Hercule Poirot Books in Order: 104 books by Agatha Christie

How many Hercule Poirot books are there?

Hercule Poirot has 104 books, released between 1920 and 2019. 49 of them belong to the Hercule Poirot series, and 55 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.

Hercule Poirot Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 104 Hercule Poirot books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

Cover of The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie, book 2 of the Hercule Poirot series (1923)

Cover of Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie, book 3 of the Hercule Poirot series (1924)

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Hercule Poirot Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the books of the Hercule Poirot series run from The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) to The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Hercule Poirot in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Hercule Poirot books in order?

You should read the Hercule Poirot series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 55 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Hercule Poirot book also stands alone.

What order should you read Hercule Poirot books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), the earliest published book in the Hercule Poirot series. After it come The Murder on the Links (1923), Poirot Investigates (1924), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and The Big Four (1927); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Hercule Poirot book?

The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot (2019) is the newest book in the Hercule Poirot series. The newest related title is The Case of the Missing Will (2019).

Is there a new Hercule Poirot book coming?

No next Hercule Poirot book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Printable Hercule Poirot Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 104 books in publication order is on the Hercule Poirot reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Hercule Poirot at a glance

No recent titles: The newest main-line Hercule Poirot title on record is The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot (2019), 7 years ago.
Release pace: Hercule Poirot books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 7,539 pages across the 28 of 104 books with a recorded length, a median of 264 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Hercule Poirot books, 28 of 104, were published in the 1920s.
Corroboration: 1 of the 104 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 101 in at least three.

When Hercule Poirot books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Hercule Poirot titles appeared. 1920s was the most productive decade with 28 titles.

1920s

28

1930s

26

1940s

15

1950s

6

1960s

7

1970s

3

1980s

4

1990s

2

2010s

13

104 books total across 9 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Hercule Poirot books are about

42 of the 104 Hercule Poirot books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 37 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Private investigators 37 of 42 books
Mystery & detective 30 of 42 books
Murder 13 of 42 books
Belgians 8 of 42 books
Poirot, hercule (fictitious character) 8 of 42 books
English literature 6 of 42 books
England 5 of 42 books
Mystery & detective, traditional 5 of 42 books

More books by Agatha Christie

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Agatha Christie books in order 290 books