Agatha Christie Books in Order

Many writers find that their fictional characters become far better known than the writer themselves, Agatha Christie though is perhaps one author who is as identifiable as her characters.

Whilst it is true that her characters, including Poirot and Miss Marple, are world famous, they are normally identified as Christie’s Poirot and Christie’s Marple. As a result Dame Agatha Christie was for many decades known as the Queen of Crime, and has been credited by the Guinness Book of Records as the best selling fiction writer of all time.

Agatha Christie’s writing career was both long lived, writing for over fifty years, and prolific, writing over eighty novels and short stories, as well as a number of West End plays. All this writing has pushed estimates of books sold to over two billion, half of which have been published in languages other than English.

Born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller on the 15th September 1890 in Torquay, Devon, to an American father and English mother, Agatha also had an older sister, Margaret, and a younger brother, Louis. Agatha’s father though died when she was just eleven, and as a result she was brought up solely by her mother.

Her mother also took the role of teacher, giving Agatha a home education, an education that did encourage Agatha to be creative and write from a young age. As a result Agatha’s only formal education came in the form a finishing school in Paris when she was 16. In the age when Agatha was young though girls were not expected to be highly educated, and the ideal role was stylised as that of dutiful wife.

It was a role that in 1914 Agatha found herself in, with a marriage to Colonel Archibald Christie. Whilst her husband was flying with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, Agatha worked in a hospital and pharmacy, her knowledge gained of poisons would be of great benefit in her future literary career. Despite the birth of a daughter, Rosalind, the marriage was far from happy, and with evidence of infidelity Agatha disappeared in December 1926. Since condemned as a publicity stunt, extensive press coverage lead to a hunt across Berkshire and Surrey. Her husband’s infidelity though was reported and in 1928 the couple were divorced.

Whilst obviously an unhappy period in Agatha’s life, 1920 did see the start of her writing career, with the The of her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. This novel saw the introduction of one her most famous characters, Hercule Poirot, a character that featured in thirty-three novels and a further fifty-four short stories.

Two years after her divorce, Agatha, at forty, remarried. At fourteen years her junior, Sir Max Mallowan, an archaeologist of some renown, made her happy. Agatha though seemed to have some attraction to men who were not faithful, as throughout a marriage lasting forty-seven years, Mallowan was said to have had numerous affairs. Agatha travelled with her husband as the archaeological work dictated.

Her life experiences again allowed her to set her novels in a detailed background, and just as her early life in Devon had contributed, so did her travels to the Middle East. 1930 was also the year that Miss Marple was introduced to her readers, with the The of The Murder at the Vicarage. Much of her life was spent travelling, as well as staying at Abney Hall in Cheshire, this venue allowed her to give detail to many of the country houses that appeared in her stories.

As her popularity increased throughout the 1940’s and 50’s, Agatha found her work in demand not just from her reading public but also film studios and theatres. Her play The Mousetrap has the record for the longest running play ever, commencing as it did in the winter of 1952. Film dramatisations also followed, with Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express being the most famous.

Agatha remained a prodigious writer writing right through to her seventies and early eighties, though numbers of published work did reduce in latter years. Agatha attempted to get around her decline, and published her last two books Curtain and Sleeping Murder even though they had been placed in a bank vault for thirty years to be published only after her death. Agatha Christie passed away, on the 12th January 1976 at the age of 85, and was survived by her second husband.

For the amount of books written and sold, Agatha has been sparsely recognised, though it must be said that the awards she did receive were of the highest merit. Firstly receiving Grand Master Award in 1955 from the Mystery Writers of America, and then in the 1970’s she was made a Dame under the Order of Dame Commander of the British Empire, one of the highest civilian awards in the UK.

Even since her death her works continue to be sold, and she remains one of the most popular sellers of English crime fiction in the present day. Television adaptations are still made and in recent years a new series of Miss Marple was produced. Also it must be noted that Agatha was more than just a crime fiction writer, as alongside her plays she wrote a number of non-fiction books relating to Max Mallowan’s work, and also a further six romantic novels.

Despite the lack of literary rewards the general public will never forget her or her characters. Poirot will always be the Belgian detective who made use of his ‘little grey cells’, Miss Marple is visualised as everyone’s favourite aunt with astory to relate to any situation.

Whilst not rated as a great writer in comparison with the likes of Shakespeare or Dickens, Agatha Christie should be rated as one of the best writers England has produced due to her enduring popularity if for nothing else.

Hercule Poirot Books

No list of Agatha Christie books would be complete without mentioning the Poirot novels. Apart from his debut in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, some of the best books in this series include the psychological thriller The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and the intricately plotted ABC Murders. Another high point is Murder on the Orient Express, a quintessential murder mystery that’s been adapted into feature films and TV shows.

The Order of Hercule Poirot Books

The Mysterious Affair at Styles -1920 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Murder on the Links -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Poirot Investigates -1924 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd -1926 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Big Four -1927 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Mystery of the Blue Train -1928 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Black Coffee -1930 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Peril at End House -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Lord Edgware Dies / Thirteen at Dinner -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Three Act Tragedy / Murder in Three Acts -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder on the Orient Express / Murder in the Calais Coach -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Death in the Clouds / Death in the Air -1935 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The A.B.C. Murders -1936 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder in Mesopotamia -1936 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Cards on the Table -1936 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Dumb Witness / Poirot Loses a Client -1937 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Death on the Nile -1937 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder in the Mews / Dead Man’s Mirror -1937 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Appointment with Death -1938 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas / Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas -1938 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Sad Cypress -1940 —– Buy Now From Amazon

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe / Overdose of Death -1940 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Evil Under the Sun -1941 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Five Little Pigs / Murder in Retrospect -1942 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Hollow / Murder after Hours -1946 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Taken at the Flood -1948 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Mrs. McGinty’s Dead / Blood Will Tell -1952 —– Buy Now From Amazon

After the Funeral / Funerals are Fatal -1953 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Hickory Dickory Dock -1955 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Dead Man’s Folly -1956 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Cat Among the Pigeons -1959 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding -1960 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Clocks -1963 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Third Girl -1966 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Hallowe’en Party -1969 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Elephants Can Remember -1972 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Curtain -1975 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Hercule Poirot Short Stories

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The King of Clubs -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Veiled Lady -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Kidnapped Prime Minister -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Plymouth Express -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Affair at the Victory Ball -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Adventure of the Western Star -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Submarine Plans -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Adventure of the Clapham Cook -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Lost Mine -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Lemesurier Inheritance -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Chocolate Box -1925 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Double Sin -1928 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Wasps’ Nest -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Second Gong -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

How Does Your Garden Grow? -1935 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Poirot and the Regatta Mystery -1936 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Yellow Iris -1937 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Incredible Theft -1937 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Dream -1937 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest -1960 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Afternoon at the Seaside -1962 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Patient -1962 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Witness for the Prosecution -1983 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Four and Twenty Blackbirds -1989 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery -1998 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim -2012 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Market Basing Mystery -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Cornish Mystery -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Problem at Sea -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Under Dog -2016 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Double Clue -2019 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Case of the Missing Will -2019 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Miss Jane Marple

Christie fans will agree that Miss Marple, introduced in The Murder at the Vicarage, is another unforgettable main character. Her adventures are chronicled in numerous mystery novels and short story collections like The Thirteen Problems and The Mirror Crack’d.

The Order of Miss Marple Books

The Murder at the Vicarage -1930 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Body in the Library -1942 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Moving Finger -1942 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Murder is Announced -1950 —– Buy Now From Amazon

They Do It With Mirrors -1952 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Pocket Full of Rye -1953 —– Buy Now From Amazon

4:50 From Paddington -1957 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side -1962 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Caribbean Mystery -1964 —– Buy Now From Amazon

At Bertram’s Hotel -1965 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Nemesis -1971 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Sleeping Murder -1976 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Miss Marple Short Stories

The Idol House of Astarte -1928 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Ingots of Gold -1928 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Motive v. Opportunity -1928 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Thumb Mark of St. Peter -1928 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Blue Geranium -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Herb of Death -1930 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Miss Marple Tells a Story -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Case of the Caretaker -1941 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Strange Jest -1941 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Tape-Measure Murder -1941 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Case of the Perfect Maid -1942 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Sanctuary -1954 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Greenshaw’s Folly -1956 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Christmas Tragedy -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Superintendent Battle Books

The Secret of Chimneys -1925 —– Buy Now From Amazon

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The Seven Dials Mystery -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Cards on the Table -1936 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder is Easy / Easy To Kill -1939 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Towards Zero -1944 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Colonel Race Books

The Man in the Brown Suit -1924 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Cards on the Table -1936 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Death on the Nile -1937 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Sparkling Cyanide -1944 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Harley Quin Books

The Mysterious Mr. Quin -1930 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Harley Quin Short Stories

The Shadow on the Glass -1924 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Sign in the Sky -1925 —– Buy Now From Amazon

At the ‘Bells and Motley’ -1926 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Soul of the Croupier -1927 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The World’s End -1927 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Voice in the Dark -1927 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Face of Helen -1927 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Harlequin’s Lane -1927 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Dead Harlequin -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Man from the Sea -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Bird with the Broken Wing -1930 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Love Detectives -1993 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Coming of Mr. Quin -2012 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Tommy and Tuppence Books

The Secret Adversary -1922 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Partners in Crime -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

N or M? -1941 —– Buy Now From Amazon

By the Pricking of My Thumbs -1968 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Postern of Fate -1973 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Tommy & Tuppence Short Stories

A Fairy in the Flat -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Affair of the Pink Pearl -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Man in the Mist -1977 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The House of Lurking Death -1995 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger -2012 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Finessing the King -2012 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Blindman’s Buff -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Pot of Tea -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Crackler -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Clergyman’s Daughter/The Red House -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Ambassador’s Boots -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Standalone Novels

Her standalone novels include Endless Night, Death Comes as the End, and The Sittaford Mystery. These stories often explore different facets of human psychology and morality.

The Order of Standalone Novels

Giant Bread (As:Mary Westmacott) -1930 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Sittaford Mystery / The Murder at Hazelmoor -1931 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Unfinished Portrait (As:Mary Westmacott) -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? / The Boomerang Clue -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians -1939 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Absent in the Spring (As:Mary Westmacott) -1944 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Death Comes as the End -1944 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Rose And The Yew Tree (As: Mary Westmacott) -1947 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Crooked House -1949 —– Buy Now From Amazon

They Came to Baghdad -1951 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Daughter’s a Daughter (As: Mary Westmacott) -1952 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Destination Unknown / So Many Steps to Death -1954 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Burden (As: Mary Westmacott) -1956 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Ordeal by Innocence -1958 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Pale Horse -1961 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Endless Night -1967 —– Buy Now From Amazon

13 at Dinner -1969 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Passenger to Frankfurt -1970 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Unexpected Guest (With: Charles Osborne) -1999 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Short Story Collections

Beyond the detective novels, Agatha Christie’s books also include an array of short story collections like Double Sin and The Harlequin Tea Set. The tales vary in setting, from Southwest England in The Sittaford Mystery to foreign lands in The Labours of Hercules.

The Order of Short Stories

Accident -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Actress -1923 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Red Signal -1924 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Mystery of the Blue Jar -1924 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl -1924 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Philomel Cottage -1924 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Wireless -1925 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Within a Wall -1925 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The House of Dreams -1926 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Magnolia Blossom -1926 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Lonely God -1926 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Rajah’s Emerald -1926 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Edge -1927 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Sing a Song of Sixpence -1929 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Manx Gold -1930 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Fourth Man -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Gipsy -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Manhood of Edward Robinson -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Dressmaker’s Doll -1958 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Water Bus -1965 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Jane in Search of a Job -1974 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Girl in the Train -1993 —– Buy Now From Amazon

S.O.S. -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Lamp -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Call of Wings -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Fruitful Sunday -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Swan Song -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Naughty Donkey -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

In the Cool of the Evening -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Island -2013 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Parker Pyne Short Stories

The Case of the Discontented Soldier -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Case of the City Clerk -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Case of the Distressed Lady -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Case of the Discontented Husband -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The House at Shiraz -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Have You Got Everything You Want? -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Gate of Baghdad -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Oracle at Delphi -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Pearl of Price -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Case of the Rich Woman -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Short Story Collections

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories -1932 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Hound of Death -1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Parker Pyne Investigates -1934 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories -1948 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories -1952 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Double Sin and Other Stories -1961 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories (By: ) -1965 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Golden Ball and Other Stories -1971 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Mousetrap and Other Plays -1978 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Problem at Pollensa Bay -1985 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Tuesday Club Murders -1986 —– Buy Now From Amazon

While the Light Lasts -1997 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Bloodstained Pavement and Other Stories -2003 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Death by Drowning -2003 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder In Three Stages (With: Charles Osborne) -2004 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Seven Deadly Sins -2004 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Masterpieces in Miniature -2005 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Detectives – Short Stories -2005 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Tuesday Night Club and Other Stories -2005 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Red Signal and Other Stories -2005 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Listerdale Mystery -2005 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown -2006 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Actress and Other Short Stories -2006 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Fruitful Sunday and Other Short Stories -2006 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Miss Marple and Mystery -2008 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Midwinter Murder -2020 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery -2021 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Deadly Affair -2022 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Non-Fiction Books

Come, Tell Me How You Live -1946 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography -1977 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery -2012 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Order of Other Books

Murder in the Dark-1931 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror-1931 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Floating Admiral-1931 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Ask a Policeman-1933 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Six Against the Yard-1937 —– Buy Now From Amazon

World’s Great Mystery Stories-1943 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction-1948 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954-1954 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine July 1958-1958 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Nine Detective Stories-1964 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Daring Detectives-1969 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Women Writing-1979 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Ghosts That Haunt You-1980 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories-1981 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories-1982 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Scoop and Behind the Screen-1983 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Web She Weaves-1983 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Spooky Tales-1984 —– Buy Now From Amazon

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Witches’ Brew-1984 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Handle with Care: Frightening Stories-1985 —– Buy Now From Amazon

English Country House Murders-1988 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder British Style-1993 —– Buy Now From Amazon

English Crime Stories of Today-1993 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder Intercontinental-1996 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Mystery Stories-1996 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Win, Lose or Die-1996 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder to Music-1997 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Law and Order-1997 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas-1999 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Oxford Book of Detective Stories-2000 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A Century of British Mystery and Suspense-2000 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Malice Domestic 9-2000 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Crime Never Pays-2001 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Murder On The Railways-2003 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction-2004 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Books to Die For-2012 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Bodies from the Library-2019 —– Buy Now From Amazon

The Agatha Christie Collection: 41 Works-2020 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries-2022 —– Buy Now From Amazon

A lot of Agatha Christie novels have been adapted into graphic novels, feature films, and TV shows. For instance, And Then There Were None, referred to as ‘Were None’ in modern editions, was so popular that it inspired multiple adaptations.

The Order of Plays

The Mousetrap -1952 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Spider’s Web -1954 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Verdict -1958 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Rats -1962 —– Buy Now From Amazon

Later Works and Posthumous Publications

Christie’s later works include titles like Postern of Fate and Hallowe’en Party. Even after her death, some works like Sleeping Murder were published, adding to the list of Agatha Christie books that fans could devour.

Recommended Reading Order

For the uninitiated, diving into the vast universe of Agatha Christie’s novels might seem daunting. It’s often recommended to start with her universally acknowledged best books like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and And Then There Were None, before moving on to the Poirot novels and Miss Marple series. For those interested in her less-known characters, The Secret of Chimneys featuring Superintendent Battle, and The Seven Dials Mystery could be your next stop.

Agatha Christie’s books have captivated readers for a good reason; they are timeless tales that explore the human psyche through mystery and intrigue. Whether you’re a first-time reader or looking to complete your collection, this chronological order of books and series should offer a complete guide.