List of works by Agatha Christie
This list includes the novels, collections of crime stories and poems, and plays by British author Agatha Christie . For radio plays, film adaptations and computer games based on these works, see the list of adaptations of the works by Agatha Christie .
Novels
UK = United Kingdom
US = United States
DE = Germany , Austria , Switzerland (German-language edition)
Publishing year | title | main characters |
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UK 1921 US 1920 DE 1929 DE 1959 |
The Mysterious Affair at Styles The mysterious crime in Styles The missing link in the chain |
Hercule Poirot (1) Arthur Hastings (1) Inspector Japp (1) |
UK 1922 US 1922 DE 1932 DE 1959 |
The Secret Adversary The Adventurer-G. mb H. A dangerous opponent |
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford (1) |
UK 1923 US 1923 DE 1927 |
The Murder on the Links Murder on the Golf Course |
Hercule Poirot (2) Arthur Hastings (2) |
UK 1924 US 1924 DE 1963 |
The Man in the Brown Suit The man in the brown suit |
Anne Beddingfeld Colonel Race (1) |
UK 1925 US 1925 DE 1927 DE 1960 |
The Secret of Chimneys The Minister's Memoirs The Count's Memoirs |
Anthony Cade Eileen "Bundle" Brent (1) Superintendent Battle (1) |
UK 1926 US 1926 DE 1928 DE 1937 DE 2014 |
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Roger Ackroyd and his murderer Alibi (Roger Ackroyd and his murderer) Alibi |
Hercule Poirot (3) |
UK 1927 US 1927 DE 1963 |
The Big Four The big four |
Hercule Poirot (4) Arthur Hastings (3) Inspector Japp (2) |
UK 1928 US 1928 DE 1930 |
The Mystery of the Blue Train The blue express |
Hercule Poirot (5) |
UK 1929 US 1929 DE 1934 DE 1975 |
The Seven Dials Mystery Seven Clocks The Last Joker |
Eileen "Bundle" Brent (2) Superintendent Battle (2) |
UK 1930 US 1930 DE 1952 |
The Murder at the Vicarage Murder in the rectory |
Miss Marple (1) |
UK 1931 US 1931 DE 1933 |
The Sittaford Mystery Murder at Hazelmoor The Secret of Sittaford |
Emily Trefusis Inspector Narracott |
UK 1932 US 1932 DE 1933 |
Peril at End House The house on the dune |
Hercule Poirot (6) Arthur Hastings (4) Inspector Japp (3) |
UK 1933 US 1933 DE 1934 |
Lord Edgware Dies Thirteen at Dinner Thirteen at table |
Hercule Poirot (7) Arthur Hastings (5) Inspector Japp (4) |
UK 1934 US 1934 DE 1934 DE 1951 (from 1974) |
Murder on the Orient Express Murder in the Calais Coach The woman in the kimono The red kimono Murder on the Orient Express |
Hercule Poirot (8) |
UK 1934 US 1935 DE 1935 |
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? The Boomerang Clue A step into the void |
Bobby Jones Frankie Derwent |
UK 1935 US 1934 DE 1935 DE 2016 |
Three Act Tragedy Murder in Three Acts Nicotine A tragedy in three acts |
Hercule Poirot (9) |
UK 1935 US 1935 DE 1937 |
Death in the Clouds Death in the Air Death in the Clouds |
Hercule Poirot (10) Inspector Japp (5) |
UK 1936 US 1936 DE 1937 DE 1962 |
The ABC Murders The Alphabet Murders The ABC Roadmap The Murders of Lord ABC |
Hercule Poirot (11) Arthur Hastings (6) Chief Inspector Japp (6) |
UK 1936 US 1936 DE 1939 DE 1954 |
Murder in Mesopotamia A woman at risk of murder in Mesopotamia |
Hercule Poirot (12) |
UK 1936 US 1937 DE 1938 DE 1954 DE 2016 |
Cards on the Table Cards on the table! With open cards With open cards |
Hercule Poirot (13) Colonel Race (2) Superintendent Battle (3) Ariadne Oliver (1) |
UK 1937 US 1937 DE 1938 DE 2015 |
Dumb Witness Poirot Loses a Client The dog playing the ball The dog playing the ball |
Hercule Poirot (14) Arthur Hastings (7) |
UK 1937 US 1938 DE 1959 DE 2005 |
Death on the Nile Death on the Nile Death on the Nile |
Hercule Poirot (15) Colonel Race (3) |
UK 1938 US 1938 DE 1944 DE 1989 DE 2004 |
Appointment with Death Death awaits Rendezvous with a corpse Death awaits |
Hercule Poirot (16) |
UK 1938 US 1939 DE 1961 |
Hercule Poirot's Christmas Murder for Christmas Hercule Poirot's Christmas |
Hercule Poirot (17) |
UK 1939 US 1939 DE 1943 |
Murder is Easy Easy to Kill Dying in Wychwood |
Luke Fitzwilliam Superintendent Battle (4) |
UK 1939 US 1940 DE 1944 DE 1982 DE 2003 |
Ten Little Niggers And Then There Were None Last Weekend Ten Little Indians And Then There Were None |
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UK 1940 US 1940 DE 1943 |
Sad cypress morphine |
Hercule Poirot (18) |
UK 1940 US 1941 DE 1951 |
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe An Overdose of Death The secret of buckle shoes |
Hercule Poirot (19) Chief Inspector Japp (7) |
UK 1941 US 1941 DE 1945 DE 1982 |
Evil Under the Sun Riddle about Arlena Evil under the sun |
Hercule Poirot (20) |
UK 1941 US 1941 DE 1946 DE 1960 DE 2019 |
N or M? The house of Mrs. Perenna Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf N or M? |
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford (2) |
UK 1942 US 1942 DE 1943 DE 2004 |
The Body in the Library The dead woman in the library The riddle of the dancer |
Miss Marple (2) |
UK 1943 US 1942 DE 1957 |
Five Little Pigs Murder in Retrospect The unfinished portrait |
Hercule Poirot (21) |
UK 1943 US 1942 DE 1944 |
The Moving Finger The shadow hand |
Miss Marple (3) |
UK 1944 US 1944 DE 1946 |
Towards Zero Shortly before midnight |
Superintendent Battle (5) Inspector James Leach |
UK 1945 US 1944 DE 1947 |
Death Comes as the End Avenging Spirits |
Hori |
UK 1945 US 1945 DE 1949 |
Sparkling Cyanide Remembered Death Prussic Acid |
Colonel Race (4) |
UK 1946 US 1946 DE 1947 DE 2004 |
The Hollow Murder After Hours The Owl House |
Hercule Poirot (22) |
UK 1948 US 1948 DE 1950 |
Taken at the Flood There is a Tide ... The vortex of death |
Hercule Poirot (23) |
UK 1949 US 1949 DE 1951 |
Crooked House The crooked house |
Charles Hayward |
UK 1950 US 1950 DE 1956 DE 1988 |
A Murder Is Announced A Murder Is Announced The perpetrator begs |
Miss Marple (4) |
UK 1951 US 1951 DE 1953 |
They Came to Baghdad They came to Baghdad |
Victoria Jones |
UK 1952 US 1952 DE 1956 |
Mrs McGinty's Dead Blood Will Tell Four women and one murder |
Hercule Poirot (24) Ariadne Oliver (2) |
UK 1952 US 1952 DE 1958 |
They Do It with Mirrors Murder with Mirrors Fata Morgana |
Miss Marple (5) |
UK 1953 US 1953 DE 1954 |
After the Funeral Funerals are Fatal The wax bouquet |
Hercule Poirot (25) |
UK 1953 US 1954 DE 1956 |
A Pocket Full of Rye The Secret of the Gold Mine |
Miss Marple (6) |
UK 1954 US 1955 DE 1958 |
Destination Unknown So Many Steps to Death The uncanny way |
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UK 1955 US 1955 DE 1958 |
Hickory Dickory Dock Hickory Dickory Death The kleptomaniac |
Hercule Poirot (26) Felicity Lemon |
UK 1956 US 1956 DE 1959 DE 2015 |
Dead Man's Folly Reunion with Mrs. Oliver (novel) The Secret of Greenshore Garden (short story) |
Hercule Poirot (27) Ariadne Oliver (3) |
UK 1957 US 1957 DE 1960 |
4.50 from Paddington What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! 4:50 p.m. from Paddington |
Miss Marple (7) |
UK 1958 US 1959 DE 1960 DE 1986 |
Ordeal by Innocence Deadly Error Deadly Error or Trial of Innocence by Fire |
Arthur Calgary |
UK 1959 US 1960 DE 1961 |
Cat Among the Pigeons The cat in the dovecote |
Hercule Poirot (28) |
UK 1961 US 1962 DE 1962 |
The Pale Horse The pale horse |
Inspector Lejeune Ariadne Oliver (4) |
UK 1962 US 1963 DE 1964 DE 1980 |
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side The Mirror Crack'd Stupidity is dangerous Murder in the mirror or stupidity is dangerous |
Miss Marple (8) |
UK 1963 US 1964 DE 1965 |
The Clocks On a double track |
Hercule Poirot (29) |
UK 1964 US 1965 DE 1966 |
A Caribbean Mystery Caribbean Affair |
Miss Marple (9) |
UK 1965 US 1966 DE 1967 DE 2015 |
At Bertram’s Hotel Bertrams Hotel Bertram’s Hotel |
Miss Marple (10) |
UK 1966 US 1967 DE 1968 |
Third Girl The forgetful murderess |
Hercule Poirot (30) Ariadne Oliver (5) |
UK 1967 US 1968 DE 1969 |
Endless Night Made-to-Measure Murder |
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UK 1968 US 1968 DE 1970 |
By the Pricking of My Thumbs All lovely old ladies |
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford (3) |
UK 1969 US 1969 DE 1971 DE 2018 |
Hallowe'en Party The Snow White Party The Halloween Party |
Hercule Poirot (31) Ariadne Oliver (6) |
UK 1970 US 1970 DE 2008 |
Passenger to Frankfurt Passenger to Frankfurt |
Sir Stafford Nye |
UK 1971 US 1971 DE 1972 |
Nemesis Fate Personified |
Miss Marple (11) |
UK 1972 US 1972 DE 1973 |
Elephants Can Remember Elephants don't forget |
Hercule Poirot (32) Ariadne Oliver (7) |
UK 1973 US 1973 DE 1978 |
Posters of Fate Age do not protect against ingenuity |
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford (4) |
UK 1975 US 1975 DE 1976 |
Curtain curtain |
Hercule Poirot (33) Arthur Hastings (8) |
UK 1976 US 1976 DE 1977 |
Sleeping Murder rest rudely |
Miss Marple (12) |
Collections of crime stories
(Sorted by UK publication)
Appearance year principals |
Original title | German title |
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1924 |
Poirot investigates
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1929 Tommy and |
Partners in Crime
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1930 Mister |
The Mysterious Mr. Quin
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1932 Miss |
The Thirteen Problems
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1933 |
The Hound of Death
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1934 |
The Listerdale Mystery
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1934 Parker |
Parker Pyne Investigates
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1937 Hercule |
Murder in the Mews
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Hercule Poirot never sleeps Punctuality can also kill
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1947 Hercule |
The Labor of Hercules
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The Labor of Hercules (2 vols.)
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Three blind mice was not published in the UK. |
The mousetrap and other traps
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1960 Hercule |
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
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A diplomatic incident
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1974 Hercule Poirot |
Poirot's Early Cases
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Poirot's first falls
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1979 Miss Marple |
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
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Miss Marple's last cases
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1991 |
Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories
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The murderous tea round Paradise Pollensa
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1997 |
While the Light Lasts and Other Stories
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As long as it's light
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Autobiographies
year | German title | English title |
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1946 | Memory of happy days | Come, tell me how you live |
1977 | My good old days | Agatha Christie: An Autobiography |
2017 | The autobiography | Agatha Christie: An Autobiography |
Novels as Mary Westmacott
year | German title | English title |
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1930 | Singing glass | Giant's bread |
1934 | The unfinished portrait | The Unfinished Portrait |
1944 | Repressed suspicion or a spring without you | Absent in the Spring |
1948 | The rose and the yew | The Rose and the Yew Tree |
1952 | she is my daughter | A daughter's a daughter |
1956 | Late luck | The Burden |
Collection with Christmas stories and poems
Published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
year | German title | English title |
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1965, abbreviated in German for the first time in 1969 under the title Der kleine Weihnachtsesel , in 1988 under the title listed here |
And it happened with | Star over Bethlehem with |
A Greeting (poem, not included in the German edition) |
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Star over Bethlehem (poem, not included in the German edition) |
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The temptation | A wreath for Christmas | |
The disobedient donkey | The Naughty Donkey | |
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh (poem, not included in the German edition) |
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The trip on the Thames | The Water Bus | |
In the cool of the evening | In the cool of the evening | |
Jenny by the Sky (poem, not included in the German edition) |
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Promotion in the Highest (poem, not included in the German version) |
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The 14 emergency helpers | The Saints of God | |
The island | The Island |
Poetry collections
year | English title |
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1924 | The Road of Dreams with |
A Masque from Italy (ten poems) | |
Ballads (seven ballads) | |
Dream and Fantasies (seven poems) | |
Other Poems (eleven poems) | |
1973 | The Road of Dreams (now two volumes); 1st volume: as in 1924; 2nd volume with |
Things (four poems) | |
Places (five places) | |
Love Poems and Other (eleven passionate appeals to love) | |
Verses of Nowadays (four poems) |
Stage plays
date | title | Premiere location |
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May 15, 1928 | alibi | Prince of Wales' Theater, London |
December 8, 1930 | Black Coffee | Embassy Theater, London |
March 31, 1936 | Love from a Stranger (based on Philomel Cottage , German: Haus Nachtigall ) |
New Theater, London |
1.5.1940 | Peril at End House | Vaudeville Theater, London |
11/17/1943 | Ten Little Niggers | St. James Theater, London |
June 27, 1944 | Ten Little Indians (based on the Ten Little Niggers ) | Broadhurst Theater, New York |
March 31, 1945 | Appointment with Death | Piccadilly Theater, London |
March 19, 1946 | Murder on the Nile (based on Death on the Nile ) |
Ambassadors Theater, London |
September 19, 1946 | Hidden Horizon (based on Death on the Nile ) | Plymouth Theater, New York |
December 14, 1949 | Murder at the Vicarage | Playhouse Theater, London |
7.6.1951 | The Hollow (without Hercule Poirot) | Fortune Theater, London |
11/25/1952 | The Mousetrap | Ambassador Theater, London |
10/28/1953 | Witness for the Prosecution (German: Witness for the Prosecution ) |
Winter Garden Theater, London |
12/14/1954 | Spider's Web | Savoy Theater, London |
4.9.1956 | Towards Zero | St. James' Theater, London |
May 22, 1958 | Verdict | Strand Theater, London |
August 12, 1958 | The Unexpected Guest | Duchess Theater, London |
25.3.1960 | Go Back for Murder (based on the template Five Little Pigs ; without Hercule Poirot) |
Duchess Theater, London |
December 20, 1962 | Rule Of Three (three one-act plays: The Rats , Afternoon at the Seaside and The Patient ) |
Duchess Theater, London |
1972 | Fiddlers Three | |
9/21/1977 | A Murder Is Announced | Vaudeville Theater, London |
12/9/1981 | Cards on the table | Vaudeville Theater, London |
(not yet listed) | Akhnaton | not yet listed |
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] Poirot accounts. Translated from English into German by Ralph von Stedman Desch Verlag (Munich; Vienna; Basel) 1959
- ↑ [2] Pandora's box. Only authorized transfer from English by Lotte Schwarz. Scherz Verlag (Bern; Munich; Vienna) 1965
- ^ [3] The strange Mister Quin Scherz Verlag (Bern, Munich) 1980
- ↑ [4] The Tuesday Night Club. Only legitimate translation from English by Maria Meinert. Scherz Verlag (Bern; Stuttgart; Vienna) 1962
- ↑ a b c d e f g in the original compilation, the collection was only published in the series The official collection - Agatha Christie published by the French publisher Hachette , but cannot be found in the DNB catalog.
- ↑ a b c d [5] Hercule Poirot never sleeps. The only authorized translation from English by Hella von Brackel u. a. Scherz Verlag (Bern; Munich; Vienna)
- ↑ a b [6] Punctuality can also kill. The only legitimate translation from English by Maria Meinert and Peter Naujack. Scherz Verlag (Bern, Munich, Vienna) 1977
- ↑ [7] The Works of Hercules (2 volumes) Scherz Verlag (Bern; Stuttgart; Vienna) 1958
- ↑ [8] The Mousetrap and Other Traps. The only legitimate translation from English by Maria Meinert u. a. Scherz Verlag (Bern; Munich; Vienna) 1966
- ^ [9] The murderous tea round. The only authorized translation from English by Karl H. Schneider u. a. Scherz Verlag (Bern; Munich; Vienna) 1993
- ↑ [10] As long as it is light. Commented by Tony Medawar. Translated from the English by Ursula-Maria Mössner Scherz Verlag (Bern; Munich; Vienna) 1999
- ↑ http://www.agathachristie.com/stories/star-over-bethlehem/
- ↑ https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showNextResultSite¤tResultId=agatha%2Bchristie%2Bstar%2Bover%2Bbethlehem%2526any¤tPosition=0