The Adventures of Tintin Books in Order

series of 24 comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (Hergé‎)

Publication order

In the order the books were originally released.

  1. Cover of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets

    Tintin in the Land of the Soviets

    1998 · Hergé

    Tintin's first black-and-white adventure takes him to the Soviet Union. Sent on assignment, Tintin boards a train but is blamed for an explosion. To…

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  2. Cover of Tintin au Congo

    Tintin au Congo

    1987 · Hergé

    Tintin in the Congo is the second volume of The Adventures of Tintin, a comics series by Belgian artist Hergé. Commissioned by the newspaper Le…

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  3. Cover of Tintin en Amérique

    Tintin en Amérique

    1932 · Hergé

    Tintin heads to Chicago to take on the city's notorious gangster underworld, drawing the wrath of crime boss Al Capone's outfit. Pursued from the…

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  4. Cover of Les cigares du pharaon

    Les cigares du pharaon

    1934 · Hergé

    While vacationing on a Mediterranean cruise, Tintin meets an eccentric Egyptologist and is drawn into the mystery of a pharaoh's lost tomb. The…

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  5. Cover of Le lotus bleu

    Le lotus bleu

    1936 · Hergé

    Picking up the thread from his Egyptian adventure, Tintin travels to Shanghai at the invitation of a mysterious stranger. There he is plunged into a…

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  6. Cover of L'oreille cassée

    L'oreille cassée

    1937 · Hergé

    When a tribal fetish carved with a broken ear is stolen from a museum and a copy turns up in its place, Tintin's curiosity launches an investigation.…

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  7. Cover of L'île noire

    L'île noire

    1938 · Hergé

    After being framed and shot at by mysterious men, Tintin follows the trail of a counterfeiting gang from England to a remote, supposedly haunted…

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  8. Cover of Le Sceptre d'Ottokar

    Le Sceptre d'Ottokar

    1939 · Hergé

    Tintin befriends an absent-minded scholar and travels with him to the small kingdom of Syldavia, where he uncovers a plot to steal the king's…

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  9. Cover of The Crab with the Golden Claws

    The Crab with the Golden Claws

    1974 · Hergé

    The ninth volume of The Adventures of Tintin follows Tintin and Snowy as they trail a series of mysterious clues that lead them to a dangerous gang…

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  10. Cover of L'étoile mystérieuse

    L'étoile mystérieuse

    1942 · Hergé

    A blazing object hurtling toward Earth sparks fears of doom, and a strange new metal is found at the site of a meteorite that has fallen into the…

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  11. Cover of Le secret de la licorne

    Le secret de la licorne

    1943 · Hergé

    Tintin buys a model ship at a flea market that several strangers desperately want, hinting at a hidden secret. It proves linked to Captain Haddock's…

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  12. Cover of Le trésor de Rackham le Rouge

    Le trésor de Rackham le Rouge

    1944 · Hergé

    Continuing their treasure hunt, Tintin and Captain Haddock outfit an expedition to find the sunken wreck of the Unicorn and the riches of the pirate…

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  13. Cover of Les 7 boules de cristal

    Les 7 boules de cristal

    1948 · Hergé

    Members of an expedition that disturbed an ancient Inca mummy fall one by one into a strange coma, each struck down amid shattered crystal. When…

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  14. Cover of Le temple du soleil

    Le temple du soleil

    1949 · Hergé

    Following the kidnapping of Professor Calculus, Tintin and Captain Haddock trace him to Peru and into the Andes. Their search leads them through…

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  15. Cover of Tintin au pays de l'or noir

    Tintin au pays de l'or noir

    1962 · Hergé

    The fifteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin. Tintin travels to the Land of Black Gold after car engines begin exploding around the world, as the…

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  16. Cover of Objectif Lune

    Objectif Lune

    1953 · Hergé

    Professor Calculus summons Tintin and Captain Haddock to a secret research center in Syldavia, where he is building a rocket to fly to the Moon. As…

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  17. Cover of On a marché sur la Lune

    On a marché sur la Lune

    1954 · Hergé

    Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus blast off aboard the Moon rocket in this direct continuation of their lunar project. The crew faces…

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  18. Cover of L'affaire Tournesol

    L'affaire Tournesol

    1956 · Hergé

    After Professor Calculus invents a device with frightening destructive potential, rival nations move to seize both the technology and the professor…

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  19. Cover of Coke en stock

    Coke en stock

    1958 · Hergé

    Tintin and Captain Haddock stumble onto a modern slave-trafficking operation disguised within the shipping trade. Their investigation reunites them…

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  20. Cover of Tintin au Tibet

    Tintin au Tibet

    1988 · Hergé

    The twentieth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, by Belgian cartoonist Hergé, serialised weekly from September 1958 to November 1959 and published…

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  21. Cover of Les Bijoux de la Castafiore

    Les Bijoux de la Castafiore

    1963 · Hergé

    The flamboyant opera singer Bianca Castafiore descends on Marlinspike Hall as Captain Haddock's unwelcome guest, and soon her precious emerald goes…

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  22. Cover of Vol 714 pour Sydney

    Vol 714 pour Sydney

    1968 · Hergé

    En route to a conference in Sydney, Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus are lured aboard an eccentric millionaire's private jet, which is…

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  23. Cover of Tintin et les Picaros

    Tintin et les Picaros

    1976 · Hergé

    When friends including Bianca Castafiore are imprisoned by a dictator in the South American country of San Theodoros, Tintin, Captain Haddock, and…

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  24. Cover of Tintin et l'Alph-Art

    Tintin et l'Alph-Art

    1986 · Hergé

    In Hergé's unfinished final adventure, Tintin is drawn into the shady world of modern art dealing, where forgery and fraud lurk behind the gallery…

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Companion & related books

Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.

Frequently asked questions

What order should I read the The Adventures of Tintin books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with “Tintin in the Land of the Soviets”. Start with “Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.”

How many books are in the The Adventures of Tintin series?

We list 25 books by Hergé , published between 1932–1998.

Where can I buy the The Adventures of Tintin books?

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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.