Agatha Christie Reading Lists

source: www.agathachristie.com

* denotes which ones I've read

Tommy & Tuppence

1. The Secret Adversary-1922
2. Partners in Crime-1929
3. N or M?-1941
4. By the Pricking of My Thumbs-1968
5. Postern of Fate-1973

Colonel Race

1. The Man in the Brown Suit-1924
2. Cards on the Table (Poirot)-1936
3. Death on the Nile (Poirot)-1937
4. Sparkling Cyanide-1945

Superintendent Battle

1. The Secret of Chimneys-1925
2. The Seven Dials Mystery-1929
3. Cards on the Table (Poirot)-1936
4. Murder is Easy-1939
5. Towards Zero-1944

Harley Quin * & Mr. Satterthwaite *

1. The Mysterious Mr. Quin (short story collection)-1930 *
2. The Love Detectives (short story)-1926 *
3. The Harlequin Tea Set (short story)-1971 *
4. Three Act Tragedy (Poirot/Satterthwaite)-1935 *
5. Dead Man’s Mirror (Murder in the Mews-Poirot/Satterthwaite)-1937 *

Parker Pyne *
Associates: Claude Luttrell (Gigolo), Madeleine de Sara (Vamp), Miss Lemon (Secretary), Mrs. Ariadne Oliver (Novelist)

1. Parker Pyne Investigates (short story collection)-1934 *
2. Problem at Pollensa Bay (short story)-1935 *
3. The Regatta Mystery (short story)-1936 *

Miss Marple
Associates: Raymond West (Nephew), Joyce (Joan) West (Raymond's Wife), Mr. Rafiel (Wealthy Old Man)

1. Murder at the Vicarage-1930
2. The Thirteen Problems (short story collection)-1932
3. The Body in the Library-1942
4. The Moving Finger-1943
5. Sleeping Murder-1976
6. A Murder is Announced-1950
7. 4.50 from Paddington-1957
8. Greenshaw’s Folly (short story)-1960 *
9. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side-1962
10. A Caribbean Mystery-1964 *
11. At Bertram’s Hotel-1965
12. They Do it with Mirrors-1952
13. A Pocket Full of Rye-1953
14. Nemesis-1971
15. Miss Marple’s Final Cases (short story collection)-1979

Hercule Poirot
Associates: Mrs. Pearson (Landlady), Miss Lemon (Secretary), Captain Hastings (Partner), Cinderella (Capt. Hasting's Wife), George (Valet), Inspector Japp (Scotland Yard), Superintendent Battle (Detective), Colonel Race (MI5), Mrs. Ariadne Oliver (Novelist), Mr. Satterthwaite (Socialite), Inspector Giraud (French Detective "The Human Foxhound"), Joseph Aarons (Theatrical Agent), Countess Vera Rossakoff (Thief)

1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles-1920
2. Murder on the Links-1923
3. Poirot Investigates (short story collection)-1924
4. Poirot’s Early Cases (short story collection)-1974
5. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd-1926
6. The Big Four-1927 *
7. The Mystery of the Blue Train-1928
8. Black Coffee (short story)-1997
9. Peril at End House-1932
10. The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (short story)-1932
11. Lord Edgware Dies-1933
12. Murder on the Orient Express-1934
13. Three Act Tragedy-1935 *
14. Death in the Clouds-1935
15. The ABC Murders-1936
16. Murder in Mesopotamia-1936
17. Cards on the Table-1936
18. Yellow Iris (short story)-1937
19. Murder in the Mews (short story collection)-1937 *
20. Dumb Witness-1937
21. Death on the Nile-1937
22. Appointment with Death-1938
23. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas-1938
24. Sad Cypress-1940
25. One, Two Buckle My Shoe-1940
26. Evil Under the Sun-1941
27. Five Little Pigs-1943
28. The Hollow-1946
29. The Labours of Hercules (short story collection)-1947
30. Taken at the Flood-1948
31. Mrs. McGinty’s Dead-1952
32. After the Funeral-1953
33. Hickory Dickory Dock-1955
34. Dead Man’s Folly-1956 *
35. Cat Among the Pigeons-1959
36. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (short story collection)-1960
37. The Clocks-1963
38. The Third Girl-1966
39. Hallowe’en Party-1969
40. Elephants Can Remember-1972
41. Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case-1975

Stand-Alone Books

1. The Man in the Brown Suit-1924
2. While the Light Lasts (short story)-1924
3. The Sittaford Mystery-1931
4. Why Didn't They Ask Evans?-1934
5. And Then There Were None-1939*
6. Death Comes at the End-1944
7. Sparkling Cyanide-1945
8. Crooked House-1949
9. They Came to Baghdad-1951
10. Destination Unknown-1954
11. Ordeal by Innocence-1958
12. The Pale Horse-1961
13. Endless Night-1967 *
14. Passenger to Frankfurt-1970
15. The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (short story collection)-1948
16. The Golden Ball and Other Stories (short story collection)-1971