Hercule Poirot Books In Order

The new Agatha Christie movie Death on the Nile is coming out next month. I’m hoping it’s good. I don’t think a lot of the Agatha Christie film adaptations have been that great. A revelation that came after watching the trailer is that my wife has never read an Agatha Christie novel. I immediately purchased Death on the Nile for her because it’s my favorite Agatha Christie book.

Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective, is Christie’s best character creation. She wrote over 30 novels that include Hercule Poirot. It’s amazing the longevity of Poirot. I’ve compiled a list of all of the Hercule Poirot books in order.

I also wanted to see how the Poirot books stack up against each other. I find gathering Goodreads data to be an interesting way to look at groups of books. Below I gathered the Goodreads rating for each book and how many ratings each book had.

Here are the Hercule Poirot books in order of publication.

Hercule Poirot Books in Order

1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
2. The Murder on the Links (1923)
3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
4. The Big Four (1927)
5. The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
6. Peril at End House (1932)
7. Lord Edgware Dies (1933)
8. Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
9. Three Act Tragedy (1935)
10. Death in the Clouds (1935)
11. The A.B.C. Murders (1936)
12. Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
13. Cards on the Table (1936)
14. Dumb Witness (1937)
15. Death on the Nile (1937)
16. Appointment with Death (1938)
17. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938)
18. Sad Cypress (1940)
19. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)
20. Evil Under the Sun (1941)
21. Five Little Pigs (1942)
22. The Hollow (1946)
23. Taken at the Flood (1948)
24. Mrs McGinty’s Dead (1952)
25. After the Funeral (1953)
26. Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)
27. Dead Man’s Folly (1956)
28. Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
29. The Clocks (1963)
30. Third Girl (1966)
31. Hallowe’en Party (1969)
32. Elephants Can Remember (1972)
33. Curtain (1975)

Hecurle Poirot Books Ranked

Title	Goodreads Rating	# Of Ratings
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	4.24	195,785
Murder on the Orient Express	4.19	470,618
Death on the Nile	4.11	170,997
Curtain	4.07	38,640
The A.B.C. Murders	4.02	124,999
Five Little Pigs	4.02	54,805
The Mysterious Affair at Styles	3.98	318,845
Peril at End House	3.98	50,628
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas	3.98	59,206
Evil Under the Sun	3.98	60,241
Cards on the Table	3.94	46,627
Lord Edgware Dies	3.93	39,151
Murder in Mesopotamia	3.92	45,869
Sad Cypress	3.91	30,699
After the Funeral	3.90	33,085
Dumb Witness	3.89	29,883
Appointment with Death	3.88	46,958
The Murder on the Links	3.86	64,891
Cat Among the Pigeons	3.86	35,490
Three Act Tragedy	3.85	29,821
Death in the Clouds	3.85	41,511
Mrs McGinty’s Dead	3.85	27,775
The Mystery of the Blue Train	3.84	46,192
Dead Man’s Folly	3.83	25,589
The Hollow	3.82	28,729
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe	3.79	30,019
Hickory Dickory Dock	3.78	27,080
Taken at the Flood	3.77	20,104
The Clocks	3.75	29,600
Third Girl	3.69	26,015
Hallowe’en Party	3.69	44,528
Elephants Can Remember	3.67	34,178
The Big Four	3.60	43,861