This page details the books featuring thefictional characterHercule Poirot, created byAgatha Christie.

The Poirot books are still under copyright in the United Kingdom, and will not enter the public domain there until January 1, 2047.^[a] Christie's grandson,Mathew Prichard, currently owns the copyright to his grandmother's works.

In the United States various Poirot stories are in the public domain due to different copyright rules. As of 2025, all works published in 1929 and before featuring Poirot are in the public domain in the US. This includes notable titles likeThe Mysterious Affair at Styles,The Murder on the Links andPoirot Investigates.

In 2013, the Christie estate authorised authorSophie Hannah to write a new Poirot book,^[1]The Monogram Murders (2014). She later also wroteClosed Casket (2016),The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018),The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (2020) andHercule Poirot's Silent Night (2023).^[2] The Christie Estate refers to these as the 'Poirot Continuation Novels'.^[3]

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) (Anovelization by Charles Osborne was published in 1998.)
8. Peril at End House (1932)
9. Lord Edgware Dies (1933) also published asThirteen at Dinner
10. Murder on the Orient Express (1934) also published asMurder in the Calais Coach
11. Three Act Tragedy (1935) also published asMurder in Three Acts
12. Death in the Clouds (1935) also published asDeath in the Air
13. The A.B.C. Murders (1936) also published asThe Alphabet Murders
14. Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
15. Cards on the Table (1936)
16. Murder in the Mews (1937, ss) also published asDead Man's Mirror
17. Dumb Witness (1937) also published asPoirot Loses a Client
18. Death on the Nile (1937) also published asMurder on the Nile and asHidden Horizon
19. Appointment with Death (1938)
20. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938) also published asMurder for Christmas and asA Holiday for Murder
21. Sad Cypress (1940)
22. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940) also published asAn Overdose of Death and asThe Patriotic Murders
23. Evil Under the Sun (1941)
24. Five Little Pigs (1942) also published asMurder in Retrospect
25. The Hollow (1946) also published asMurder after Hours
26. The Labours of Hercules (1947, ss)
27. Taken at the Flood (1948) also published asThere Is a Tide
28. The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951, ss)
29. Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952) also published asBlood Will Tell
30. After the Funeral (1953) also published asFunerals are Fatal
31. Hickory Dickory Dock (1955) also published asHickory Dickory Death
32. Dead Man's Folly (1956)
33. Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
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) also published asCurtain: Poirot's Last Case

Stories featuring Hercule Poirot also appear in the collectionsThe Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (1939),The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948),Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950),The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960),Double Sin and Other Stories (1961),Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991),The Harlequin Tea Set (1997) andWhile the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997).

• The Monogram Murders, written bySophie Hannah (published 2014)
• Closed Casket, written by Sophie Hannah (published 2016)
• The Mystery of Three Quarters, written by Sophie Hannah (published 2018)
• The Killings at Kingfisher Hill, written by Sophie Hannah (published 2020)
• Hercule Poirot's Silent Night, written by Sophie Hannah (published 2023)

• "The Chocolate Box" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)

• The Mysterious Affair at Styles
• "The Affair at the Victory Ball" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Kidnapped Prime Minister" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)

Poirot settles down in London and opens a private detective agency. These are the short story years (26 short stories and only 4 novels).

• "The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The King of Clubs" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Plymouth Express" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Adventure of the Western Star" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Million Dollar Bond Robbery" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Adventure of the Cheap Flat" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Mystery of the Hunters Lodge" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Veiled Lady" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Adventure of Johnny Waverly" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Market Basing Mystery" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Case of the Missing Will" (short story fromPoirot Investigates)
• "The Submarine Plans" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Lost Mine" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Cornish Mystery" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Double Clue" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Lemesurier Inheritance" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "Double Sin" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• Murder on the Links
• "Christmas Adventure" (short story from "While the Light Lasts and Other Stories")
• The Big Four
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
• "The Under Dog" (short story fromThe Under Dog and Other Stories)
• The Mystery of the Blue Train is an expanded version of "The Plymouth Express"
• "Wasp's Nest" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)
• "The Third Floor Flat" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases)

Christie increased her novel production during this time (16 novels, 24 total short stories and 1 theatre play). Twelve short stories formThe Labours of Hercules. The other short stories listed here take place in this period but were published before and after the publication ofHercules. The theatre play is namedBlack Coffee and was written by Agatha Christie, who stated a frustration with other stage adaptations of her Poirot mysteries. In 1998, authorCharles Osborne adapted the play into a novel.

• Black Coffee
• Peril at End House
• "The Mystery Of The Baghdad Chest" (short story from "The Regatta Mystery")
• "The Second Gong" (short story from "Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories")
• Lord Edgware Dies, also published asThirteen at Dinner
• Murder in Mesopotamia
• Murder on the Orient Express also published asMurder in the Calais Coach
• Three Act Tragedy, also published asMurder in Three Acts
• Death in the Clouds
• "How Does Your Garden Grow?" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases andThe Regatta Mystery)
• The A.B.C. Murders
• "Problem at Sea" (short story fromPoirot's Early Cases andThe Regatta Mystery)
• "Triangle at Rhodes" (short story fromMurder in the Mews)
• "Poirot and the Regatta Mystery" (1936 short story)
• Cards on the Table
• Dumb Witness (also published asPoirot Loses a Client)
• "Murder in the Mews" (short story fromMurder in the Mews) is an expanded version of The Market Basing Mystery"
• "Dead Man's Mirror" (short story fromMurder in the Mews) is an expanded version ofThe Second Gong inProblem at Pollensa Bay
• "The Incredible Theft" (short story fromMurder in the Mews) is an expanded version of "The Submarine Plans"
• Death on the Nile
• Appointment with Death
• "Yellow Iris" (short story fromThe Regatta Mystery)
• "The Dream" (short story fromThe Adventure of the Christmas Pudding andThe Regatta Mystery)
• Hercule Poirot's Christmas also published asMurder for Christmas andHoliday for Murder
• Sad Cypress
• "The Nemean Lion" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Lernaean Hydra" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Arcadian Deer" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Erymanthian Boar" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Augean Stables" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Stymphalean Birds" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Cretan Bull" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Horses of Diomedes" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Girdle of Hyppolita" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Flock of Geryon" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Apples of Hesperides" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• "The Capture of Cerberus" (short story fromThe Labours of Hercules)
• One, Two, Buckle My Shoe also published asPatriotic Murders andOverdose of Death
• "Four and Twenty Blackbirds" (short story fromThe Adventure of the Christmas Pudding)
• Evil Under The Sun
• Five Little Pigs also published asMurder in Retrospect

In chronological order, only the following are set following World War II

• The Hollow also published asMurder after Hours
• Taken at the Flood also published asThere Is a Tide
• Mrs McGinty's Dead also published asBlood Will Tell
• After the Funeral also published asFunerals are Fatal
• Hickory Dickory Dock also published asHickory Dickory Death
• Dead Man's Folly
• Cat Among the Pigeons
• The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (short story fromThe Adventure of the Christmas Pudding andThe Regatta Mystery) is an expanded version of "The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest"
• "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" also published as "The Theft Of The Royal Ruby" (short story fromThe Adventure of the Christmas Pudding) is an expanded version of "The Christmas Adventure"
• The Clocks
• Third Girl
• Hallowe'en Party
• Elephants Can Remember
• Curtain, Hercule Poirot's last case (published in 1975)

Some Poirot adventures were later expanded into other stories or re-written. They are:

• The Plymouth Express (1923 short story) was expanded into the 1928 novelThe Mystery of the Blue Train
• The Market Basing Mystery (1923 short story) was expanded into the 1936 novellaMurder In The Mews
• The Submarine Plans (1923 short story) was expanded into the 1937 novellaThe Incredible Theft
• Christmas Adventure (1923 short story) was expanded into the 1960 novellaThe Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
• The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (1932 short story) was expanded into the 1960 novellaThe Mystery of the Spanish Chest
• The Second Gong (1932 short story) was expanded into the 1937 novellaDead Man's Mirror
• The Regatta Mystery (1936 short story) was re-written in 1939 featuringParker Pyne instead ofPoirot
• Yellow Iris (1937 short story) was expanded into the 1945 novelSparkling Cyanide featuringCol. John Race instead ofPoirot
• Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly (posthumous novella^[4]) expanded into the 1956 novelDead Man's Folly
• The Incident of the Dog's Ball (posthumous short story) expanded into the 1937 novelDumb Witness
• The Capture of Cerberus (posthumous short story), originally intended to be the last ofThe Labours of Hercules but re-written due to its political content

Other stories were adapted by Christie into plays, sometimes removingPoirot:

• Alibi (1928 play) written together with Michael Morton
• Wasp's Nest (1937 TV play)
• The Yellow Iris (1937 radio play)
• Appointment with Death (1945 play) in which Poirot doesn't appear
• Hidden Horizon (1944 play) in which Poirot doesn't appear
• The Hollow (1951 play) in which Poirot doesn't appear

In addition, the 1930 playBlack Coffee was novelized byCharles Osborne in 1998.

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