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Hercule Poirot Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Hercule Poirot books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Hercule Poirot series? Start with "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" (1920) and follow publication order through all 83 books.
The complete Hercule Poirot reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
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
The ABC 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
The Girdle of Hyppolita
1939
The Nemean Lion
1939
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
Taken at the Flood / There Is A Tide....
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 / The Theft of the Royal Ruby
1960
The Clocks
1963
Third Girl
1966
Hallowe'en Party / A Haunting in Venice
1969
Elephants Can Remember
1972
Curtain
1975
The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories
1997
Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly
2013
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
Triangle at Rhodes
1936
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
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