• The best books on Tintin - Tintin et Moi by Numa Sadoul
  • The best books on Tintin - King Ottokar’s Sceptre by Hergé
  • The best books on Tintin - The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
  • The best books on Tintin - The Blue Lotus by Hergé
  • The best books on Tintin - La Comédie Humaine by Honoré de Balzac

The best books on Tintin, recommended by Michael Farr

The adventures of Tintin are some of the bestselling books of all time, translated from French into languages across the globe, and still in bookshops nearly a century since they first started being published. Their stories, their humour, their characters continue to delight. Here, Tintinologist Michael Farr explains why the Tintin books have such enduring appeal and how their creator, Hergé, came to write them.