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Hercule Poirot

1920	The Mysterious Affair at Styles (US Oct – UK Jan 1921) serialized 27 Feb – 25 Jun 1920 in The Times Weekly (UK)*
1923	The Murder on the Links (Mar) serialized 22 Dec – 23Mar 1923 as “The Girl with the Anxious Eyes” in Grand Magazine (UK)
1926	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd serialized Jul – Sep 1925 in the London Evening News (UK)* serialized 19 Jun – 10 Jul 1926 in Flynn’s Detective Weekly (US)
1927	The Big Four (Jun) originally 12 short stories published in various periodicals
1928	The Mystery of the Blue Train (Mar) serialized 1 Feb – 15 Mar 1928 in The Star (without the first 2 chapters and with minor edits)*
1932	Peril at End House (Feb) serialized 13 Jun – 22 Aug 1932 in Liberty (US) serialized 10 Oct – 19 Dec 1932 in Women’s Pictorial (UK)
1933	Lord Edgeware Dies (UK Sep) or Thirteen at Dinner (US) serialized Mar – Aug 1933 as “13 for Dinner” in The American Magazine (US)*
1934	Murder on the Orient Express (UK Jan) or Murder in the Calais Coach (US Feb) serialized Mar – May 1934 in Grand Magazine (UK) serialized 30 Sep – 4 Nov 1934 in The Saturday Evening Post (US)
1934	Three Act Tragedy (UK Jan) or Murder in Three Acts (US) Serialized 9 Jun – 14 Jul 1935 in The Saturday Evening Post (US)
1935	Death in the Clouds (UK Jul) or Death in the Air (US Mar) serialized 9 Feb – 16 Mar 1935 in The Saturday Evening Post (US)* serialized 16 Feb – 23 Mar 1935 as “Mystery in the Air” in Women’s Pictorial (UK)
1936	The ABC Murders (Jan/Feb) abridged Nov 1935 in Cosmopolitan (US)* shortened 28 Nov – 12 Dec 1935 in the Daily Express (UK) (several chapters removed)
1936	Murder in Mesopotamia (Jul) serialized 9 Nov – 14 Dec 1935 in The Saturday Evening Post (US)* serialized 8 Feb – 28 Mar 1936 as “No Other Love” in Women’s Pictorial (UK)
1936	Cards on the Table (Nov) serialized 2 May – 6 Jun 1936 in The Saturday Evening Post (US)*
1937	Dumb Witness (UK Jul) or Poirot Loses a Client (US) serialized 7 Nov – 19 Dec 1936 as “Poirot Loses a Client” in The Saturday Evening Post (US)* serialized 20 Feb – 3 Apr 1937 as “Mystery of Littlegreen House in Women’s Pictorial (UK)
1937	Death on the Nile (UK Nov – US 1938) serialized 15 May – 3 Jul 1937 in The Saturday Evening Post (US)*
1938	Appointment with Death (May) serialized 28 Aug – 23 Oct 1937 in Collier’s Weekly (US)* serialized 19 Jan – 19 Feb 1938 as “A Date with Death” in the Daily Mail (UK)
1938	Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (UK Dec) or Murder for Christmas (US Feb 1939) serialized 14 Nov – 10 Dec 1938 as “Murder for Christmas” in the Daily Express (UK) serialized 12 Nov 1938 – 14 Jan 1939 as “Murder for Christmas” in Collier’s Weekly (US)*
1940	Sad Cypress (Mar) serialized 25 Nov – 27 Jan 1940 in Collier’s Weekly (US) serialized 23 Mar – 13 Apr 1940 in the Daily Express (UK)*
1940	One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (UK Nov) or The Patriotic Murders (US) or An Overdose of Death (US 1953) serialized 3 Aug – 28 Sep 1940 as “The Patriotic Murders” in Collier’s Weekly (US)*
1941	Evil Under the Sun (Jun/Oct) serialized 14 Dec 1940 – 22 Feb 1941 in Collier’s Weekly (US)*
1942	Five Little Pigs (UK Jan) or Murder in Retrospect (US) serialized 20 Sep – 22 Nov 1941 as “Murder in Retrospect” in Collier’s Weekly (US)*
1946	The Hollow (UK Nov) or Murder After Hours (US) serialized 4 – 25 May 1946 as “The Outraged Heart” in Collier’s Weekly (US)*
1948	Taken at the Flood (UK Nov) or There is a Tide… (US Mar)
1952	Mrs. McGinty’s Dead (UK Feb) or Blood Will Tell (US Mar) serialized 7 Oct – 30 Dec 1951 as “Blood Will Tell” in the Chicago Tribune (US)*
1953	After the Funeral (UK May) or Funerals are Fatal (US Mar) or Murder at the Gallop (UK 1963) serialized 20Jan – 14 Mar 1953 in the Chicago Tribune (US)* serialized 21 Mar – 2 May 1953 in John Bull (UK)
1955	Hickory Dickory Dock (UK Oct) or Hickory Dickory Death (US Nov) serialized 28 May – 2 Jul 1955 in John Bull (UK)* serialized 14 Oct – 11 Nov 1955 in Collier’s Weekly (US)
1956	Dead Man’s Folly (Oct/Nov) serialized 20 Jul – 17 Aug 1956 in Collier’s Weekly (US)* serialized 11 Aug – 15 Sep 1956 in John Bull (UK)
1959	Cat Among the Pigeons (UK Nov – US Mar 1960) serialized 26 Sep – 31 Oct 1959 in John Bull (UK) serialized Nov 1959 in Ladies Home Journal (US)
1963	The Clocks (UK Nov – US 1964) serialized 9 Nov – 14 Dec 1963 in Woman’s Own (UK) condensed Jan 1964 in Cosmopolitan (US)
1966	Third Girl (UK Nov – US 1967) condensed Apr 1967 in Redbook (US)*
1969	Hallowe’en Party (UK Nov – US Dec) or A Haunting in Venice (Radio/TV/film) serialized 15 Nov – 27 Dec 1969 in Woman’s Own (UK)* condensed Dec 1969 in Cosmopolitan (US)
1972	Elephants Can Remember (Nov) serialized 10-17 Feb 1973 in the Star Weekly (Canada)*
1975	Curtain: Poirot’s Final Case (Sep/Oct) serialized Jul – Aug 1975 in Ladies Home Journal (US)* This was the last novel published while Mrs. Christie was alive.

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Tommy & Tuppence

1922	The Secret Adversary (Jan) serialized 12 Aug – 2 Dec 1921 in The Weekly Times (UK)
1941	N or M? (Oct) condensed Mar 1941 in Redbook (US) abridged/serialized 26 Apr – 7 Jun 1941 as “Secret Adventure” in Women’s Pictorial (UK)
1968	By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Nov)
1973	Postern of Fate (Oct) This was the last novel written by Mrs. Christie.

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Superintendent Battle

1925	The Secret of Chimneys (Jun)
1929	The Seven Dials Mystery (Jan)
1939	Murder is Easy (UK Jun) or Easy to Kill (US Sep) serialized 19 Nov – 31 Dec 1938 as “Easy to Kill” in The Saturday Evening Post (US)* serialized 10 Jan – 3 Feb 1939 as “Easy to Kill” in the Daily Express (UK)
1944	Towards Zero (Jun/Jul) serialized 6-20 May 1944 as “Come and Be Hanged” in Collier’s Weekly (US)* serialized Oct – Nov 1944 in The Mail (Australia)

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Miss Marple

1930	The Murder at the Vicarage (Oct) serialized 18 Aug – 20 Oct 1930 in the Chicago Tribune (US)*
1942	The Body in the Library (Feb/May) serialized 18 Aug – 21 Jun 1942 in The Saturday Evening Post (US)
1942	The Moving Finger (Jun/Jul) serialized 28 Mar – 16 May 1942 in Collier’s Weekly (US) serialized 17 Oct – 21 Nov 1942 in Women’s Pictorial (UK) US serialization is ~9000 words shorter, mostly in introduction and characterization
1952	They Do It with Mirrors (UK Nov) or Murder With Mirrors (US) condensed Apr 1952 as “Murder With Mirrors” in Cosmopolitan (US) serialized 26 Apr – 31 May 1952 in John Bull (UK)
1953	A Pocket Full of Rye (UK – US 1954) abridged/serialized 28 Sep – 13 Oct 1953 in the Daily Express (UK) serialized 11 Jan – 27 Feb 1954 in the Chicago Tribune (US)
1962	The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (UK Nov) or The Mirror Crack’d (US 1963) serialized 9-16 Mar 1963 as “The Mirror Crack’d” in the Star Weekly (Canada)
1964	A Caribbean Mystery (UK Nov – US 1965) serialized 16-23 Jan 1965 in the Star Weekly (Canada)
1965	At Bertram’s Hotel (UK Nov – US 1966) abridged/serialized 20 Nov – 18 Dec in Woman’s Own (UK) serialized Mar – Apr 1966 in Good Housekeeping (US)
1971	Nemesis (Nov) serialized 25 Sep – 6 Nov 1971 in Women’s Realm (UK) serialized 16-23 Oct 1971 in the Star Weekly (Canada) This was the last Miss Marple book written.
1976	Sleeping Murder (Oct) titled “Cover Her Face” until publication Published posthumously, written 1940-1944.

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Standalone Mystery Novels

1931	The Sittaford Mystery (UK Sep) or The Murder at Hazelmore (US) serialized Mar- Aug 1931 as “Murder at Hazelmore” in Good Housekeeping (US)
1934	Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (UK Sep) or The Boomerang Clue (US) condensed Nov 33 as “The Boomerang Clue” in Redbook (US)
1939	And Then There Were None (US Jan 1940, also later UK title) Ten Little Niggers (original UK title) or Ten Little Indians (US title 1964-1986) (All titles are from versions of a 1869 minstrel song by Frank Green that includes the forms of murder that are part of the plot of the book.) serialized 6 Jun – 1 Jul 1939 in the Daly Express (UK)
1944	Death Comes as the End (UK Mar – US Oct)
1949	Crooked House (US Mar – UK May) condensed Oct 1948 in Cosmopolitan (US)* serialized 23 Apr – 4 Jun 1949 in John Bull (UK)
1954	Destination Unknown (UK Nov) or So Many Steps to Death (US 1955) serialized 25 Sep – 23 Oct 1954 in John Bull (UK) serialized 12 Apr – 9 Jun 1955 as “Destination X” in the Chicago Tribune (US)
1958	Ordeal by Innocence (UK Nov – US 1959) serialized 20-27 Sep 1958 in John Bull (UK)* serialized 1 Feb – 14 Mar 1958 as “The Innocent” in the Chicago Tribune (US) abridged 21 Feb 1959 in the Star Weekly (Canada)
1961	The Pale Horse (UK Nov – US 1962) serialized 2 Sep – 21 Oct in Women’s Mirror (UK) condensed Apr 1962 in Ladies Home Journal (US)
1967	Endless Night (UK Oct – US 1968) serialized 24 Feb – 9 Mar 1968 in The Saturday Evening Post (US)
1970	Passenger to Frankfort (Sep)

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Plays

1934	Black Coffee Novelized by Charles Osborne in 1998.
1944	And Then There Were None (Originally produced as Ten Little Niggers.)
1945	Appointment With Death
1948	Murder on the Nile
1952	The Hollow
1954	The Mousetrap
1954	Witness for the Prosecution
1957	Spider’s Web Novelized by Charles Osborne in 2000.
1957	Towards Zero
1958	Verdict
1958	The Unexpected Guest Novelized by Charles Osborne in 1999.
1960	Go Back for Murder (based on the Five Little Pigs)
1963	Rule of Three
1971	Fiddlers Three
1973	Akhanaton
2006	Chimneys Written in 1931, not performed until 2006.
2018	The Lie Written in the 20s, discovered in Christie’s archive and performed in 2018.
	Unpublished:
	The Conqueror
	Teddy Bear
	Eugenia and Eugenics
	The Clutching Hand
	The Last Seance
	Ten Years
	Marmalade Moon
	Someone at the Window
	Miss Perry
	Bleak House (movie script based on the Charles Dickens novel)

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Short Story Collections

1924 – Poirot Investigates Poirot stories, includes:

• 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
• The Chocolate Boy (US editions only)
• The Veiled Lady (US editions only)
• The Lost Mine (US editions only)

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1929 – Partners in Crime Tommy & Tuppence stories, includes:

• 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 Bluff
• 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 Number Sixteen

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1930 – The Mysterious Mr. Quinn Harley Quinn stories, includes:

• The Coming of Mr. Quinn
• 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

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1933 – The Thirteen Problems or The Tuesday Club Murders (US 1933) Miss Marple stories, includes:

• 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

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1933 – The Hound of Death (UK only) includes:

• The Hound of Death
• The Red Signal
• The Fourth Man
• The Gypsy
• The Lamp
• Wireless
• The Witness for the Prosecution (story version)
• The Mystery of the Blue Jar
• The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Charmichael
• The Last Seance
• SOS

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1934 – The Listerdale Mystery (UK only) includes:

• The Listerdale Mystery
• Philomel Cottage
• The Girl on 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

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1934 – Parker Pyne Investigates (UK) or Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective (US) Parker Pyne stories, includes:

• 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 House at Shiraz
• Death on the Nile (story version)
• The Oracle at Delphi
• The Gate of Baghdad
• The Pearl of Price

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1937 – Murder in the Mews (UK) or Dead Man’s Mirror (US) Poirot stories, includes:

• Murder in the Mews
• The Incredible Theft (UK edition only)
• Dead Man’s Mirror (shorter version)
• Triangle at Rhodes

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1939 – The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (US only) includes:

• The Regatta Mystery (Parker Pyne)
• The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (Hercule Poirot)
• How Does Your Garden Grow? (Hercule Poirot)
• Problem at Pollensa Bay (Parker Pyne)
• Yellow Iris (Hercule Poirot)
• Miss Marple Tells a Story (Miss Marple)
• The Dream (Hercule Poirot)
• In a Glass Darkly
• Problem at Sea (Hercule Poirot)

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1947 – The Labors of Hercules Poirot stories, includes:

• The Nemean Lion
• The Lemaean Hydra
• The Arcadian Deer
• The Erymanthian Bear
• The Augean Stables
• The Stymphalean Birds
• The Cretan Bull
• The Horses of Diomedes
• The Girdle of Hippolyta
• The Flock of Geryon
• The Apples of Hesperides
• The Capture of Cerberus

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1948 – Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (US only) includes:

• Accident
• The Fourth Man
• The Mystery of the Blue Jar
• The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl (aka Mr. Eastwood’s Adventure)
• Philomel Cottage
• The Red Signal
• The Second Gong (aka Dead Man’s Mirror) (Hercule Poirot)
• Sing a Song of Sixpence
• SOS
• Where There’s a Will (aka Wireless)
• The Witness for the Prosecution (story version)

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1951 – The Under Dog and Other Stories (US only) Poirot stories, includes:

• 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

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1950 – Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (US only) includes:

• Three Blind Mice (reworked into the play The Mousetrap)
• Strange Jest (Miss Marple)
• The Case of the Perfect Maid (Miss Marple)
• Tape-Measure Murder
• The Case of the Caretaker (Miss Marple)
• The Third Floor Flat (Hercule Poirot)
• The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly (Hercule Poirot)
• Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Hercule Poirot)
• The Love Detectives (Harley Quinn)

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1960 – The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrees (UK only) includes:

• The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding or The Theft of the Royal Ruby (Hercule Poirot)
• The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (Hercule Poirot)
• The Under Dog Hercule Poirot)
• Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Hercule Poirot)
• The Dream (Hercule Poirot)
• Greenshaw’s Folly

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1961 – Double Sin and Other Stories (US only) includes:

• Double Sin
• Wasp’s Nest
• The Theft of the Royal Ruby (aka The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding)
• The Dressmaker’s Doll
• Greenshaw’s Folly
• The Double Clue
• The Last Seance
• Sanctuary

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1974 – Poirot’s Early Cases (UK only) Poirot stories, includes:

• The Affair at the Victory Ball
• The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
• The Cornish Mystery
• The Adventure of Johnny Waverly
• The Double Clue
• The King of Clubs
• The Lemesurier Inheritance
• The Lost Mine
• The Plymouth Express
• The Chocolate Boy
• The Submarine Plans (basis for Murder in the Mews)
• The Third Floor Flat
• Double Sin
• The Market Basing Mystery
• Wasp’s Nest
• The Veiled Lady
• Problem at Sea
• How Does Your Garden Grow?

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1979 – Miss Marple’s Final Cases and Two Other Stories (UK only) includes:

• 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
• Grenshaw’s Folly (not in the first edition)

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1991 – Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (UK only) includes:

• Problem at Pollensa Bay (Parker Pyne)
• The The Second Gong (Hercule Poirot)
• Yellow Iris (Hercule Poirot)
• The Harlequin Tea Set
• The Regatta Mystery (Hercule Poirot) (original version)
• The Love Detectives (Harley Quinn)
• Next to a Dog
• Magnolia Blossom

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1997 – While the Light Lasts and Other Stories includes:

• The House of Dreams
• The Actress
• The Edge
• Christmas Adventure (the original of The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding)
• The Lonely God
• Manx Gold
• Within a Wall
• The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
• While the Light Lasts

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Other Publications

1924	The Road of Dreams poetry collection
1930	Giant’s Bread as Mary Westmacott
1934	Unfinished Portrait as Mary Westmacott
1944	Absent in Spring as Mary Westmacott
1946	Come, Tell Me How You Live autobiographic travel book
1948	The Rose and the Yew Tree as Mary Westmacott
1952	A Daughter’s a Daughter as Mary Westmacott
1956	The Burden as Mary Westmacott
1965	Star Over Bethleham poetry and short stories
1973	Poems poetry collection
1977	Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
2012	The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery letter collection

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