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Hercule Poirot books in order

There are 42 books in Hercule Poirot. The latest, While the Light Lasts, came out in 1924, and Agatha Christie hasn't announced another one yet.

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Hercule Poirot books in order

  1. The Murder on the Links
    Book 2
    The Murder on the Links
    1923
  2. Poirot Investigates
    Book 3
    Poirot Investigates
    1923
  3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
    Book 4
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
    1926
  4. The Big Four
    Book 5
    The Big Four
    1927
  5. The Mystery of the Blue Train
    Book 6
    The Mystery of the Blue Train
    1927
  6. Peril at End House
    Book 7
    Peril at End House
    1930
  7. Lord Edgware Dies
    Book 8
    Lord Edgware Dies
    1933
  8. Murder on the Orient Express
    Book 9
    Murder on the Orient Express
    1933
  9. Three Act Tragedy
    Book 10
    Three Act Tragedy
    1934
  10. Death in the Clouds
    Book 11
    Death in the Clouds
    1935
  11. The ABC Murders
    Book 12
    The ABC Murders
    1935
  12. Cards on the Table
    Book 13
    Cards on the Table
    1936
  13. Murder in Mesopotamia
    Book 14
    Murder in Mesopotamia
    1936
  14. Death on the Nile
    Book 15
    Death on the Nile
    1937
  15. Dumb Witness
    Book 16
    Dumb Witness
    1937
  16. Dead Man's Mirror
    Book 17
    Dead Man's Mirror
    1937
  17. Appointment with Death
    Book 18
    Appointment with Death
    1938
  18. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
    Book 19
    Hercule Poirot's Christmas
    1938
  19. Sad Cypress
    Book 20
    Sad Cypress
    1933
  20. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
    Book 21
    One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
    1940
  21. Evil Under the Sun
    Book 22
    Evil Under the Sun
    1939
  22. Five Little Pigs
    Book 23
    Five Little Pigs
    1940
  23. The Hollow
    Book 24
    The Hollow
    1946
  24. The Labours of Hercules
    Book 25
    The Labours of Hercules
    1939
  25. Taken at the Flood
    Book 26
    Taken at the Flood
    1948
  26. Mrs. McGinty's Dead
    Book 27
    Mrs. McGinty's Dead
    1942
  27. After the Funeral
    Book 28
    After the Funeral
    1953
  28. Hickory Dickory Dock
    Book 29
    Hickory Dickory Dock
    1953
  29. Dead Man's Folly
    Book 30
    Dead Man's Folly
    1887
  30. Cat Among the Pigeons
    Book 31
    Cat Among the Pigeons
    1948
  31. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
    Book 32
    The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
    1923
  32. След погребението
    Book 33
    След погребението
    1960
  33. Third Girl
    Book 34
    Third Girl
    1941
  34. Hallowe'en Party
    Book 35
    Hallowe'en Party
    1963
  35. Elephants Can Remember
    Book 38
    Elephants Can Remember
    1972
  36. Poirot's Early Cases
    Book 39
    Poirot's Early Cases
    1937
  37. Curtain
    Book 40
    Curtain
    1920
  38. Hercule Poirot's Casebook
    Book 42
    Hercule Poirot's Casebook
    1923
  39. The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot
    Book 43
    The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot
    1974
  40. Problem at Pollensa Bay
    Book 45
    Problem at Pollensa Bay
    1935
  41. The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories
    Book 46
    The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories
    1997
  42. While the Light Lasts
    Book 47
    While the Light Lasts
    1924

Companion stories

  1. The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly: A Short Story
    Companion
    The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly: A Short Story
    1923
  2. The Chess Problem: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Chess Problem: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1927
  3. Christmas Adventure: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    Christmas Adventure: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
    2014
  4. The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1932
  5. The Second Gong: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Second Gong: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1932
  6. Poirot and the Regatta Mystery
    Companion
    Poirot and the Regatta Mystery
    1936
  7. The Chocolate Box
    Companion
    The Chocolate Box
    1925
  8. The Kidnapped Prime Minister
    Companion
    The Kidnapped Prime Minister
    1923
  9. The Lemesurier Inheritance
    Companion
    The Lemesurier Inheritance
    2019
  10. The Affair at the Victory Ball
    Companion
    The Affair at the Victory Ball
    1923
  11. The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
    Companion
    The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
    1923
  12. The Plymouth Express - a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Plymouth Express - a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1923
  13. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Adventure of the Cheap Flat: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1923
  14. The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1923
  15. Companion
    The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
    1923
  16. Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
    Companion
    Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
    1999
  17. The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor: Hercule Poirot
    Companion
    The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor: Hercule Poirot
    1923
  18. The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge: A Short Story
    Companion
    The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge: A Short Story
    1999
  19. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1923
  20. Companion
    The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
    1923
  21. The Market Basing Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Market Basing Mystery: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1923
  22. The King of Clubs: A Short Story
    Companion
    The King of Clubs: A Short Story
    1923
  23. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman: A Short Story
    Companion
    The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman: A Short Story
    1923
  24. The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories
    Companion
    The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories
    1923
  25. The Kidnapping of Johnny Waverly
    Companion
    The Kidnapping of Johnny Waverly
    1923
  26. Companion
    La aventura de Johnnie Waverly
    1923
  27. Companion
    The Case of the Missing Will: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1923
  28. The Lost Mine: A Short Story
    Companion
    The Lost Mine: A Short Story
    1923
  29. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery: Hercule Poirot
    Companion
    The Million Dollar Bond Robbery: Hercule Poirot
    1923
  30. The Veiled Lady: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Veiled Lady: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1923
  31. The Adventure of the ‘Western Star': A Short Story
    Companion
    The Adventure of the ‘Western Star': A Short Story
    1923
  32. Companion
    Double Sin: A Short Story
    1928
  33. شقة الطابق الثالث
    Companion
    شقة الطابق الثالث
    1929
  34. The Under Dog
    Companion
    The Under Dog
    1926
  35. The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1923
  36. The Mystery of the Spanish Chest - a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Mystery of the Spanish Chest - a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1960
  37. Problem at Sea: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    Problem at Sea: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1936
  38. Triangle at Rhodes: A Short Story
    Companion
    Triangle at Rhodes: A Short Story
    1936
  39. The Incredible Theft - a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Incredible Theft - a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1937
  40. Poirot riecht den Braten
    Companion
    Poirot riecht den Braten
    1937
  41. Yellow Iris
    Companion
    Yellow Iris
    1937
  42. The Dream: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Dream: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1937
  43. The Nemean Lion
    Companion
    The Nemean Lion
    1939
  44. Companion
    The Lernean Hydra: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1939
  45. The Arcadian Deer: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    The Arcadian Deer: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1940
  46. Companion
    The Erymanthian Boar: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1940
  47. Companion
    The Augean Stables: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1940
  48. The Cretan Bull
    Companion
    The Cretan Bull
    1939
  49. Companion
    The Horses of Diomedes: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1940
  50. Companion
    The Apples of Hesperides: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1940
  51. Companion
    La Captura de Cerbero
    1947
  52. Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Companion
    Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: a Hercule Poirot Short Story
    1940
  53. Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly
    Companion
    Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly
    2013
  54. Black Coffee
    Companion
    Black Coffee
    1967

What Hercule Poirot is about

From the description of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, the first book.

A refugee of the Great War, Poirot has settled in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactor, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned and the authorities are baffled, Poirot puts his prodigious sleuthing skills to work. Suspects are plentiful, including the victim’s much younger husband, her resentful stepsons, her longtime hired companion, a young family friend working as a nurse, and a London specialist on poisons who just happens to be visiting the nearby village. All of them have secrets they are desperate to keep, but none can outwit Poirot as he navigates the ingenious red herrings and plot twists that contribute to Agatha Christie's well-deserved reputation as the queen of mystery.

Hercule Poirot at a glance

Author
Agatha Christie
Books published
42
Companion stories
54
Still to come
None announced yet
First book published
1887

Questions readers ask

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How many books are in Hercule Poirot?

42 books have been published in Hercule Poirot so far, plus 54 companion stories.

What order should I read Hercule Poirot in?

Read the main books in order: 1. The Murder on the Links, 2. Poirot Investigates, 3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 4. The Big Four, 5. The Mystery of the Blue Train, 6. Peril at End House, 7. Lord Edgware Dies, 8. Murder on the Orient Express, 9. Three Act Tragedy, 10. Death in the Clouds, and so on. The 54 companions can be read alongside them.

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