This is a complete list of the mystery books written by Agatha Christie, including novels, novelettes, short-story collections and plays(with GEMs highlighted). The list includes links for several associated items which may be available online for each book: (a) Wikipedia page, (b) e-book, (c) audiobook, and (d) TV show. For more interesting details on Agatha Christie, you can check out this post.
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Year
Category
Book Title
GEM!
Recurring Character(s)
Comments
Wikipedia
E-book
Audiobook
TV Show
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1920
Novel
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Poirot, Hastings, Japp
First Poirot/Hastings/Japp
1922
Novel
The Secret Adversary
Tommy & Tuppence
First Tommy & Tuppence
1923
Novel
The Murder on the Links
Poirot, Hastings
1924
Novel
The Man in the Brown Suit
Col. Race
1924
Short Stories
Poirot Investigates
Poirot, Hastings, Japp
11 short stories in the UK, 14 in the US
1925
Novel
The Secret of Chimneys
Supt. Battle
1926
Novel
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Poirot
1927
Novel
The Big Four
Poirot, Hastings, Japp
1928
Novel
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Poirot
1929
Novel
The Seven Dials Mystery
Supt. Battle
1929
Short Stories
Partners in Crime
Tommy & Tuppence
15 short stories
1930
Novel
The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple
First Miss Marple
1930
Play
Black Coffee
Poirot, Hastings
Novelized by Charles Osborne in 1998
1930
Short Stories
The Mysterious Mr. Quin
Mr. Quin, Mr. Satterthwaite
First Mr. Quin/Mr. Satterthwaite
1931
Novel
The Sittaford Mystery (aka Murder at Hazelmoor)
1932
Novel
Peril at End House
Poirot, Hastings, Japp
1932
Short Stories
The Thirteen Problems (aka The Tuesday Club Murders)
Miss Marple
13 short stories
1933
Novel
Lord Edgware Dies (aka Thirteen At Dinner)
Poirot, Hastings, Japp
1933
Short Stories
The Hound of Death (& Other Stories)
12 short stories – UK only
1934
Novel
Murder on the Orient Express (aka Murder in the Calais Coach)
Poirot
1934
Novel
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (aka The Boomerang Clue)
1934
Short Stories
Parker Pyne Investigates (aka Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective)
Parker Pyne, Mrs. Oliver
First Parker Pyne: 12 short stories
1934
Short Stories
The Listerdale Mystery (& Other Stories)
12 short stories – UK only
1935
Novel
Death in the Clouds (aka Death in the Air)
Poirot, Japp
1935
Novel
The ABC Murders (aka The Alphabet Murders)
Poirot, Hastings, Japp
1935
Novel
Three Act Tragedy (Murder in Three Acts)
Poirot, Mr. Satterthwaite
1936
Novel
Cards on the Table
Poirot, Mrs. Oliver, Col. Race, Supt. Battle
1936
Novel
Murder in Mesopotamia
Poirot
1937
Novel
Death on the Nile
Poirot, Col. Race
1937
Novel
Dumb Witness (aka Poirot Loses a Client)
Poirot
Last Hastings novel until "Curtain"
1937
Novelettes, Short Stories
Murder in the Mews (& Other Stories)
Poirot
Dead Man's Mirror (& Other Stories) in US [minus 1 story]
1938
Novel
Appointment with Death
Poirot
1938
Novel
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (aka Murder for Christmas / A Holiday for Murder)
Poirot
1938
Play
Appointment with Death (Play)
1939
Novel
And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians)
1939
Novel
Murder is Easy (aka Easy to Kill)
Supt. Battle
1939
Short Stories
The Regatta Mystery (& Other Stories)
Poirot; Miss Marple; Parker Pyne
9 short stories – US only
1940
Novel
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (aka The Patriotic Murders / An Overdose of Death)
Poirot, Japp
1940
Novel
Sad Cypress
Poirot
1941
Novel
Evil Under the Sun
Poirot
1941
Novel
N or M?
Tommy & Tuppence
1942
Novel
The Body in the Library
Miss Marple
1942
Novel
The Moving Finger
Miss Marple
1943
Novel
Five Little Pigs (aka Murder in Retrospect)
Poirot
1943
Play
Ten Little Indians (aka And Then There Were None / Ten Little Niggers)
1944
Novel
Towards Zero (aka Come and Be Hanged)
Supt. Battle
1945
Novel
Death Comes as the End
1945
Novel
Sparkling Cyanide (aka Remembered Death)
Col. Race
1945
Play
Murder on the Nile (aka Hidden Horizon)
Based on the novel Death on the Nile
1946
Novel
The Hollow (aka Murder After Hours)
Poirot
1947
Short Stories
The Labours of Hercules
Poirot, Japp
12 short stories
1948
Novel
Taken at the Flood (aka There is a Tide)
Poirot
1948
Short Stories
Witness for the Prosecution (& Other Stories)
1949
Novel
Crooked House
1950
Novel
A Murder is Announced
Miss Marple
1950
Novelette, Short Stories
Three Blind Mice [aka The Mousetrap] (& Other Stories)
Poirot; Miss Marple; Mr. Quin
Published with 8 other stories – US only
1951
Novel
They Came to Baghdad
1951
Play
The Hollow (Play)
1951
Short Stories
The Under Dog (& Other Stories)
Poirot, Hastings, Japp
9 short stories – US only
1952
Novel
Mrs McGinty's Dead (aka Blood Will Tell)
Poirot, Mrs. Oliver
1952
Novel
They Do It with Mirrors (aka Murder With Mirrors)
Miss Marple
1952
Play
The Mousetrap
1953
Novel
A Pocket Full of Rye
Miss Marple
1953
Novel
After the Funeral (aka Funerals Are Fatal / Murder at the Gallop)
Poirot
1953
Play
Witness for the Prosecution (Play)
1954
Novel
Destination Unknown (aka So Many Steps to Death)
1954
Play
Spider's Web
Novelized by Charles Osborne in 2000
1955
Novel
Hickory Dickory Dock (aka Hickory Dickory Death)
Poirot
1956
Novel
Dead Man's Folly
Poirot, Mrs. Oliver
1956
Play
Towards Zero (Play)
1957
Novel
4:50 from Paddington (aka Murder, She Said / What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!)
Miss Marple
1958
Novel
Ordeal by Innocence
1958
Play
The Unexpected Guest
Novelized by Charles Osborne in 1999
1958
Play
Verdict
1959
Novel
Cat Among the Pigeons
Poirot
1960
Play
Go Back for Murder
Based on the novel Five Little Pigs
1960
Short Stories
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (& Other Stories)
Poirot; Miss Marple
6 short stories – UK only
1961
Novel
The Pale Horse
Mrs. Oliver
1961
Short Stories
Double Sin & Other Stories
Poirot; Miss Marple
8 short stories – US only
1962
Novel
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (aka The Mirror Crack'd)
Miss Marple
1963
Novel
The Clocks
Poirot
1964
Novel
A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple
1965
Novel
At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Marple
1966
Novel
Third Girl
Poirot, Mrs. Oliver
1967
Novel
Endless Night
1968
Novel
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Tommy & Tuppence
1969
Novel
Hallowe'en Party
Poirot, Mrs. Oliver
1970
Novel
Passenger to Frankfurt
1971
Novel
Nemesis
Miss Marple
1971
Short Stories
The Golden Ball (& Other Stories)
15 short stories – US only
1972
Novel
Elephants Can Remember
Poirot, Mrs. Oliver
1973
Novel
Postern of Fate
Tommy & Tuppence
Last novel written by Christie
1974
Short Stories
Poirot's Early Cases (aka Hercule Poirot's Early Cases)