The best Tintin albums
The top 3 according to 21 votes from people: Tintin in Tibet · The Secret of the Unicorn · King Ottokar's Sceptre. (Updated Apr 4, 2026.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 24
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1
Tintin in Tibet
1960. A story without villains, Hergé's own favourite.
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2
The Secret of the Unicorn
1943. Haddock and his ancestor Sir Francis.
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3
King Ottokar's Sceptre
1939. An invented Balkan kingdom, Syldavia.
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4
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
1930. The first, black and white and very rough.
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5
The Calculus Affair
1956. Espionage in the middle of the Cold War.
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6
The Castafiore Emerald
1963. An adventure that never leaves Marlinspike.
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7
Red Rackham's Treasure
1944. The second part: the treasure hunt.
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8
Explorers on the Moon
1954. Reaching the Moon fifteen years before Apollo.
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9
Prisoners of the Sun
1949. The sequel in the Andes.
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10
The Crab with the Golden Claws
1941. Captain Haddock appears.
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11
The Broken Ear
1937. A stolen fetish and a South American republic.
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12
Land of Black Gold
1950. Oil and the prankster Prince Abdullah.
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13
Tintin and Alph-Art
1986. Unfinished: sketches published after Hergé's death.
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14
The Blue Lotus
1936. Shanghai and his friendship with Chang; the first masterpiece.
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15
The Seven Crystal Balls
1948. An Inca curse; the creepiest album.
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16
Destination Moon
1953. Preparing the rocket.
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17
The Black Island
1938. Counterfeiters in Scotland and Ranko the gorilla.
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18
Cigars of the Pharaoh
1934. Egypt, India and the first Thomson and Thompson.
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19
The Red Sea Sharks
1958. Slave trafficking on the Red Sea.
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20
Flight 714 to Sydney
1968. A hijacking with aliens in the background.
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21
The Shooting Star
1942. A meteorite in the Arctic.
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22
Tintin and the Picaros
1976. The last finished album.
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23
Tintin in America
1932. Chicago gangsters and the Wild West.
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24
Tintin in the Congo
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.
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