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Agatha Christie Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Agatha Christie in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 286 books / 20 series

British author best known for the Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple mystery series. Her 66 detective novels have sold over two billion copies, making her the best-selling fiction writer of all time. This page lists Agatha Christie’s books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.

Books by Agatha Christie in Publication Order

1920 The Mysterious Affair at Styles POoHPB / 1 Buy
1922 The Secret Adversary POoTaTB / 1 Buy
1923 The Adventure of the Cheap Flat POoHPSS / 1 Buy
1923 Accident POoSS / 1 Buy
1923 The King of Clubs POoHPSS / 2 Buy
1923 The Actress POoSS / 2 Buy
1923 The Murder on the Links POoHPB / 2 Buy
1923 The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly POoHPSS / 3 Buy
1923 The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman POoHPSS / 4 Buy
1923 The Veiled Lady POoHPSS / 5 Buy
1923 The Kidnapped Prime Minister POoHPSS / 6 Buy
1923 The Plymouth Express POoHPSS / 7 Buy
1923 Christmas Adventure POoHPSS / 8 Buy
1923 The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan POoHPSS / 9 Buy
1923 The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor POoHPSS / 10 Buy
1923 The Affair at the Victory Ball POoHPSS / 11 Buy
1923 The Adventure of the Western Star POoHPSS / 12 Buy
1923 The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb POoHPSS / 13 Buy
1923 The Submarine Plans POoHPSS / 14 Buy
1923 The Adventure of the Clapham Cook POoHPSS / 15 Buy
1923 The Lost Mine POoHPSS / 16 Buy
1923 The Lemesurier Inheritance POoHPSS / 17 Buy
1924 The Coming of Mr. Quin POoHQSS / 1 Buy
1924 The Man in the Brown Suit POoCRB / 1 Buy
1924 The Shadow on the Glass POoHQSS / 2 Buy
1924 The Red Signal POoSS / 3 Buy
1924 Poirot Investigates POoHPB / 3 Buy
1924 The Mystery of the Blue Jar POoSS / 4 Buy
1924 The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl POoSS / 5 Buy
1924 Philomel Cottage POoSS / 6 Buy
1925 The Secret of Chimneys POoSBB / 1 Buy
1925 The Sign in the Sky POoHQSS / 3 Buy
1925 Wireless POoSS / 7 Buy
1925 Within a Wall POoSS / 8 Buy
1925 The Chocolate Box POoHPSS / 18 Buy
1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd POoHPB / 4 Buy
1926 At the 'Bells and Motley' POoHQSS / 4 Buy
1926 The House of Dreams POoSS / 9 Buy
1926 Magnolia Blossom POoSS / 10 Buy
1926 The Lonely God POoSS / 11 Buy
1926 The Rajah's Emerald POoSS / 12 Buy
1927 The Soul of the Croupier POoHQSS / 5 Buy
1927 The Big Four POoHPB / 5 Buy
1927 The World's End POoHQSS / 6 Buy
1927 The Voice in the Dark POoHQSS / 7 Buy
1927 The Face of Helen POoHQSS / 8 Buy
1927 Harlequin's Lane POoHQSS / 9 Buy
1927 The Edge POoSS / 13 Buy
1927 The Chess Problem POoHPSS / 19 Buy
1928 The Idol House of Astarte POoMMSS / 1 Buy
1928 Ingots of Gold POoMMSS / 2 Buy
1928 Motive v. Opportunity POoMMSS / 3 Buy
1928 The Thumb Mark of St. Peter POoMMSS / 4 Buy
1928 The Mystery of the Blue Train POoHPB / 6 Buy
1928 Double Sin POoHPSS / 20 Buy
1929 A Fairy in the Flat POoT&TSS / 1 Buy
1929 The Unbreakable Alibi POoT&TMB / 1 Buy
1929 Partners in Crime POoTaTB / 2 Buy
1929 The Seven Dials Mystery POoSBB / 2 Buy
1929 The Man Who Was No. 16 POoT&TSS / 2 Buy
1929 The Affair of the Pink Pearl POoT&TSS / 3 Buy
1929 The Blue Geranium POoMMSS / 5 Buy
1929 The Dead Harlequin POoHQSS / 10 Buy
1929 The Man from the Sea POoHQSS / 11 Buy
1929 Sing a Song of Sixpence POoSS / 14 Buy
1929 The Third-Floor Flat POoHPSS / 21 Buy
1929 Wasps' Nest POoHPSS / 22 Buy
1930 Giant Bread(As:Mary Westmacott) POoSN / 1 Buy
1930 The Mysterious Mr. Quin POoHQB / 1 Buy
1930 The Four Suspects POoMMB / 1 Buy
1930 The Companion POoMMB / 2 Buy
1930 The Affair at the Bungalow POoMMB / 3 Buy
1930 The Murder at the Vicarage POoMMB / 4 Buy
1930 The Herb of Death POoMMSS / 6 Buy
1930 Black Coffee POoHPB / 7 Buy
1930 The Bird with the Broken Wing POoHQSS / 12 Buy
1930 Manx Gold POoSS / 15 Buy
1931 The Sittaford Mystery / The Murder at Hazelmoor POoSN / 2 Buy
1932 The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories POoSSC / 1 Buy
1932 The Thirteen Problems POoMMC / 1 Buy
1932 The Case of the Discontented Soldier POoPPSS / 1 Buy
1932 The Case of the City Clerk / The ’199 Adventure POoPPSS / 2 Buy
1932 The Case of the Distressed Lady POoPPSS / 3 Buy
1932 The Case of the Discontented Husband POoPPSS / 4 Buy
1932 The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife POoPPSS / 5 Buy
1932 Peril at End House POoHPB / 8 Buy
1932 The Second Gong POoHPSS / 23 Buy
1932 The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest POoHPSS / 24 Buy
1933 The Hound of Death POoSSC / 2 Buy
1933 The Sunningdale Mystery POoT&TSS / 4 Buy
1933 The House at Shiraz POoPPSS / 6 Buy
1933 Have You Got Everything You Want? POoPPSS / 7 Buy
1933 The Gate of Baghdad POoPPSS / 8 Buy
1933 The Oracle at Delphi POoPPSS / 9 Buy
1933 Lord Edgware Dies / Thirteen at Dinner POoHPB / 9 Buy
1933 The Pearl of Price POoPPSS / 10 Buy
1933 The Fourth Man POoSS / 16 Buy
1933 The Gipsy POoSS / 17 Buy
1934 The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories POoSSC / 3 Buy
1934 Unfinished Portrait(As:Mary Westmacott) POoSN / 3 Buy
1934 Parker Pyne Investigates POoSSC / 4 Buy
1934 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? / The Boomerang Clue POoSN / 4 Buy
1934 Miss Marple Tells a Story POoMMSS / 7 Buy
1934 Three Act Tragedy / Murder in Three Acts POoHPB / 10 Buy
1934 Murder on the Orient Express / Murder in the Calais Coach POoHPB / 11 Buy
1934 The Case of the Rich Woman POoPPSS / 11 Buy
1934 The Manhood of Edward Robinson POoSS / 18 Buy
1935 Death in the Clouds / Death in the Air POoHPB / 12 Buy
1935 How Does Your Garden Grow? POoHPSS / 25 Buy
1936 Cards on the Table POoAOB / 1 Buy
1936 The ABC Murders POoHPB / 13 Buy
1936 Murder in Mesopotamia POoHPB / 14 Buy
1936 Triangle at Rhodes POoHPSS / 26 Buy
1936 Poirot and the Regatta Mystery POoHPSS / 27 Buy
1937 Death on the Nile POoCRB / 3 Buy
1937 Dumb Witness / Poirot Loses a Client POoHPB / 16 Buy
1937 Murder in the Mews / Dead Man's Mirror POoHPB / 18 Buy
1937 Yellow Iris POoHPSS / 28 Buy
1937 The Incredible Theft POoHPSS / 29 Buy
1937 The Dream POoHPSS / 30 Buy
1938 Appointment with Death POoHPB / 19 Buy
1938 Hercule Poirot's Christmas / Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas POoHPB / 20 Buy
1939 Murder is Easy / Easy To Kill POoSBB / 4 Buy
1939 And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians POoSN / 5 Buy
1939 The Girdle of Hyppolita POoHPB / 21 Buy
1939 The Nemean Lion POoHPB / 22 Buy
1939 The Cretan Bull POoHPSS / 31 Buy
1939 The Stymphalean Birds POoHPSS / 32 Buy
1939 The Lernean Hydra POoHPSS / 33 Buy
1940 Sad Cypress POoHPB / 23 Buy
1940 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe / Overdose of Death POoHPB / 24 Buy
1940 The Apples of Hesperides POoHPSS / 34 Buy
1940 The Flock of Geryon POoHPSS / 35 Buy
1940 The Horses of Diomedes POoHPSS / 36 Buy
1940 The Augean Stables POoHPSS / 37 Buy
1940 The Erymanthian Boar POoHPSS / 38 Buy
1940 The Arcadian Deer POoHPSS / 39 Buy
1941 N or M? POoTaTB / 3 Buy
1941 The Case of the Caretaker POoMMSS / 8 Buy
1941 Strange Jest POoMMSS / 9 Buy
1941 Tape-Measure Murder POoMMSS / 10 Buy
1941 Evil Under the Sun POoHPB / 25 Buy
1942 The Body in the Library POoMMB / 5 Buy
1942 The Moving Finger POoMMB / 6 Buy
1942 The Case of the Perfect Maid POoMMSS / 11 Buy
1942 Five Little Pigs / Murder in Retrospect POoHPB / 26 Buy
1944 Sparkling Cyanide / Remembered Death POoCRB / 4 Buy
1944 Towards Zero POoSBB / 5 Buy
1944 Absent in the Spring(As:Mary Westmacott) POoSN / 6 Buy
1944 Death Comes as the End POoSN / 7 Buy
1946 Come, Tell Me How You Live(By: Agatha Christie Mallowan) POoNB / 1 Buy
1946 The Hollow / Murder after Hours POoHPB / 27 Buy
1947 The Labours of Hercules / The Labors of Hercules POoHPC / 1 Buy
1947 The Rose And The Yew Tree(As:Mary Westmacott) POoSN / 8 Buy
1947 The Capture of Cerberus POoHPSS / 40 Buy
1948 The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories POoSSC / 5 Buy
1948 Three Blind Mice: A Novella POoSS / 19 Buy
1948 Taken at the Flood / There Is A Tide.... POoHPB / 28 Buy
1949 Crooked House POoSN / 9 Buy
1950 A Murder is Announced POoMMB / 7 Buy
1951 The Under Dog and Other Stories POoHPC / 3 Buy
1951 They Came to Baghdad POoSN / 10 Buy
1952 The Mousetrap POoP / 1 Buy
1952 Three Blind Mice and Other Stories POoSSC / 6 Buy
1952 They Do It With Mirrors / Murder With Mirrors POoMMB / 8 Buy
1952 A Daughter's a Daughter(As: Mary Westmacott) POoSN / 11 Buy
1952 Mrs. McGinty's Dead / Blood Will Tell POoHPB / 29 Buy
1953 A Pocket Full of Rye POoMMB / 9 Buy
1953 After the Funeral / Funerals are Fatal POoHPB / 30 Buy
1954 Spider's Web POoP / 2 Buy
1954 Sanctuary POoMMSS / 12 Buy
1954 Destination Unknown / So Many Steps to Death POoSN / 12 Buy
1955 Hickory Dickory Dock POoHPB / 31 Buy
1956 Dead Man's Folly POoAOB / 3 Buy
1956 Greenshaw's Folly POoMMSS / 13 Buy
1956 The Burden(As:Mary Westmacott) POoSN / 13 Buy
1957 4:50 From Paddington / What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! POoMMB / 10 Buy
1958 Verdict POoP / 3 Buy
1958 Ordeal by Innocence POoSN / 14 Buy
1958 The Dressmaker's Doll POoSS / 20 Buy
1959 Cat Among the Pigeons POoHPB / 33 Buy
1960 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding / The Theft of the Royal Ruby POoHPB / 34 Buy
1960 The Mystery of the Spanish Chest POoHPSS / 41 Buy
1961 Double Sin and Other Stories POoSSC / 7 Buy
1961 The Pale Horse POoSN / 15 Buy
1962 Rats POoP / 4 Buy
1962 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side POoMMB / 11 Buy
1962 Afternoon at the Seaside POoHPSS / 42 Buy
1962 The Patient POoHPSS / 43 Buy
1963 The Clocks POoHPB / 35 Buy
1964 A Caribbean Mystery POoMMB / 12 Buy
1965 Surprise! Surprise! POoSSC / 8 Buy
1965 Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories(By: Agatha Christie Mallowan) POoSSC / 9 Buy
1965 At Bertram's Hotel POoMMB / 13 Buy
1965 Express to Stamboul POoSS / 21 Buy
1965 The Water Bus POoSS / 22 Buy
1966 13 Clues for Miss Marple POoMMC / 2 Buy
1966 Third Girl POoAOB / 5 Buy
1967 Endless Night POoSN / 16 Buy
1968 By the Pricking of My Thumbs POoTaTB / 4 Buy
1969 Hallowe'en Party / A Haunting in Venice POoAOB / 6 Buy
1969 13 at Dinner POoSN / 17 Buy
1970 Passenger to Frankfurt POoSN / 18 Buy
1971 The Golden Ball and Other Stories POoSSC / 10 Buy
1971 The Harlequin Tea Set POoHQSS / 13 Buy
1971 Nemesis POoMMB / 14 Buy
1972 The Case of the Missing Lady POoT&TMB / 2 Buy
1972 Elephants Can Remember POoAOB / 7 Buy
1973 Postern of Fate POoTaTB / 5 Buy
1974 Poirot's Early Cases POoHPC / 4 Buy
1974 Jane in Search of a Job POoSS / 23 Buy
1975 Curtain POoHPB / 39 Buy
1976 Sleeping Murder POoMMB / 15 Buy
1977 Agatha Christie: An Autobiography POoNB / 2 Buy
1977 The Man in the Mist POoT&TSS / 5 Buy
1978 The Mousetrap and Other Plays POoSSC / 11 Buy
1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases POoMMC / 3 Buy
1982 Agatha Christie Hour POoSSC / 12 Buy
1983 The Witness for the Prosecution POoHPSS / 44 Buy
1984 Hercule Poirot's Casebook POoHPC / 5 Buy
1984 Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories POoHPC / 6 Buy
1985 Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories POoMMC / 4 Buy
1985 Problem at Pollensa Bay POoSSC / 13 Buy
1986 The Tuesday Club Murders POoSSC / 14 Buy
1989 Four and Twenty Blackbirds POoHPSS / 45 Buy
1993 The Love Detectives POoHQSS / 14 Buy
1993 The Girl in the Train POoSS / 24 Buy
1995 The House of Lurking Death POoT&TSS / 6 Buy
1997 The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories POoSSC / 15 Buy
1997 While the Light Lasts POoSSC / 16 Buy
1998 The Million Dollar Bond Robbery POoHPSS / 46 Buy
1999 The Unexpected Guest(With: Charles Osborne) POoSN / 19 Buy
2003 Bloodstained Pavement and Other Stories POoSSC / 17 Buy
2003 Death by Drowning POoSSC / 18 Buy
2004 Murder In Three Stages(With: Charles Osborne) POoSSC / 19 Buy
2004 Seven Deadly Sins POoSSC / 20 Buy
2005 Miss Marple Short Stories POoMMC / 5 Buy
2005 Masterpieces in Miniature POoSSC / 21 Buy
2005 The Detectives - Short Stories POoSSC / 22 Buy
2005 The Tuesday Night Club and Other Stories POoSSC / 23 Buy
2005 The Red Signal and Other Stories POoSSC / 24 Buy
2005 The Listerdale Mystery POoSSC / 25 Buy
2006 Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown POoSSC / 26 Buy
2006 The Actress and Other Short Stories POoSSC / 27 Buy
2006 A Fruitful Sunday and Other Short Stories POoSSC / 28 Buy
2008 Miss Marple and Mystery POoSSC / 29 Buy
2011 Clues to Christie POoNB / 3 Buy
2012 The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery(With: Mathew Prichard) POoNB / 4 Buy
2012 The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger POoT&TSS / 7 Buy
2012 Finessing the King POoT&TSS / 8 Buy
2012 The Disappearance of Mr.’Davenheim POoHPSS / 47 Buy
2013 Blindman's Buff POoT&TSS / 9 Buy
2013 The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper POoT&TSS / 10 Buy
2013 A Pot of Tea POoT&TSS / 11 Buy
2013 The Crackler POoT&TSS / 12 Buy
2013 The Clergyman's Daughter/The Red House POoT&TSS / 13 Buy
2013 The Ambassador's Boots POoT&TSS / 14 Buy
2013 A Christmas Tragedy POoMMSS / 14 Buy
2013 S.O.S. POoSS / 25 Buy
2013 The Lamp POoSS / 26 Buy
2013 The Call of Wings POoSS / 27 Buy
2013 The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael POoSS / 28 Buy
2013 A Fruitful Sunday POoSS / 29 Buy
2013 Swan Song POoSS / 30 Buy
2013 The Naughty Donkey POoSS / 31 Buy
2013 In the Cool of the Evening POoSS / 32 Buy
2013 The Island POoSS / 33 Buy
2013 The Market Basing Mystery POoHPSS / 48 Buy
2013 The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge POoHPSS / 49 Buy
2013 The Cornish Mystery POoHPSS / 50 Buy
2013 Problem at Sea POoHPSS / 51 Buy
2013 Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly POoHPSS / 52 Buy
2014 Poirot's Finest Cases POoHPC / 8 Buy
2016 The Under Dog POoHPSS / 53 Buy
2019 The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot POoHPC / 10 Buy
2019 The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot POoHPC / 11 Buy
2019 The Last Seance: Tales of the Supernatural POoSSC / 30 Buy
2019 The Double Clue POoHPSS / 54 Buy
2019 The Case of the Missing Will POoHPSS / 55 Buy
2020 Midwinter Murder POoSSC / 31 Buy
2021 Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery POoSSC / 32 Buy
2022 A Deadly Affair POoSSC / 33 Buy
2023 Sinister Spring POoSSC / 34 Buy
2023 Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime POoSSC / 35 Buy
2024 The Official Agatha Christie Puzzle Book POoNB / 5 Buy
2026 Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel Series(With: Lucy Foley) POoMMB / 16 Buy

Complete Agatha Christie Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 The Secret of Chimneys 1925 Buy
02 The Seven Dials Mystery 1929 Buy
04 Murder is Easy / Easy To Kill 1939 Buy
05 Towards Zero 1944 Buy
Miss Marple Reading Order 16 books / 1930-2026
01 The Four Suspects 1930 Buy
02 The Companion 1930 Buy
03 The Affair at the Bungalow 1930 Buy
04 The Murder at the Vicarage 1930 Buy
05 The Body in the Library 1942 Buy
06 The Moving Finger 1942 Buy
07 A Murder is Announced 1950 Buy
08 They Do It With Mirrors / Murder With Mirrors 1952 Buy
09 A Pocket Full of Rye 1953 Buy
10 4:50 From Paddington / What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! 1957 Buy
11 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side 1962 Buy
12 A Caribbean Mystery 1964 Buy
13 At Bertram's Hotel 1965 Buy
14 Nemesis 1971 Buy
15 Sleeping Murder 1976 Buy
16 Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel Series(With: Lucy Foley) 2026 Buy
01 The Mysterious Mr. Quin 1930 Buy
Hercule Poirot Reading Order 33 books / 1920-1975
01 The Mysterious Affair at Styles 1920 Buy
02 The Murder on the Links 1923 Buy
03 Poirot Investigates 1924 Buy
04 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926 Buy
05 The Big Four 1927 Buy
06 The Mystery of the Blue Train 1928 Buy
07 Black Coffee 1930 Buy
08 Peril at End House 1932 Buy
09 Lord Edgware Dies / Thirteen at Dinner 1933 Buy
10 Three Act Tragedy / Murder in Three Acts 1934 Buy
11 Murder on the Orient Express / Murder in the Calais Coach 1934 Buy
12 Death in the Clouds / Death in the Air 1935 Buy
13 The ABC Murders 1936 Buy
14 Murder in Mesopotamia 1936 Buy
16 Dumb Witness / Poirot Loses a Client 1937 Buy
18 Murder in the Mews / Dead Man's Mirror 1937 Buy
19 Appointment with Death 1938 Buy
20 Hercule Poirot's Christmas / Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas 1938 Buy
21 The Girdle of Hyppolita 1939 Buy
22 The Nemean Lion 1939 Buy
23 Sad Cypress 1940 Buy
24 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe / Overdose of Death 1940 Buy
25 Evil Under the Sun 1941 Buy
26 Five Little Pigs / Murder in Retrospect 1942 Buy
27 The Hollow / Murder after Hours 1946 Buy
28 Taken at the Flood / There Is A Tide.... 1948 Buy
29 Mrs. McGinty's Dead / Blood Will Tell 1952 Buy
30 After the Funeral / Funerals are Fatal 1953 Buy
31 Hickory Dickory Dock 1955 Buy
33 Cat Among the Pigeons 1959 Buy
34 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding / The Theft of the Royal Ruby 1960 Buy
35 The Clocks 1963 Buy
39 Curtain 1975 Buy
01 Accident 1923 Buy
02 The Actress 1923 Buy
03 The Red Signal 1924 Buy
04 The Mystery of the Blue Jar 1924 Buy
05 The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl 1924 Buy
06 Philomel Cottage 1924 Buy
07 Wireless 1925 Buy
08 Within a Wall 1925 Buy
09 The House of Dreams 1926 Buy
10 Magnolia Blossom 1926 Buy
11 The Lonely God 1926 Buy
12 The Rajah's Emerald 1926 Buy
13 The Edge 1927 Buy
14 Sing a Song of Sixpence 1929 Buy
15 Manx Gold 1930 Buy
16 The Fourth Man 1933 Buy
17 The Gipsy 1933 Buy
18 The Manhood of Edward Robinson 1934 Buy
19 Three Blind Mice: A Novella 1948 Buy
20 The Dressmaker's Doll 1958 Buy
21 Express to Stamboul 1965 Buy
22 The Water Bus 1965 Buy
23 Jane in Search of a Job 1974 Buy
24 The Girl in the Train 1993 Buy
25 S.O.S. 2013 Buy
26 The Lamp 2013 Buy
27 The Call of Wings 2013 Buy
28 The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael 2013 Buy
29 A Fruitful Sunday 2013 Buy
30 Swan Song 2013 Buy
31 The Naughty Donkey 2013 Buy
32 In the Cool of the Evening 2013 Buy
33 The Island 2013 Buy
01 The Idol House of Astarte 1928 Buy
02 Ingots of Gold 1928 Buy
03 Motive v. Opportunity 1928 Buy
04 The Thumb Mark of St. Peter 1928 Buy
05 The Blue Geranium 1929 Buy
06 The Herb of Death 1930 Buy
07 Miss Marple Tells a Story 1934 Buy
08 The Case of the Caretaker 1941 Buy
09 Strange Jest 1941 Buy
10 Tape-Measure Murder 1941 Buy
11 The Case of the Perfect Maid 1942 Buy
12 Sanctuary 1954 Buy
13 Greenshaw's Folly 1956 Buy
14 A Christmas Tragedy 2013 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 19 books / 1930-1999
01 Giant Bread(As:Mary Westmacott) 1930 Buy
02 The Sittaford Mystery / The Murder at Hazelmoor 1931 Buy
03 Unfinished Portrait(As:Mary Westmacott) 1934 Buy
04 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? / The Boomerang Clue 1934 Buy
05 And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians 1939 Buy
06 Absent in the Spring(As:Mary Westmacott) 1944 Buy
07 Death Comes as the End 1944 Buy
08 The Rose And The Yew Tree(As:Mary Westmacott) 1947 Buy
09 Crooked House 1949 Buy
10 They Came to Baghdad 1951 Buy
11 A Daughter's a Daughter(As: Mary Westmacott) 1952 Buy
12 Destination Unknown / So Many Steps to Death 1954 Buy
13 The Burden(As:Mary Westmacott) 1956 Buy
14 Ordeal by Innocence 1958 Buy
15 The Pale Horse 1961 Buy
16 Endless Night 1967 Buy
17 13 at Dinner 1969 Buy
18 Passenger to Frankfurt 1970 Buy
19 The Unexpected Guest(With: Charles Osborne) 1999 Buy
Colonel Race Reading Order 3 books / 1924-1944
01 The Man in the Brown Suit 1924 Buy
03 Death on the Nile 1937 Buy
04 Sparkling Cyanide / Remembered Death 1944 Buy
01 The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories 1932 Buy
02 The Hound of Death 1933 Buy
03 The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories 1934 Buy
04 Parker Pyne Investigates 1934 Buy
05 The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories 1948 Buy
06 Three Blind Mice and Other Stories 1952 Buy
07 Double Sin and Other Stories 1961 Buy
08 Surprise! Surprise! 1965 Buy
09 Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories(By: Agatha Christie Mallowan) 1965 Buy
10 The Golden Ball and Other Stories 1971 Buy
11 The Mousetrap and Other Plays 1978 Buy
12 Agatha Christie Hour 1982 Buy
13 Problem at Pollensa Bay 1985 Buy
14 The Tuesday Club Murders 1986 Buy
15 The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories 1997 Buy
16 While the Light Lasts 1997 Buy
17 Bloodstained Pavement and Other Stories 2003 Buy
18 Death by Drowning 2003 Buy
19 Murder In Three Stages(With: Charles Osborne) 2004 Buy
20 Seven Deadly Sins 2004 Buy
21 Masterpieces in Miniature 2005 Buy
22 The Detectives - Short Stories 2005 Buy
23 The Tuesday Night Club and Other Stories 2005 Buy
24 The Red Signal and Other Stories 2005 Buy
25 The Listerdale Mystery 2005 Buy
26 Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown 2006 Buy
27 The Actress and Other Short Stories 2006 Buy
28 A Fruitful Sunday and Other Short Stories 2006 Buy
29 Miss Marple and Mystery 2008 Buy
30 The Last Seance: Tales of the Supernatural 2019 Buy
31 Midwinter Murder 2020 Buy
32 Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery 2021 Buy
33 A Deadly Affair 2022 Buy
34 Sinister Spring 2023 Buy
35 Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime 2023 Buy
01 The Unbreakable Alibi 1929 Buy
02 The Case of the Missing Lady 1972 Buy
Ariadne Oliver Reading Order 5 books / 1936-1972
01 Cards on the Table 1936 Buy
03 Dead Man's Folly 1956 Buy
05 Third Girl 1966 Buy
06 Hallowe'en Party / A Haunting in Venice 1969 Buy
07 Elephants Can Remember 1972 Buy
01 The Case of the Discontented Soldier 1932 Buy
02 The Case of the City Clerk / The ’199 Adventure 1932 Buy
03 The Case of the Distressed Lady 1932 Buy
04 The Case of the Discontented Husband 1932 Buy
05 The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife 1932 Buy
06 The House at Shiraz 1933 Buy
07 Have You Got Everything You Want? 1933 Buy
08 The Gate of Baghdad 1933 Buy
09 The Oracle at Delphi 1933 Buy
10 The Pearl of Price 1933 Buy
11 The Case of the Rich Woman 1934 Buy
Plays Reading Order 4 books / 1952-1962
01 The Mousetrap 1952 Buy
02 Spider's Web 1954 Buy
03 Verdict 1958 Buy
04 Rats 1962 Buy
01 The Labours of Hercules / The Labors of Hercules 1947 Buy
03 The Under Dog and Other Stories 1951 Buy
04 Poirot's Early Cases 1974 Buy
05 Hercule Poirot's Casebook 1984 Buy
06 Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories 1984 Buy
08 Poirot's Finest Cases 2014 Buy
10 The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot 2019 Buy
11 The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot 2019 Buy
01 The Adventure of the Cheap Flat 1923 Buy
02 The King of Clubs 1923 Buy
03 The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly 1923 Buy
04 The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman 1923 Buy
05 The Veiled Lady 1923 Buy
06 The Kidnapped Prime Minister 1923 Buy
07 The Plymouth Express 1923 Buy
08 Christmas Adventure 1923 Buy
09 The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan 1923 Buy
10 The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor 1923 Buy
11 The Affair at the Victory Ball 1923 Buy
12 The Adventure of the Western Star 1923 Buy
13 The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb 1923 Buy
14 The Submarine Plans 1923 Buy
15 The Adventure of the Clapham Cook 1923 Buy
16 The Lost Mine 1923 Buy
17 The Lemesurier Inheritance 1923 Buy
18 The Chocolate Box 1925 Buy
19 The Chess Problem 1927 Buy
20 Double Sin 1928 Buy
21 The Third-Floor Flat 1929 Buy
22 Wasps' Nest 1929 Buy
23 The Second Gong 1932 Buy
24 The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest 1932 Buy
25 How Does Your Garden Grow? 1935 Buy
26 Triangle at Rhodes 1936 Buy
27 Poirot and the Regatta Mystery 1936 Buy
28 Yellow Iris 1937 Buy
29 The Incredible Theft 1937 Buy
30 The Dream 1937 Buy
31 The Cretan Bull 1939 Buy
32 The Stymphalean Birds 1939 Buy
33 The Lernean Hydra 1939 Buy
34 The Apples of Hesperides 1940 Buy
35 The Flock of Geryon 1940 Buy
36 The Horses of Diomedes 1940 Buy
37 The Augean Stables 1940 Buy
38 The Erymanthian Boar 1940 Buy
39 The Arcadian Deer 1940 Buy
40 The Capture of Cerberus 1947 Buy
41 The Mystery of the Spanish Chest 1960 Buy
42 Afternoon at the Seaside 1962 Buy
43 The Patient 1962 Buy
44 The Witness for the Prosecution 1983 Buy
45 Four and Twenty Blackbirds 1989 Buy
46 The Million Dollar Bond Robbery 1998 Buy
47 The Disappearance of Mr.’Davenheim 2012 Buy
48 The Market Basing Mystery 2013 Buy
49 The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge 2013 Buy
50 The Cornish Mystery 2013 Buy
51 Problem at Sea 2013 Buy
52 Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly 2013 Buy
53 The Under Dog 2016 Buy
54 The Double Clue 2019 Buy
55 The Case of the Missing Will 2019 Buy
Tommy and Tuppence Reading Order 5 books / 1922-1973
01 The Secret Adversary 1922 Buy
02 Partners in Crime 1929 Buy
03 N or M? 1941 Buy
04 By the Pricking of My Thumbs 1968 Buy
05 Postern of Fate 1973 Buy
01 A Fairy in the Flat 1929 Buy
02 The Man Who Was No. 16 1929 Buy
03 The Affair of the Pink Pearl 1929 Buy
04 The Sunningdale Mystery 1933 Buy
05 The Man in the Mist 1977 Buy
06 The House of Lurking Death 1995 Buy
07 The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger 2012 Buy
08 Finessing the King 2012 Buy
09 Blindman's Buff 2013 Buy
10 The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper 2013 Buy
11 A Pot of Tea 2013 Buy
12 The Crackler 2013 Buy
13 The Clergyman's Daughter/The Red House 2013 Buy
14 The Ambassador's Boots 2013 Buy
01 The Coming of Mr. Quin 1924 Buy
02 The Shadow on the Glass 1924 Buy
03 The Sign in the Sky 1925 Buy
04 At the 'Bells and Motley' 1926 Buy
05 The Soul of the Croupier 1927 Buy
06 The World's End 1927 Buy
07 The Voice in the Dark 1927 Buy
08 The Face of Helen 1927 Buy
09 Harlequin's Lane 1927 Buy
10 The Dead Harlequin 1929 Buy
11 The Man from the Sea 1929 Buy
12 The Bird with the Broken Wing 1930 Buy
13 The Harlequin Tea Set 1971 Buy
14 The Love Detectives 1993 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 5 books / 1946-2024
01 Come, Tell Me How You Live(By: Agatha Christie Mallowan) 1946 Buy
02 Agatha Christie: An Autobiography 1977 Buy
03 Clues to Christie 2011 Buy
04 The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery(With: Mathew Prichard) 2012 Buy
05 The Official Agatha Christie Puzzle Book 2024 Buy
01 The Thirteen Problems 1932 Buy
02 13 Clues for Miss Marple 1966 Buy
03 Miss Marple's Final Cases 1979 Buy
04 Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories 1985 Buy
05 Miss Marple Short Stories 2005 Buy

Where to start with Agatha Christie

What is the best order to read Agatha Christie books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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