Agatha Christie
Critique • Works
Born
Torquay, Devon, England, 1890
Died
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, 1976
Publications
Novels, stories, plays
Genres
Mystery, thriller, romance
Nationality
British
Writing place
England
Writing language
English
Literature
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
• And Then There Were None (1939)
Novels
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
• And Then There Were None (1939)
Novel series
• Hercule Poirot (1920–1975)
Stories
• "The Witness for the Prosecution" (1925)
Crime and Mystery
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
• "The Witness for the Prosecution" (1925)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
• And Then There Were None (1939)
• A Murder Is Announced (1950)
• The Mousetrap (1952)
Crime and Mystery Series
• Hercule Poirot mysteries (1920–1975)
• Miss Jane Marple mysteries (1927–1976)
Crime and Mystery Stories
• "The Witness for the Prosecution" (1925)
• "Accident" (1934)
Works published in book form
1921
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, novel
1922
The Secret Adversary, novel
1923
The Murder on the Links, novel
1924
The Road of Dreams, poems
The Man in the Brown Suit, novel
Poirot Investigates, eleven stories, fourteen in U.S. edition
"The Adventure of the Western Star", "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor", "The Adventure of the Cheap Flat", "The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge", "The Million Dollar Bond Robbery", "The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb", "The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan", "The Kidnapped Prime Minister", "The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim", "The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman", "The Case of the Missing Will", "The Chocolate Box" (in U.S. edition), "The Veiled Lady" (in U.S. edition), "The Lost Mine" (in U.S. edition)
1925
The Secret of Chimneys, novel
1926
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, novel
1927
The Big Four, novel
1928
The Mystery of the Blue Train, novel
1929
The Seven Dials Mystery, novel
Partners in Crime, fifteen stories with framing narrative
"A Fairy in the Flat", "A Pot of Tea", "The Affair of the Pink Pearl", "The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger", "Finessing the King/The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper", "The Case of the Missing Lady", "Blindman's Buff", "The Man in the Mist", "The Crackler", "The Sunningdale Mystery", "The House of Lurking Death", "The Unbreakable Alibi", "The Clergyman's Daughter/The Red House", "The Ambassador's Boots", "The Man Who Was No. 16"
1930
The Murder at the Vicarage, novel
Giant's Bread, novel
The Mysterious Mr Quin, stories
1931
The Floating Admiral, novel, with members of The Detection Club
The Sittaford Mystery, novel, also known as The Murder at Hazelmoor
1932
Peril at End House, novel, also known as Thirteen at Dinner
The Thirteen Problems, stories, also known as The Tuesday Club Murders, also abridged as The Mystery of the Blue Geraniums, and Other Tuesday Club Murders, (1940)
1933
Lord Edgware Dies, novel
The Hound of Death, stories
Ask a Policeman, novel, with members of The Detection Club
1934
Murder on the Orient Express, novel, also known as Murder in the Calais Coach
Unfinished Portrait, novel
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, novel, also known as The Boomerang Clue
The Listerdale Mystery, twelve stories
"The Listerdale Mystery", "Philomel Cottage", "The Girl in the Train", "Sing a Song of Sixpence", "The Manhood of Edward Robinson", "Accident", "Jane in Search of a Job", "A Fruitful Sunday", "Mr. Eastwood's Adventure", "The Golden Ball", "The Rajah's Emerald", "Swan Song"
Parker Pyne Investigates, twelve stories, also known as Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective
Black Coffee, play
1935
Three Act Tragedy, novel, also known as Murder in Three Acts
Death in the Clouds, novel, also known as Death in the Air
1936
The A.B.C. Murders, novel
Murder in Mesopotamia, novel
Cards on the Table, novel
1937
Dumb Witness, novel, also known as Poirot Loses a Client
Death on the Nile, novel
Murder in the Mews, four stories, three in U.S. edition called Dead Man's Mirror
1938
Appointment with Death, novel
Hercule Poirot's Christmas, novel, also known as Murder for Christmas
1939
Murder Is Easy, novel, also known as Easy to Kill
And Then There Were None, novel, also known as Ten Little Indians
The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories Nines stories, published in U.S.
1940
Sad Cypress, novel
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, novel, also known as The Patriotic Murders
1941
Evil Under the Sun, novel
N or M?, novel
1942
The Body in the Library, novel
Five Little Pigs, novel, also known as Murder in Retrospect
1943
The Moving Finger, novel
The Crime in Cabin 66, stories, also known as The Mystery of the Crime in Cabin 66; Problem at Sea
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest, stories
Poirot and the Regatta Mystery, stories
Poirot on Holiday, stories
Problem at Pollensa Bay and The Christmas Adventure, stories
1944
Towards Zero, novel
Absent in the Spring, novel
The Veiled Lady and The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest, stories
Ten Little Indians, play
1945
Death Comes as the End, novel
Sparkling Cyanide , novel, also known as Remembered Death
Appointment with Death, play
1946
The Hollow, novel
Poirot Knows the Murderer, stories
Come, Tell Me How You Live Travel memoir, as Agatha Christie Mallowan
1947
The Labours of Hercules, stories
1948
Taken at the Flood, novel, also known as There is a Tide...
The Rose and the Yew Tree , novel
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, stories, published in U.S.
Murder on the Nile, play
1949
Crooked House, novel
1950
A Murder Is Announced, novel
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, stories, published in U.S., also published as The Mousetrap and Other Stories (1960)
1951
They Came to Baghdad , novel
The Under Dog and Other Stories, stories, published in U.S.
1952
Mrs McGinty's Dead, novel
They Do It with Mirrors, novel
A Daughter's a Daughter, novel
The Hollow, play
1953
After the Funeral, novel, also known as Funerals are Fatal
A Pocket Full of Rye, novel
1954
Destination Unknown, novel, also known as So Many Steps to Death
The Mousetrap, play
Witness for the Prosecution, play
1955
Hickory Dickory Dock, novel, also known as Hickory Dickory Death
1956
Dead Man's Folly, novel
The Burden, novel
1957
4.50 from Paddington, novel, also known as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
Spider's Web, play
Towards Zero, play
1958
Ordeal by Innocence, novel
Verdict, play
The Unexpected Guest, play
1959
Cat Among the Pigeons, novel
1960
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, stories
Go Back for Murder, play
1961
The Pale Horse, novel
Double Sin and Other Stories, stories, published in U.S.
1962
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, novel, also known as The Mirror Crack'd
1963
The Clocks, novel
Rule of Three, play
1964
A Caribbean Mystery, novel
1965
At Bertram's Hotel, novel
Surprise! Surprise!, stories, published in U.S.
Star over Bethlehem, poems and stories, as Agatha Christie Mallowan
1966
Third Girl, novel
13 Clues for Miss Marple, stories, published in U.S.
1967
Endless Night, novel
1968
By the Pricking of My Thumbs, novel
1969
Hallowe'en Party, novel
1970
Passenger to Frankfurt, novel
1971
Nemesis, novel
The Golden Ball and Other Stories, stories, published in U.S.
1972
Elephants Can Remember, novel
1973
Postern of Fate, novel
Poems, poems
Akhnaton, play
1974
Poirot's Early Cases, seventeen Stories, also known as Hercule Poirot's Early Cases
"The Adventure of the Clapham Cook", "The Cornish Mystery", "The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly", "The Double Clue", "The King of Clubs", "The Lemesurier Inheritance", "Jane in Search of a Job", "A Fruitful Sunday", "Mr. Eastwood's Adventure", "The Golden The Lost Mine", "The Plymouth Express", "The Chocolate Box"The Submarine Plans", "The Third Floor Flat", "Double Sin", "The Market Basing Mystery", "Wasps' Nest", "The Veiled Lady", "Problem at Sea", "How Does Your Garden Grow?"
1975
Curtain, novel, written in 1940s
1976
Sleeping Murder, novel, written in 1940s
1977
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography, memoir
1979
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories, eight stories
"Sanctuary", "Strange Jest", "Tape-Measure Murder", "The Case of the Caretaker", "The Case of the Perfect Maid", "Miss Marple Tells a Story", "The Dressmaker's Doll", "In a Glass Darkly"
1983
The Scoop and Behind the Screen, novellas, with members of The Detection Club
1991
Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories, stories
1997
The Harlequin Tea Set, stories, published in U.S.
While the Light Lasts and Other Stories, stories, published in U.S.
2014
Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly, novel, earlier version of Dead Man's Folly
2012
The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery, letters
2017
The Big Four, stories, previously published as part of The Big Four novel
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