Reading order

Hercule Poirot — family content & reading-order guide

Use the numbered lists below to read each reviewed series in order. Prequels are labeled separately when the catalogue identifies them.

Series order comes from the Dickens & Rumi catalogue sequence data. Open any volume for its individual content guide.

Series

Hercule Poirot

Agatha Christie

Main series

Book 1The Mysterious Affair at StylesNot yet reviewed1920
Book 2The Murder on the LinksNot yet reviewed1923
Book 3Poirot InvestigatesNot yet reviewed1924
Book 4The Murder of Roger AckroydNot yet reviewed1926
Book 5The Big FourNot yet reviewed1927
Book 6The Mystery of the Blue Train1928
Book 7Black CoffeeNot yet reviewed1930
Book 8Peril at End HouseNot yet reviewed1932
Book 9Lord Edgware DiesNot yet reviewed1933
Book 10Murder on the Orient Express1934
Book 11Three Act TragedyNot yet reviewed1934
Book 12Death in the CloudsNot yet reviewed1935
Book 13The A.B.C. Murders1936
Book 14Murder in MesopotamiaNot yet reviewed1936
Book 15Cards on the TableNot yet reviewed1936
Book 16Dumb WitnessNot yet reviewed1937
Book 17Death on the NileNot yet reviewed1937
Book 18Murder in the Mews1955
Book 19Appointment with DeathNot yet reviewed1938
Book 20Hercule Poirot's ChristmasNot yet reviewed1938
Book 21Sad CypressNot yet reviewed1940
Book 22One, Two, Buckle My ShoeNot yet reviewed1940
Book 23Evil Under the SunNot yet reviewed1941
Book 24Five Little PigsNot yet reviewed1942
Book 25The HollowNot yet reviewed1946
Book 26The Labours of HerculesNot yet reviewed1947
Book 27Taken at the FloodNot yet reviewed1948
Book 28Mrs McGinty's DeadNot yet reviewed1952
Book 29After the Funeral1953
Book 30Hickory Dickory DockNot yet reviewed1955
Book 31Dead Man's FollyNot yet reviewed1956
Book 32Cat Among the PigeonsNot yet reviewed1959