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Agatha Christie wrote 66 novels in total so if you want to read them all, find out what order they were published or just see which ones you may not have discovered yet, we have the full list of every novel written by Agatha Christie (under her own name) below.
- Marple
Agatha Christie’s elderly spinster sleuth Miss Jane Marple...
- Other Works
Agatha Christie is known for her detective novels and murder...
- Marple
- The Ultimate Guide to Agatha Christie Books in Order
- Agatha Christie Biography
- Hercule Poirot Books in Order
- Miss Marple Books in Order
- Tommy and Tuppence Books in Order
- Superintendent Battle Books in Order
- Colonel Race Books in Order
- Harley Quin Books in Order
- Parker Pyne Books in Order
- Standalone Agatha Christie Books in Publication Order
Agatha Christie is a force of literature. She’s the world record holder for most translated author of all time, and is the world’s bestselling novelist. Her books have sold over 2 billion copies; the only bodies of work that can beat her for sales are The Bible and Shakespeare. So what’s her secret? Well, at first glance it’s a mystery. Sixty-six m...
But before we dive in, here’s a short biography of Christie, nicknamed the “Queen of Crime.” Agatha Christie (christened Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller) was born in 1890 in her family’s home in Torquay in southwest England. She had two older siblings, but there was such an age gap that Christie sometimes felt like an only child. She was homeschooled b...
Hercule Poirot was Agatha Christie’s first detective, and remains her most famous. He features in 33 novels, 51 short stories, and 3 plays. While many people initially misjudge him or treat him as ridiculous, Poirot takes himself very seriously. He commands himself with dignity and takes immaculate care of his personal appearance, particularly his ...
Miss Jane Marple is one of Agatha Christie’s most popular detectives, appearing in 12 novels and 20 short stories. Described as “a white-haired old lady with a gentle, appealing manner,” Miss Marple enjoys knitting, gardening, and gathering local gossip. She doesn’t solve crimes in an official capacity, but her shrewd observations and agile memory ...
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are a detective couple that feature in 4 of Agatha Christie’s novels and 1 exclusive short story collection. They are lifelong friends and partners in adventure before also becoming marriage partners at the end of the first book. Tommy is solid and practical, with features that are “pleasantly ugly–nondescript, yet unmi...
Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard is one of Agatha Christie’s minor detectives, appearing in 5 novels. He is a “big, square, wooden-faced man,” who lets his unassuming features serve as a mask for the sharp intelligence underneath. Christie and Battle both play with the stereotype that in crime stories, the police are supposed to be bumbling i...
Colonel Johnnie Race appears in 4 Agatha Christie novels, two of which are crossovers with Hercule Poirot. (He is also name-dropped in a couple of other novels, a practice Christie frequently used with her minor characters). Race never plays a leading role as a detective, but he uses his keen mind and background as an MI5 agent to help put criminal...
Harley Quin is Agatha Christie’s most enigmatic character, and was also the author’s personal favourite. Quin’s character is closely connected to his friend Mr. Satterthwaite, an elderly socialite and patron of the arts. Quin always appears in Satterthwaite’s presence quite suddenly and mysteriously, at the opportune moment to help Satterthwaite so...
James Parker Pyne appears in 14 short stories by Agatha Christie. A retired civil servant, Pyne has a private practice where he investigates “matters of the heart.” He has a head for statistics and believes there are five main types of unhappiness, all of which can be resolved logically. Pyne advertises his services in The Timeswith the headline “A...
Depending on who you ask, Agatha Christie wrote either 11 or 13 standalone mystery novels. If you include two novels Col. Race appears in (The Man in the Brown Suit and Sparkling Cyanide), the count will be 13. For the purposes of organizing this post, I’ve listed the Col. Race novels in their own section. My reasoning for this is that in The Man i...
Nov 3, 2023 · Agatha Christie Books In Order (By Series) Hercule Poirot Series In Order 1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) 2. The Murder on the Links...
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This table is a list of Agatha Christie's works in chronological order. The table is sortable: you can see the works alphabetically or by date. "When" refers to the date first published.
Aug 4, 2023 · Agatha Christie has written so many books it is almost impossible to keep track of all her standalone books, short story collections, Hercule Poirot, and Miss Marple books. To make it easier, we have listed Hercule Poirot books in order, Miss Marple books in order before we listed the rest of Agatha Christie books in order.
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