Chapter Appendix 1
Agatha Christie Chronology
Dates of publication refer to the UK editions
1921
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
1922
The Secret Adversary
1923
The Murder on the Links
1924
The Man in the Brown Suit
Poirot Investigates:
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
The Case of the Missing Will
The Road of Dreams (poetry)
1925
The Secret of Chimneys
1926
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
1927
The Big Four
1928
The Mystery of the Blue Train
1929
The Seven Dials Mystery
Partners in Crime:
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
1930
The Mysterious Mr Quin:
The Coming of Mr Quin
The Shadow on the Glass
At the ‘Bells and Motley’
The Sign in the Sky
The Soul of the Croupier
The Man from the Sea
The Voice in the Dark
The Face of Helen
The Dead Harlequin
The Bird with the Broken Wing
The World’s End
Harlequin’s Lane
The Murder at the Vicarage
Black Coffee (stage play)
Behind the Screen (radio serial, co-authored)
Giant’s Bread (as Mary Westmacott)
1931
The Sittaford Mystery
Chimneys (stage play)
The Floating Admiral (co-authored)
The Scoop (radio serial,co-authored)
1932
Peril at End House
The Thirteen Problems:
The Tuesday Night Club
The Idol House of Astarte
Ingots of Gold
The Blood-Stained Pavement
Motive v. Opportunity
The Thumb Mark of St Peter
The Blue Geranium
The Companion
The Four Suspects
A Christmas Tragedy
The Herb of Death
The Affair at the Bungalow
Death by Drowning
1933
Lord Edgware Dies
The Hound of Death:
The Hound of Death
The Red Signal
The Fourth Man
The Gypsy
The Lamp
Wireless
The Witness for the Prosecution
The Mystery of the Blue Jar
The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
The Call of Wings
The Last Seance
SOS
1934
Murder on the Orient Express
The Listerdale Mystery:
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
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
Parker Pyne Investigates:
The Case of the Middle-aged Wife
The Case of the Discontented Soldier
The Case of the Distressed Lady
The Case of the Discontented Husband
The Case of the City Clerk
The Case of the Rich Woman
Have You Got Everything You Want?
The Gate of Baghdad
The House at Shiraz
The Pearl of Price
Death on the Nile
The Oracle at Delphi
Unfinished Portrait (as Mary Westmacott)
1935
Three Act Tragedy
Death in the Clouds
1936
The A.B.C. Murders
Murder in Mesopotamia
Cards on the Table
1937
Dumb Witness
Death on the Nile
Murder in the Mews:
Murder in the Mews
The Incredible Theft
Dead Man’s Mirror
Triangle at Rhodes
Wasp’s Nest (TV play)
Yellow Iris (radio play)
1938
Appointment with Death
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
1939
Murder is Easy
Ten Little Niggers/And Then There Were None
1940
Sad Cypress
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
1941
Evil under the Sun
N or M?
1942
The Body in the Library
1943
Five Little Pigs
The Moving Finger
And Then There Were None (stage play)
1944
Towards Zero
Absent in the Spring (as Mary Westmacott)
1945
Death Comes as the End
Sparkling Cyanide
Appointment with Death (stage play)
1946
The Hollow
Murder on the Nile/Hidden Horizon (stage play)
Come, Tell Me How You Live (memoir)
1947
The Labours of Hercules:
Foreword
The Nemean Lion
The Lernean Hydra
The Arcadian Deer
The Erymanthian Boar
The Augean Stables
The Stymphalean Birds
The Cretan Bull
The Horses of Diomedes
The Girdle of Hyppolita
The Flock of Geryon
The Apples of Hesperides
The Capture of Cerberus
Three Blind Mice (radio play)
1948
Taken at the Flood
Butter in a Lordly Dish (radio play)
The Rose and the Yew Tree (as Mary Westmacott)
1949
Crooked House
1950
A Murder is Announced
1951
They Came to Baghdad
The Hollow (stage play)
1952
Mrs McGinty’s Dead
They Do It with Mirrors
The Mousetrap (stage play)
A Daughter’s a Daughter (as Mary Westmacott)
1953
After the Funeral
A Pocket Full of Rye
Witness for the Prosecution (stage play)
1954
Destination Unknown
Spider’s Web (stage play)
Personal Call (radio play)
1955
Hickory Dickory Dock
1956
Dead Man’s Folly
A Daughter’s a Daughter (stage play)
Towards Zero (stage play)
The Burden (as Mary Westmacott)
1957
4.50 from Paddington
1958
Ordeal by Innocence
Verdict (stage play)
The Unexpected Guest (stage play)
1959
Cat among the Pigeons
1960
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding:
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
The Under Dog
Four and Twenty Blackbirds
The Dream
Greenshaw’s Folly
Go Back for Murder (stage play)
1961
The Pale Horse
1962
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
Rule of Three (3 one-act plays):
Afternoon at the Seaside
The Rats
The Patient
1963
The Clocks
1964
A Caribbean Mystery
1965
At Bertram’s Hotel
Star over Bethlehem (poetry and stories):
Star over Bethlehem
The Naughty Donkey
The Water Bus
In the Cool of the Evening
Promotion in the Highest
The Island
1966
Third Girl
1967
Endless Night
1968
By the Pricking of my Thumbs
1969
Hallowe’en Party
1970
Passenger to Frankfurt
1971
Nemesis
1972
Elephants Can Remember
Fiddlers Five/Fiddlers Three (stage play)
1973
Postern of Fate
Poems (poetry)
Akhnaton (stage play)
1974
Poirot’s Early Cases:
The Affair at the Victory Ball
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
The Cornish Mystery
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
The Double Clue
The King of Clubs
The Lemesurier Inheritance
The Lost Mine
The Plymouth Express
The Chocolate Box
The Submarine Plans
The Third Floor Flat
Double Sin
The Market Basing Mystery
Wasp’s Nest
The Veiled Lady
Problem at Sea
How Does Your Garden Grow?
1975
Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case
1976
Sleeping Murder
1977
An Autobiography (memoir)
1979
Miss Marple’s Final Cases:
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
1982
(in The Agatha Christie Hour):
Magnolia Blossom
1991
Problem at Pollensa Bay:
Problem at Pollensa Bay
The Second Gong
Yellow Iris
The Harlequin Tea Set
The Regatta Mystery
The Love Detectives
Next to a Dog
(Magnolia Blossom)
1997
While the Light Lasts:
The House of Dreams
The Actress
The Edge
Christmas Adventure
The Lonely God
Manx Gold
Within a Wall
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
While the Light Lasts
2008
(in Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories):
Poirot and the Regatta Mystery
2009
(in Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks):
The Capture of Cerberus
The Incident of the Dog’s Ball
2011
(in Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making):
The Man Who Knew
The Case of the Caretaker’s Wife