Update – October 26, 2021
I’m starting to get back to this challenge. I’ve been rereading a lot during the pandemic so haven’t read much of Dame Christie. I just put the next few Poirot mysteries on hold at the library so hopefully I’ll update this page soon!
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I have no idea why it took me so long to get into Agatha Christie’s books, but it did. Now that I’ve found them, I can’t hardly put them down! Consequently, I chose to join the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge hosted by Mysteries in Paradise. The goal is simply to read every book Agatha Christie has written. There are no time limits. Some people are choosing to read them in publication order, some in series order, some just randomly. I’m doing a little bit of reading them in series order along with a little randomly.
The various series and stand-alone books are listed below. As I finish them, I’ll cross them off with the date. If I write a review up, I’ll link to it.
If you’re interested in joining the challenge – click on the button/link at the bottom of the page. Otherwise, come back later to see if I’ve progressed at all!
Hercule Poirot Novels
The Mysterious Affair at Styles– December 2016Murder on the Links– December 2016The Murder of Roger Ackroyd– December 2016The Big Four– December 2016The Mystery of the Blue Train– January 2017Peril at End House– January 2017Lord Edgware Dies– January 2017Murder on the Orient Express– January 2017Three Act Tragedy– January 2017Death in the Clouds– January 2017The ABC Murders– January 2017Murder in Mesopotamia– January 2017Cards on the Table– January 2017Dumb Witness– February 2017Death on the Nile– May 2017Appointment with Death– December 2017
- Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
- Sad Cypress
- One, Two Buckle my Shoe
- Evil Under the Sun
- Five Little Pigs
- The Hollow
- Taken at the Flood
- Mrs McGinty’s Dead
- After the Funeral
Hickory Dickory Dock– December 2016- Dead Man’s Folly
- Cat Among the Pigeons
- The Clocks
- Third Girl
- Hallowe’en Party
- Elephants Can Remember
- Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case
Hercule Poirot’s Short Story Collections
- Murder in the Mews
- The Labours of Hercules
- Christmas Adventure (short story)
Poirot Investigates (short stories)– December 2016- Poirot’s Early Cases (short stories)
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (short stories)
- Yellow Iris (short story)
- The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (short story)
- Second Gong (short story)
Miss Marple Novels
- The murder at the vicarage
- The body in the library
- The moving finger
- A murder is announced
- They do it with mirrors
- A pocket full of rye
- 4:50 from Paddington
- The mirror crack’d
- A Caribbean mystery
- At Bertram’s Hotel
- Nemesis
- Sleeping murder
Miss Marple Short Story Collections
- The Thirteen Problems
- Miss Marple’s Final Cases
Tommy & Tuppence Novels
- The Secret Adversary
- N or M
- By the Prickling of my Thumbs
- Postern of Fate
Tommy & Tuppence Short Story Collection
- Partners in Crime
Superintendent Battle Books
- The Secret of Chimneys
- The Seven Dials Mystery
Cards on the Table– January 2017- Murder is Easy
- Towards Zero
Stand Alone Novels
- The Man in the Brown Suit
- Giant’s Bread
- The Sittaford Mystery
- Unfinished Portrait
- Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
- And Then There Were None
- Absent in the Spring
- Death Comes as the End
- Sparkling Cyanide
- The Rose and the Yew Tree
- Crooked House
- They Came to Baghdad
- A Daughter’s a Daughter
- Destination Unknown
- The Burden
- Ordeal by Innocence
- The Pale Horse
- Endless Night
- Passenger to Frankfurt
Miscellaneous Short Story Collections
- The Mysterious Mr. Quin
- The Hound of Death
- The Listerdale Mystery
- Parker Pyne Investigates
- The Regetta Mystery and Other Stories
- The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
- Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
- The Under Dog and Other Stories
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
- Double Sin and Other Stories
- Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories
- The Golden Ball and Other Stories
- Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories
- The Harlequin Tea Set
- While the Light Lasts and Other Stories