Agatha Christie
Inventing the modern whodunit with ingenious plots and twist endings that still surprise readers decades later.
Biography
Agatha Christie was a British mystery writer who remains the best-selling fiction author of all time, with over two billion copies sold worldwide. Born in Torquay, England in 1890, she created the iconic detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Over her career she wrote 66 detective novels, 14 short story collections, and the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap. Christie's ingenious plotting and surprise endings revolutionized the mystery genre and established many of the conventions still used today. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1971.
Best Starting Book
And Then There Were None
A standalone masterpiece with no recurring characters — pure, addictive mystery that hooks everyone who reads it.
Reading Order
And Then There Were None
Her most popular novel — ten strangers on an island being killed one by one. Unputdownable.
Murder on the Orient Express
Introduces Hercule Poirot in perhaps the most famous mystery twist ever written.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The revolutionary novel that broke the rules of detective fiction and caused a literary scandal.
The ABC Murders
A serial killer taunts Poirot with alphabetical murders — one of her most gripping plots.
A Murder Is Announced
The best Miss Marple novel — a murder announced in the newspaper before it happens.
Books by Agatha Christie
The Complete, Annotated Mysterious Affair at Styles
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The Murder at the Vicarage
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The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
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Mrs McGinty’s Dead (Poirot)
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The Man in the Brown Suit By Agatha Christie Annotated Novel
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4:50 from Paddington
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles By Agatha Christie Illustrated Novel
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Peril at End House
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Death on the Nile
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A Caribbean Mystery
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie
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At Bertram's Hotel
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The Secret of Chimneys
The Secret of Chimneys
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Murder on the Links
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Third Girl
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The Mysterious Mr Quin
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Poirot Investigates
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Dumb Witness
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The Golden Ball and Other Stories
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