Our Agatha Christie Books

 

Year

Own

Title

Protagonist(s)

1920

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, C.I. Japp

1922

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The Secret Adversary

Tommy and Tuppence

1923

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The Murder on the Links

Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings

1924

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The Man in the Brown Suit

Anne Beddingfeld, Col. Race

1924

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Poirot Investigates

The Adventure 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

Hercule Poirot

1925

 

The Secret of Chimneys

Anthony Cade, Sup’t Battle

1926

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd [in Masterpieces of Murder]

Hercule Poirot

1927

 

The Big Four

Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, C.I. Japp

1928

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The Mystery of the Blue Train

Hercule Poirot

1929

 

The Seven Dials Mystery

Eileen Bundle Brent, Sup’t Battle

1929

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Partners in Crime

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 Ambassador's Boots

The Man Who Was No. 16

Tommy & Tuppence

1930

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The Murder at the Vicarage

Miss Marple

1930

 

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

The Coming of Mr. Quin

The Shadow on the Glass

At 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

Quin & Satterwaithe

1931

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The Sittaford Mystery | Murder at Hazelmoor

Emily Trefusis, Inspector Narracott

1932

 

Peril at End House

Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, C.I. Japp

1932

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The Thirteen Problems [also in Miss Marple | The Complete Short Stories”]

The Tuesday Night Club

The Idol House of Astarte

Ingots of Gold

The Blood-Stained 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

Miss Marple

1933

 

The Hound of Death

The Hound of Death

The Red Signal

The Fourth Man

The Gypsy

The Lamp

Wireless

The Witness for the Prosecution

The Mystery of the Blue Jar

The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael

 

1933

 

Lord Edgware Dies | Thirteen at Dinner

Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, C.I. Japp

1934

 

The Listerdale Mystery

The Listerdale Mystery

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 Adventure

The Golden Ball

The Rajah's Emerald

Swan Song

 

1934

 

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? | The Boomerang Clue

Bobby Jones, Frankie Derwent

1934

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Murder on the Orient Express | Murder in the Calais Coach

Hercule Poirot

1934

 

Parker Pyne Investigates

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 at Shiraz

The Pearl of Price

Death on the Nile

The Oracle at Delphi

Parker Pyne

1935

 

Three Act Tragedy | Murder in Three Acts

Hercule Poirot

1935

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Death in the Clouds | Death in the Air

Hercule Poirot, C.I. Japp

1936

√

Murder in Mesopotamia

Hercule Poirot

1936

 

The A.B.C. Murders | The Alphabet Murders

Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, C.I. Japp

1936

√

Cards on the Table

Hercule Poirot, Col. Race, Sup’t Battle, Ariadne Oliver

1937

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Murder in the Mews | Dead Man’s Mirror

Murder in the Mews

The Incredible Theft

Dead Man's Mirror

Triangle at Rhodes

Hercule Poirot

1937

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Dumb Witness | Poirot Loses a Client

Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings

1937

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Death on the Nile [also in Masterpieces of Murder]

Hercule Poirot, Col. Race

1938

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Appointment with Death

Hercule Poirot

1938

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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas | Murder for Christmas | A Holiday for Murder

Hercule Poirot

1939

√

Ten Little Niggers | And Then There Were None | Ten Little Indians [also in Masterpieces of Murder]

 

1939

√

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories [in Miss Marple | The Complete Short Stories”]

The Regatta Mystery

The Mystery of the Bagdad 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

Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Parker Pyne

1939

√

Murder is Easy | Easy to Kill

Sup’t Battle

1940

√

Sad Cypress

Hercule Poirot

1940

√

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | An Overdose of Death | The Patriotic Murders

Hercule Poirot, C.I. Japp

1941

√

Evil Under the Sun

Hercule Poirot

1941

 

N or M?

Tommy and Tuppence

1942

√

Five Little Pigs | Murder in Retrospect

Hercule Poirot

1942

√

The Body in the Library

Miss Marple

1942

√

The Moving Finger | The Case of the Moving Finger

Miss Marple

1944

 

Death Comes as the End

Hori

1944

 

Towards Zero

Sup’t Battle, Inspector James Leach

1945

 

Sparkling Cyanide | Remembered Death

Col. Race

1946

 

The Hollow | Murder After Hours

Hercule Poirot

1947

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The Labors of Hercules

Foreword

The Nemean Lion

The Lernaean 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 Hesperides

The Capture of Cerberus

Hercule Poirot

1948

 

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

Accident

The Fourth Man

The Mystery of the Blue Jar

The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl (a.k.a. Mr. Eastwood's Adventure)

Philomel Cottage

The Red Signal

The Second Gong

Sing a Song of Sixpence

S.O.S.

Where There's a Will (a.k.a. Wireless)

The Witness for the Prosecution

 

1948

√

Taken at the Flood | There is a Tide...

Hercule Poirot

1949

 

Crooked House

Charles Hayward

1950

√

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories [in Miss Marple | The Complete Short Stories”]

Three Blind Mice

Strange Jest

The Tape-Measure Murder

The Case of the Perfect Maid

The Case of the Caretaker

The Third Floor Flat

The Adventure of Johnny Waverly

Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds

The Love Detectives

 

1950

√

A Murder is Announced

Miss Marple

1951

√

The Under Dog and Other Stories

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

Hercule Poirot

1951

√

They Came to Baghdad

Victoria Jones

1952

 

Mrs McGinty’s Dead | Blood Will Tell

Hercule Poirot, Ariadne Oliver

1952

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They Do It with Mirrors | Murder with Mirrors

Miss Marple

1953

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After the Funeral | Funerals are Fatal | Murder at the Gallop

Hercule Poirot

1953

√

A Pocket Full of Rye

Miss Marple

1954

 

Destination Unknown | So Many Steps to Death

 

1955

 

Hickory Dickory Dock | Hickory Dickory Death

Hercule Poirot

1956

 

Dead Man’s Folly

Hercule Poirot, Ariadne Oliver

1957

√

4.50 from Paddington | What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! | Murder She Said

Miss Marple

1958

√

Ordeal by Innocence

 

1959

√

Cat Among the Pigeons

Hercule Poirot

1960

 

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

The Under Dog

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

The Dream

Greenshaw's Folly

Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple

1961

√

Double Sin and Other Stories [in Miss Marple | The Complete Short Stories”]

Double Sin

Wasp's Nest

The Theft of the Royal Ruby (also known as The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding)

The Dressmaker's Doll

Greenshaw's Folly

The Double Clue

The Last Seance

Sanctuary

 

1961

√

The Pale Horse

Inspector Lejeune, Ariadne Oliver

1962

√

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side | The Mirror Crack’d

Miss Marple

1963

√

The Clocks

Hercule Poirot

1964

 

A Caribbean Mystery

Miss Marple

1965

√

At Bertram’s Hotel

Miss Marple

1966

 

Third Girl

Hercule Poirot, Ariadne Oliver

1967

√

Endless Night

 

1968

√

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

Tommy and Tuppence

1969

 

Hallowe’en Party

Hercule Poirot, Ariadne Oliver

1970

√

Passenger to Frankfurt

 

1971

√

The Golden Ball and Other Stories

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 Gypsy

The Lamp

The Strange Case of Sir Andrew Carmichael

The Call of Wings

Magnolia Blossom

Next to a Dog

 

1971

 

Nemesis

Miss Marple

1972

√

Elephants Can Remember

Hercule Poirot, Ariadne Oliver

1973

√

Postern of Fate (final Tommy and Tuppence), last novel Christie wrote

Tommy and Tuppence

1974

 

Poirot's Early Cases

The Affair at 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

Wasp's Nest

The Veiled Lady

Problem at Sea

How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

1975

√

Curtain (Poirot’s last case, written four decades earlier)

Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings

1976

√

Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple’s last case, written four decades earlier)

Miss Marple

1979

 

Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories

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

Miss Marple

1991

 

Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories

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

 

1997

 

The Harlequin Tea Set

The Edge

The Actress

While the Light Lasts

The House of Dreams

The Lonely God

Manx Gold

Within a Wall

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

The Harlequin Tea Set

 

1997

 

While the Light Lasts and Other Stories

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

 

1998

 

Black Coffee [novelization of AC’s play by Charles Osborne]

 

1999

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The Unexpected Guest [novelization of AC’s play by Charles Osborne]

 

2000

√

Spider’s Web, The [novelization of AC’s play by Charles Osborne]