Agatha Christie

Critique • Works

Works published in book form

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, novel, 1921

The Secret Adversary, novel, 1922

The Murder on the Links, novel, 1923

The Road of Dreams, poetry collection,1924

The Man in the Brown Suit, novel, 1924

Poirot Investigates, story collection, 1925

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" and "The Case of the Missing Will"; added in U.S. edition "The Chocolate Box, "The Veiled Lady" and "The Lost Mine"

The Secret of Chimneys, novel,1925

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, novel, 1926

The Big Four, novel, 1927

The Mystery of the Blue Train, novel, 1928

The Seven Dials Mystery, novel, 1929

Partners in Crime, story collection with framing narrative, 1929

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 Buff", "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 No. 16"

The Murder at the Vicarage, novel, 1930

Giant's Bread, novel,1930

The Mysterious Mr Quin, story collection, 1930

The Floating Admiral, novel, with members of The Detection Club, 1931

The Sittaford Mystery, novel, also known as The Murder at Hazelmoor, 1932

Peril at End House, novel, also known as Thirteen at Dinner, 1932

The Thirteen Problems, story collection, also known as The Tuesday Club Murders, 1932

Lord Edgware Dies, novel, 1933

The Hound of Death, stories, 1933

Ask a Policeman, novel, with members of The Detection Club, 1933

Murder on the Orient Express, novel, also known as Murder in the Calais Coach, 1934

Unfinished Portrait, novel, 1934

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, novel, also known as The Boomerang Clue, 1934

The Listerdale Mystery, story collection

Includes "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. Eastwood's Adventure", "The Golden Ball", "The Rajah's Emerald", "Swan Song"

Parker Pyne Investigates, story collection, also known as Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective, 1934

Black Coffee, play, 1934

Three Act Tragedy, novel, also known as Murder in Three Acts, 1935

Death in the Clouds, novel, also known as Death in the Air, 1935

The A.B.C. Murders, novel, 1936

Murder in Mesopotamia, novel, 1936

Cards on the Table, novel, 1936

Dumb Witness, novel, also known as Poirot Loses a Client, 1937

Death on the Nile, novel, 1937

Murder in the Mews, story collection, also known as Dead Man's Mirror, 1937

Appointment with Death, novel, 1938

Hercule Poirot's Christmas, novel, also known as Murder for Christmas, 1938

Murder Is Easy, novel, also known as Easy to Kill, 1939

And Then There Were None, novel, also known as Ten Little Indians, 1939

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories, story collection, 1939

Sad Cypress, novel, 1940

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, novel, also known as The Patriotic Murders, 1940

The Mystery of the Blue Geraniums, and Other Tuesday Club Murders, story collection, 1940; abridged from The Thirteen Problems

Evil Under the Sun, novel, 1941

N or M?, novel, 1941

The Body in the Library, novel, 1942

Five Little Pigs, novel, also known as Murder in Retrospect, 1942

The Moving Finger, novel, 1943

The Crime in Cabin 66, story collection, also known as The Mystery of the Crime in Cabin 66 or Problem at Sea, 1943

The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest, story collection, 1943

Poirot and the Regatta Mystery, story collection, 1943

Poirot on Holiday, story collection, 1943

Problem at Pollensa Bay and The Christmas Adventure, story collection, 1943

Towards Zero, novel, 1944

Absent in the Spring, novel, 1944

The Veiled Lady and The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest, story collection, 1944

Ten Little Indians, play, 1944

Death Comes as the End, novel, 1945

Sparkling Cyanide , novel, also known as Remembered Death, 1945

Appointment with Death, play, 1945

The Hollow, novel

Poirot Knows the Murderer, story collection

Come, Tell Me How You Live, travel memoir, as Agatha Christie Mallowan, 1946

The Labours of Hercules, story collection, 1947

Taken at the Flood, novel, also known as There is a Tide..., 1948

The Rose and the Yew Tree , novel, 1948

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, story collection, 1948

Murder on the Nile, play, 1948

Crooked House, novel, 1949

A Murder Is Announced, novel, 1950

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, story collection, also known as The Mousetrap and Other Stories, 1950

They Came to Baghdad, novel, 1951

The Under Dog and Other Stories, story collection, 1951

Mrs McGinty's Dead, novel, 1952

They Do It with Mirrors, novel, 1952

A Daughter's a Daughter, novel, 1952

The Hollow, play, 1952

After the Funeral, novel, also known as Funerals are Fatal, 1953

A Pocket Full of Rye, novel, 1953

Destination Unknown, novel, also known as So Many Steps to Death, 1954

The Mousetrap, play, 1954

Witness for the Prosecution, play, 1954

Hickory Dickory Dock, novel, also known as Hickory Dickory Death, 1955

Dead Man's Folly, novel, 1956

The Burden, novel, 1956

4.50 from Paddington, novel, also known as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!, 1957

Spider's Web, play, 1957

Towards Zero, play, 1957

Ordeal by Innocence, novel

Verdict, play

The Unexpected Guest, play, 1958

Cat Among the Pigeons, novel, 1959

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, story collection, 1960

Go Back for Murder, play, 1960

The Pale Horse, novel, 1961

Double Sin and Other Stories, story collection, 1961

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, novel, also known as The Mirror Crack'd, 1962

The Clocks, novel, 1963

Rule of Three, play, 1963

A Caribbean Mystery, novel, 1964

At Bertram's Hotel, novel, 1965

Surprise! Surprise!, story collection, 1965

Star over Bethlehem, poetry and story collection, as Agatha Christie Mallowan, 1965

Third Girl, novel, 1966

13 Clues for Miss Marple, story collection, 1966

Endless Night, novel, 1967

By the Pricking of My Thumbs, novel, 1968

Hallowe'en Party, novel, 1969

Passenger to Frankfurt, novel, 1970

Nemesis, novel, 1971

The Golden Ball and Other Stories, story collection, 1971

Elephants Can Remember, novel, 1972

Postern of Fate, novel, 1973

Poems, poetry collectioon, 1973

Akhnaton, play, 1973

Poirot's Early Cases, story collection, also known as Hercule Poirot's Early Cases, 1974

Includes "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook", "The Cornish Mystery", "The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly", "The Double Clue", "The King of Clubs", "The Lemesurier Inheritance", "Jane in Search of a Job", "A Fruitful Sunday", "Mr. Eastwood's Adventure", "The Golden 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, novel, 1975, written in 1940s

Sleeping Murder, novel, 1976, written in 1940s

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography, memoir, 1977

Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories, story collection, 1979

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"

The Scoop and Behind the Screen, novellas, with members of The Detection Club, 1983

Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories, story collection, 1991

The Harlequin Tea Set, story collection, 1997

While the Light Lasts and Other Stories, story collection, 1997

Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly, novel, 2014; earlier version of Dead Man's Folly

The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery, letters, 2012

The Big Four, story collection, 2017; previously published as part of The Big Four novel

 

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