# The best Tintin albums

Hergé's 24 albums ordered by what critics and Tintin fan forums repeat most: The Blue Lotus and Tibet on top, the earliest and the unfinished one at the bottom.

- 21 votes · 24 items
- Apr 4, 2026 · Mercedes Álvarez Diez
- https://even.best/en/l/2321/the-best-tintin-albums

## Top 24

1. **Tintin in Tibet** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1960. A story without villains, Hergé's own favourite.
2. **The Secret of the Unicorn** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1943. Haddock and his ancestor Sir Francis.
3. **King Ottokar's Sceptre** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1939. An invented Balkan kingdom, Syldavia.
4. **Tintin in the Land of the Soviets** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1930. The first, black and white and very rough.
5. **The Calculus Affair** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1956. Espionage in the middle of the Cold War.
6. **The Castafiore Emerald** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1963. An adventure that never leaves Marlinspike.
7. **Red Rackham's Treasure** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1944. The second part: the treasure hunt.
8. **Explorers on the Moon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1954. Reaching the Moon fifteen years before Apollo.
9. **Prisoners of the Sun** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1949. The sequel in the Andes.
10. **The Crab with the Golden Claws** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1941. Captain Haddock appears.
11. **The Broken Ear** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1937. A stolen fetish and a South American republic.
12. **Land of Black Gold** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1950. Oil and the prankster Prince Abdullah.
13. **Tintin and Alph-Art** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1986. Unfinished: sketches published after Hergé's death.
14. **The Blue Lotus** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1936. Shanghai and his friendship with Chang; the first masterpiece.
15. **The Seven Crystal Balls** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1948. An Inca curse; the creepiest album.
16. **Destination Moon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1953. Preparing the rocket.
17. **The Black Island** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1938. Counterfeiters in Scotland and Ranko the gorilla.
18. **Cigars of the Pharaoh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1934. Egypt, India and the first Thomson and Thompson.
19. **The Red Sea Sharks** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1958. Slave trafficking on the Red Sea.
20. **Flight 714 to Sydney** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968. A hijacking with aliens in the background.
21. **The Shooting Star** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1942. A meteorite in the Arctic.
22. **Tintin and the Picaros** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1976. The last finished album.
23. **Tintin in America** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1932. Chicago gangsters and the Wild West.
24. **Tintin in the Congo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1931. The most controversial album for its colonial view.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.