Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

Kerrie of Mysteries in Paradise has finally done it. She's managed to talk me into joining yet another challenge - which wasn't really too hard. And a great one it is - The Agatha Christie Reading Challenge. Kerrie decided to work her way through Christie's books in order that they were written. Several people decided to join in and when she saw my reviews, she invited me to join. I finally decided to jump off the fence. Go here to read more about the challenge.

There is a great list on Wikipedia and also Agathachristie.com.

The books should be read in the following order:

1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
2. The Secret Adversary
3. Murder on the Links
4. The Man in the Brown Suit
5. The Secret of Chimneys
6. The Murder of Roger Akroyd Ackroyd (finished)
7. The Big Four
8. The Mystery of the Blue Train
9. Black Coffee (play novelisation by Charles Osborne)
10. The Seven Dials Mystery
11. The Murder at the Vicarage
12. The Sittaford Mystery
13. Peril at End House
14. Lord Edgware Dies
15. Murder on the Orient Express
16. Why didn't they ask Evans?
17. Three Act Tragedy
18. Death in the Clouds
19. The ABC Murders
20. Murder in Mesopotamia
21. Cards on the Table
22. Murder in the Mews (four novellas)
23. Dumb Witness
24. Death on the Nile
25. Appointment with Death
26. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Finished)
27. Murder is Easy
28. And Then There Were None (have it)
29. One, Two Buckle My Shoe
30. Sad Cypress
31. Evil Under the Sun
32. N or M?
33. The Body in the Library
34. Five Little Pigs
35. The Moving Finger
36. Towards Zero
37. Death Comes as the End
38. Sleeping Murder
39. Sparkling Cyanide
40. The Hollow
41. Taken at the Flood
42. Crooked House
43. A Murder is Announced
44. They Came to Baghdad
45. Mrs McGinty's Dead
46. They Do It With Mirrors
47. After the Funeral
48. A Pocket Full of Rye
49. Destination Unknown
50. Spider’s Web (play novelisation by Charles Osborne) Finished
51. Hickory Dickory Dock
52. Dead Man's Folly
53. 4.50 from Paddington
54. Ordeal by Innocence
55. Cat Among the Pigeons
56. The Unexpected Guest (play novelisation by Charles Osborne)
57. The Pale Horse
58. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
59. The Clocks
60. A Caribbean Mystery
61. At Bertram’s Hotel
62. Third Girl
63. Endless Night
64. By the Pricking of my Thumbs
65. Hallowe'en Party
66. Passenger to Frankfurt
67. Nemesis
68. Elephants Can Remember
69. Postern of Fate
70. Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case

I haven't included any short stories. I checked both lists and they agree - how about that. Wikipedia is right for once. This is a perpetual challenge and you can sign up on Kerrie's blog.

On or around the 23rd of each month, Kerrie will be hosting the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Carnival. Carnival # 2 is up and running and waiting for you to check out what everyone has been reading and what they have to say. The next carnival will be March 20th, so put it on your calendar and come join in on the fun.

Looks like I'll be visiting my favorite used bookstore soon!