Hercule Poirot in Literature - Publication Order

Publication Order

Short story collections listed as "ss"

1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
2. The Murder on the Links (1923)
3. Poirot Investigates (1924, ss)
4. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
5. The Big Four (1927)
6. The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
7. Black Coffee (1930 play - novel adapted from play published in 1998)
8. Peril at End House (1932)
9. Lord Edgware Dies (1933) also published as Thirteen at Dinner
10. Murder on the Orient Express (1934) also published as Murder in the Calais Coach
11. Three Act Tragedy (1935) also published as Murder in Three Acts
12. Death in the Clouds (1935) also published as Death in the Air
13. The A.B.C. Murders (1936)
14. Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
15. Cards on the Table (1936)
16. Dumb Witness (1937) also published as Poirot Loses a Client
17. Death on the Nile (1937)
18. Murder in the Mews (1937, ss) also published as Dead Man's Mirror
19. Appointment with Death (1938)
20. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938) also published as Murder for Christmas and as A Holiday for Murder
21. Sad Cypress (1940)
22. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940) also published as Overdose of Death and as The Patriotic Murders
23. Evil Under the Sun (1941)
24. Five Little Pigs (1942) also published as Murder in Retrospect
25. The Hollow (1946) also published as Murder after Hours
26. The Labours of Hercules (1947, ss)
27. Taken at the Flood (1948) also published as There Is a Tide
28. Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952) also published as Blood Will Tell
29. After the Funeral (1953) also published as Funerals are Fatal
30. Hickory Dickory Dock (1955) also published as Hickory Dickory Death
31. Dead Man's Folly (1956)
32. Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
33. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960, ss)
34. The Clocks (1963)
35. Third Girl (1966)
36. Hallowe'en Party (1969)
37. Elephants Can Remember (1972)
38. Poirot's Early Cases (1974, ss)
39. Curtain (written about 1940, published 1975)
40. Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991, ss)
41. While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997, ss)