)
View Book - Surprise! Surprise! (1965)
View Book - Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories (1965)
(By Agatha Christie Mallowan)
View Book - The Golden Ball and Other Stories (1971)
View Book - The Mousetrap and Other Plays (1978)
View Book - Agatha Christie Hour (1982)
View Book - Problem at Pollensa Bay (1985)
View Book - The Tuesday Club Murders (1986)
View Book - The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories (1997)
View Book - While the Light Lasts (1997)
View Book - Bloodstained Pavement and Other Stories (2003)
View Book - Death by Drowning (2003)
View Book - Murder In Three Stages (2004)
(With Charles Osborne)
View Book - Seven Deadly Sins (2004)
View Book - Masterpieces in Miniature (2005)
View Book - The Detectives – Short Stories (2005)
View Book - The Tuesday Night Club and Other Stories (2005)
View Book - The Red Signal and Other Stories (2005)
View Book - The Listerdale Mystery (2005)
View Book - Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown (2006)
View Book - The Actress and Other Short Stories (2006)
View Book - A Fruitful Sunday and Other Short Stories (2006)
View Book - Miss Marple and Mystery (2008)
View Book - The Last Seance: Tales of the Supernatural (2019)
View Book - Midwinter Murder (2020)
View Book - Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery (2021)
View Book - A Deadly Affair (2022)
View Book - Sinister Spring (2023)
View Book - Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime (2023)
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Plays Series
- The Mousetrap (1952)
View Book - Spider’s Web (1954)
View Book - Verdict (1958)
View Book - Rats (1962)
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Non-Fiction Series
- Come, Tell Me How You Live (1946)
(By Agatha Christie Mallowan)
View Book - Agatha Christie: An Autobiography (1977)
View Book - Clues to Christie (2011)
View Book - The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery (2012)
(With Mathew Prichard)
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Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries Series
About Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie remains the central figure in detective fiction not simply because she sold so many books, but because she helped define what a mystery novel could be. Her name has become almost shorthand for the genre itself, yet her bibliography is far broader and more various than the familiar image of a country-house murder might suggest. She wrote detective novels, short stories, plays, thrillers, and a small but important body of fiction under the name Mary Westmacott. Across all of it, she showed a rare ability to make crime fiction seem both elegantly simple and endlessly renewable.
Born in 1890 in Torquay, Christie came to fiction from a background that was in some ways sheltered and traditional, yet she became one of the sharpest observers of deceit, vanity, greed, family tension, and social performance in modern popular literature. During the First World War she worked in a hospital dispensary, and the knowledge she gained there, especially about poisons, became one of the most distinctive technical strengths in her fiction. That detail matters because Christie’s books are often praised for cleverness, but the cleverness was not abstract. It rested on precise control of information, motive, timing, and method.
Her bibliography is best understood through several major lines rather than as one undifferentiated mass of famous titles. The first and most prominent is the Hercule Poirot sequence, which runs from The Mysterious Affair at Styles to Curtain and gave Christie one of the most recognizable detectives in world literature. Poirot is fussy, theatrical, vain, and brilliant, but what makes him last is the way Christie uses him to turn psychology into detection. He solves crimes not only by clue gathering, but by understanding what kind of people his suspects are when they think no one is truly seeing them.
The second great line is Miss Marple. If Poirot often feels cosmopolitan, controlled, and self-consciously brilliant, Miss Marple works differently. She is rooted in village life, memory, and analogy. Christie uses her to show that apparently quiet lives contain all the same malice, lust, pride, and desperation found anywhere else. Miss Marple gives the books a subtler and in some ways more socially penetrating intelligence. Together, Poirot and Marple explain much of Christie’s range within the mystery form.
But Christie was never only the author of two detective brands. She also wrote standalones that remain essential to understanding her, including And Then There Were None, which may be the purest expression of her gift for pressure and structure. That novel, along with books such as Crooked House, The Pale Horse, and Endless Night, shows a darker, often more experimental Christie than the most familiar image suggests. She could be unsettling, ironic, and unexpectedly ruthless. Her work is often described as cosy, but that label can hide how often she wrote about cruelty inside family life, the fragility of respectability, and the terrifying ease with which ordinary people can choose violence.
Her bibliography also includes the Mary Westmacott novels, which matter because they reveal a different emotional register. These are not detective stories, but relationship novels, and they show that Christie’s understanding of disappointment, longing, marriage, and private suffering was not limited to crime plots. They are useful reminders that beneath the famous puzzles was a writer deeply interested in emotional concealment of every kind.
Another major part of her legacy is the stage. The Mousetrap became one of the most extraordinary theatrical successes in history, and her instinct for compression, reveal, and audience manipulation translated naturally into drama. That theatrical skill is visible in the novels too. Christie understood entrances, exits, misdirection, and the exact moment a revelation should land.
The best way to understand Agatha Christie’s bibliography is as the work of a writer who turned mystery into an art of control. She could be playful, unsettling, charming, or cold, but she was always precise. Her books remain readable not only because they are clever, but because they understand people so well: their habits, pretenses, envies, and blind spots. That is why the shelf still feels alive. Christie did not just write detective stories. She built one of the great fictional laboratories of human motive, and readers are still entering it because no one has ever arranged the experiment quite the same way.