If you want to read the books in publication order before you discuss them this is the list for

you. For the books the year indicates the first publication, whether in the US or UK, and where possible we have given the alternative US/UK titles. The collections listed are those that feature the first book appearance of one or more stories: 1920 1922 1923 1924 1924 The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary Murder on the Links The Man in the Brown Suit Poirot Investigates containing: The Adventure of the Western Star The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor The Adventure of the Cheap Flat The Mystery of Hunters 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 Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Big Four The Mystery of the Blue Train The Seven Dials Mystery Partners in Crime containing: 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 Blindmans Buff The Man in the Mist The Crackler The Sunningdale Mystery The House of Lurking Death The Unbreakable Alibi The Clergymans Daughter/The Red House The Ambassadors Boots The Man Who Was No.16 The Mysterious Mr Quin containing:

1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1929

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1933 1933

1934 1934

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 Worlds End Harlequins Lane The Murder at the Vicarage The Sittaford Mystery US also as Murder at Hazelmoor Peril at End House The Thirteen Problems US also as The Tuesday Club Murders containing: The Tuesday Night Club The Idol House of Astarte Ingots of Gold The Bloodstained 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 Lord Edgware Dies The Hound of Death (not US) containing: The Hound of Death The Red Signal The Fourth Man The Gipsy The Lamp Wireless The Witness for the Prosecution The Mystery of the Blue Jar The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael The Call of Wings The Last Sance SOS Murder on the Orient Express US also as Murder in the Calais Coach The Listerdale Mystery (not US) containing:

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1934 1935 1936 1936 1936 1937

1937 1937

1938

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 Eastwoods Adventure The Golden Ball The Rajahs Emerald Swan Song Why Didnt They Ask Evans? US also as The Boomerang Clue Parker Pyne Investigates US also as Mr Parker Pyne, Detective containing: 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 of Shiraz The Pearl of Price Death on the Nile The Oracle at Delphi Three-Act Tragedy US also as Murder in Three Acts Death in the Clouds US also as Death in the Air The ABC Murders US also as The Alphabet Murders Murder in Mesopotamia Cards on the Table Dumb Witness US also as Poirot Loses a Client, Mystery at Littlegreen House, Murder at Littlegreen House Death on the Nile Murder in the Mews US also as Dead Mans Mirror containing: Murder in the Mews The Incredible Theft Dead Mans Mirror Triangle at Rhodes Appointment with Death

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1939 1939

1939

1940 1940

1941 1941 1942 1942 1942 1944 1944 1945 1946 1947

Hercule Poirots Christmas US also as Murder for Christmas, A Holiday for Murder Easy to Kill US also as Easy to Kill And Then There Were None US also as Ten Little Indians UK originally Ten Little Niggers The Regatta Mystery (not UK) containing: The Regatta Mystery The Mystery of the Baghdad 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 Sad Cypress One, Two, Buckle My Shoe US also as The Patriotic Murders, An Overdose of Death Evil Under the Sun N or M? The Body in the Library Five Little Pigs US also as Murder in Retrospect The Moving Finger US also as The Case of the Moving Finger Towards Zero US also as Come and Be Hanged Death Comes as the End Sparking Cyanide US also as Remembered Death The Hollow US also as Murder after Hours The Labours of Hercules - containing: The Nemean Lion The Lernean 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 the Hesperides The Capture of Cerberus

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1949 1950 1950

1951 1951

1952 1952 1953 1953 1954 1955

Taken at the Flood US also as There is a Tide Witness for the Prosecution (not UK) containing: The Witness for the Prosecution The Red Signal The Fourth Man SOS Where Theres a Will The Mystery of the Blue Jar Sing a Song of Sixpence The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl Philomel Cottage Accident Second Gong Crooked House A Murder is Announced Three Blind Mice (not UK) US also as The Mousetrap containing: Three Blind Mice Strange Jest Tape-Measure Murder The Case of the Perfect Maid The Case of the Caretaker The Third-Floor Flat The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly Four and Twenty Blackbirds The Love Detectives They Came to Baghdad The Under Dog (not UK) - containing: 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 Mrs McGintys Dead US also as Blood Will Tell They Do It with Mirrors US also as Murder with Mirrors After the Funeral US also as Funerals are Fatal, A Pocket Full of Rye Destination Unknown US also as So Many Steps to Death Hickory Dickory Dock US also as Hickory Dickory Death

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1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1971

Dead Mans Folly 4.50 from Paddington US also as What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!, Murder She Said Ordeal by Innocence Cat Among the Pigeons The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (not US) - containing: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding The Mystery of the Spanish Chest The Under Dog Four and Twenty Blackbirds The Dream Greenshaws Folly The Pale Horse Double Sin (not UK) containing: Double Sin Wasps Nest The Theft of the Royal Ruby The Dressmakers Doll Greenshaws Folly The Double Clue The Last Sance Sanctuary The Mirror Crackd from Side to Side US also as The Mirror Crackd The Clocks A Caribbean Mystery At Bertrams Hotel Third Girl Endless Night By the Pricking of My Thumbs Halloween Party Passenger to Frankfurt Nemesis The Golden Ball (not UK) containing: 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 Rajahs Emerald Swan Song The Hound of Death The Gipsy The Lamp The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael The Call of Wings

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1975 1976 1979

1991

1997

Magnolia Blossom Next to a Dog Elephants Can Remember Postern of Fate Poirots Early Cases US also as Hercule Poirots Early Cases Containing: The Affair of 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 Wasps Nest The Veiled Lady Problem at Sea How Does Your Garden Grow? Curtain Sleeping Murder Miss Marples Final Cases (not US) containing: Sanctuary Strange Jest Tape-Measure Murder The Case of the Caretaker The Case of the Perfect Maid Miss Marple Tells a Story The Dressmakers Doll In A Glass Darkly Problem at Pollensa Bay (not US) containing: 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 The Harlequin Tea Set (not UK) containing: The Edge The Actress While the Light Lasts

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House of Dreams The Lonely God Manx Gold Within a Wall The Mystery of the Spanish Chest The Harlequin Tea Set While the Light Lasts (not US) containing: 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