Series reading guide · updated 2026
Hercule Poirot Books in Order
Every Hercule Poirot book in publication order — 61 in total, spanning 1920–2019.
Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mysterious Affair At Styles | 1920 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Murder on the Links | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 1926 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Big Four | 1927 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Mystery of the Blue Train | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Black Coffee | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Peril at End House | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Lord Edgware Dies | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Three Act Tragedy | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Murder on the Orient Express / Murder in the Calais Coach | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Death in the Clouds | 1935 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The A.B.C. Murders | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Murder in Mesopotamia | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Cards on the Table | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Dumb Witness | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Death on the Nile | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Appointment with Death | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Hercule Poirot's Christmas | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Sad Cypress | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Evil Under the Sun | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Five Little Pigs | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Hollow | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Taken at the Flood | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Mrs. McGinty's Dead | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | After the Funeral | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Hickory Dickory Dock | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Dead Man's Folly | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Cat Among the Pigeons | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Clocks | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Third Girl | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Hallowe'en Party | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Elephants Can Remember | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Curtain | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Monogram Murders | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Affair at the Victory Ball | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Adventure of the Western Star | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Afternoon At The Seaside | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Patient | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Witness for the Prosecution | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Four and Twenty Blackbirds | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Million Dollar Bond Robbery | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Market Basing Mystery, The | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Cornish Mystery | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Problem at Sea | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Under Dog | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Case of the Missing Will | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Hercule Poirot Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Labors of Hercules | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Witness for the Prosecution | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Under Dog and Other Stories | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Poirot's Early Cases | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Hercule Poirot's Casebook | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Double Clue | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 61, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mysterious Affair At Styles | 1920 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Murder on the Links | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Affair at the Victory Ball | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Adventure of the Western Star | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 1926 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Big Four | 1927 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Mystery of the Blue Train | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Black Coffee | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Peril at End House | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Lord Edgware Dies | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Three Act Tragedy | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Murder on the Orient Express / Murder in the Calais Coach | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Death in the Clouds | 1935 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The A.B.C. Murders | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Murder in Mesopotamia | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Cards on the Table | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Dumb Witness | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Death on the Nile | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Appointment with Death | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Hercule Poirot's Christmas | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Sad Cypress | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Evil Under the Sun | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Five Little Pigs | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Hollow | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Labors of Hercules | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Taken at the Flood | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Witness for the Prosecution | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Under Dog and Other Stories | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Mrs. McGinty's Dead | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | After the Funeral | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Hickory Dickory Dock | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Dead Man's Folly | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Cat Among the Pigeons | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Afternoon At The Seaside | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The Patient | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Clocks | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Third Girl | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Hallowe'en Party | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Elephants Can Remember | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Poirot's Early Cases | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Curtain | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Witness for the Prosecution | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Hercule Poirot's Casebook | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Four and Twenty Blackbirds | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Million Dollar Bond Robbery | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Market Basing Mystery, The | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | The Cornish Mystery | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Problem at Sea | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The Monogram Murders | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The Under Dog | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | The Double Clue | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | The Case of the Missing Will | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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