Agatha Christie

Author · 1890 to 1976

Agatha Christie books in order

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English crime novelist, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

Also wrote as Mary Westmacott

Books
120
Editions tracked
216
First editions
104
Nationality
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
Torquay, Ashfield, 1890
Died
Winterbrook, Wallingford, 1976

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Agatha Christie wrote 120 books we track between 1905 and 2016; in publication order they begin with Endless Night (1905).

Life

About Agatha Christie

Writer

Known as
writer, novelist, screenwriter, dramaturge
Genres
autobiography, detective fiction, adventure fiction, crime literature
Movement
Knox's Commandments
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Also wrote as
Mary Westmacott

Background

Educated at
private education
Buried
Cholsey

Awards and honours

  • Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1971)
  • The Grand Master (1955)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
  • Anthony Award (2000)
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1956)

Notable works

From Wikidata (CC0); Wikipedia has articles on Agatha Christie in 147 languages.

About Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie (Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, née Miller, 1890-1976) was an English writer of detective fiction, the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and the best-selling novelist of all time. She was born in Torquay, Devon, on 15 September 1890 and died at Wallingford, Oxfordshire, on 12 January 1976.

Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introduced Poirot. It ran as a serial in The Times Weekly Edition in 1920, then appeared as a book from John Lane in New York in October 1920 and from The Bodley Head in London on 21 January 1921. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd followed from Collins in June 1926, and The Murder at the Vicarage appeared in 1930. Murder on the Orient Express was published by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. And Then There Were None (1939) has sold about 100 million copies. Her play The Mousetrap opened in 1952 and is the world's longest-running play. She also wrote six novels as Mary Westmacott and was made a Dame in 1971.

Her output ran to 66 detective novels and 14 story collections, with sales put at over two billion copies.

For collectors

The earliest Christie firsts are the American John Lane issue of The Mysterious Affair at Styles (October 1920) and the British Bodley Head edition of January 1921, priced at 7s 6d. Collins first editions of the 1920s and 1930s, such as Roger Ackroyd (1926) and the Crime Club Orient Express (1934), are the other core titles. In the United States both came from Dodd, Mead: Roger Ackroyd on 19 June 1926 and Orient Express on 28 February 1934, retitled Murder in the Calais Coach.

Collecting guideAgatha Christie First Editions: How to Identify and Value ThemAgatha Christie's British first editions came from The Bodley Head for her first five novels (1921 to 1925), then from Collins, under its Crime Club imprint from The Murder at the Vicarage … Collecting guideHow to Date Penguin BooksTo date a Penguin book, read the imprint page on the back of the title page: it gives the year the title first appeared in Penguin and lists every reprint, so the …
For collectors

Collect Agatha Christie

Earliest first editionThe Mysterious Affair at StylesJohn Lane Company, 1920 Most valuableA Murder Is Announced£215 to £310
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Reading guide

Agatha Christie books in order

In publication order

  1. 1Endless Night1905
  2. 2The Mysterious Affair at Styles1920
  3. 3The Secret Adversary1922
  4. 413 for luck1923
  5. 5Murder on the Links1923
  6. 6Poirot Investigates1924
  7. 7The Man in the Brown Suit1924
  8. 8The Secret of Chimneys1925
  9. 9The Murder of Roger Ackroyd1926
  10. 10The Under Dog and Other Stories1926
  11. 11The Big Four1927
  12. 12The Mystery of the Blue Train1928
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  1. 13Partners in Crime1929
  2. 14The Seven Dials Mystery1929
  3. 15Giant's Bread1930
  4. 16The Murder at the Vicarage1930
  5. 17The Mysterious Mr Quin1930
  6. 18The Floating Admiral1931
  7. 19The Sittaford Mystery1931
  8. 20Peril at End House1932
  9. 21The Thirteen Problems1932
  10. 22Ask A Policeman1933
  11. 23Lord Edgware Dies1933
  12. 24Parker Pyne Investigates1933
  13. 25The Hound of Death and Other Stories1933
  14. 26Black Coffee1934
  15. 27Murder on the Orient Express1934
  16. 28Three Act Tragedy1934
  17. 29Unfinished Portrait1934
  18. 30Why Didn't They Ask Evans?1934
  19. 31Death in the Clouds1935
  20. 32Cards on the Table1936
  21. 33Hercule Poirot1936
  22. 34Murder in Mesopotamia1936
  23. 35Murder in the Mews1936
  24. 36Six Against the Yard1936
  25. 37The A.B.C. Murders1936
  26. 38Death on the Nile1937
  27. 39Dumb Witness1937
  28. 40Appointment with Death1938
  29. 41Hercule Poirot's Christmas1938
  30. 42And Then There Were None1939
  31. 43Murder Is Easy1939
  32. 44The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories1939
  33. 45One, Two, Buckle My Shoe1940
  34. 46Sad Cypress1940
  35. 47Evil Under the Sun1941
  36. 48N or M?1941
  37. 49Five Little Pigs1942
  38. 50The Body in the Library1942
  39. 51The Moving Finger1942
  40. 52Absent in the Spring1944
  41. 53Death Comes As the End1944
  42. 54Towards Zero1944
  43. 55Sparkling Cyanide1945
  44. 56Come, Tell Me How You Live1946
  45. 57The Hollow1946
  46. 58The Labours of Hercules1947
  47. 59Three Blind Mice1947
  48. 60Taken at the Flood1948
  49. 61The Rose and the Yew Tree1948
  50. 62Three Blind Mice and Other Stories1948
  51. 63Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories1948
  52. 64Crooked House1949
  53. 65A Murder Is Announced1950
  54. 66They Came to Baghdad1951
  55. 67Mrs. McGinty's Dead1952
  56. 68They Do It with Mirrors1952
  57. 69A Daughter's a Daughter1953
  58. 70A Pocket Full of Rye1953
  59. 71After the Funeral1953
  60. 72Destination Unknown1954
  61. 73The Mousetrap1954
  62. 74Hickory Dickory Dock1955
  63. 75Dead Man's Folly1956
  64. 76Spider's Web1956
  65. 77The Burden1956
  66. 784:50 from Paddington1957
  67. 79Ordeal by Innocence1958
  68. 80The Listerdale Mystery1958
  69. 81The Unexpected Guest1958
  70. 82Cat Among the Pigeons1959
  71. 83The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding1960
  72. 84Double Sin and Other Stories1961
  73. 85The Pale Horse1961
  74. 86The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side1962
  75. 87The Clocks1963
  76. 88A Caribbean Mystery1964
  77. 89At Bertram's Hotel1965
  78. 90Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories1965
  79. 91Surprise! Surprise!1965
  80. 9213 clues for Miss Marple1966
  81. 93Third Girl1966
  82. 94By the Pricking of My Thumbs1968
  83. 95Hallowe'en Party1969
  84. 96The Regatta Mystery1969
  85. 97Passenger to Frankfurt1970
  86. 98Nemesis1971
  87. 99Elephants Can Remember1972
  88. 100The Witness for the Prosecution1972
  89. 101Akhnaton1973
  90. 102Postern of Fate1973
  91. 103Murder on Board1974
  92. 104Poirot's Early Cases1974
  93. 105Curtain1975
  94. 106Curtain & the Mysterious Affair at Styles1975
  95. 107Sleeping Murder1976
  96. 108Sleeping Murder & the Murder at the Vicarage1976
  97. 109An Autobiography1977
  98. 110The Mousetrap and Other Plays1978
  99. 111Miss Marple's Final Cases1979
  100. 112Five Complete Miss Marple Novels1980
  101. 113Hercule Poirot's Casebook1984
  102. 114Miss Marple1985
  103. 115Best Detective Stories of Agatha Christie1986
  104. 116Problem at Pollensa Bay1986
  105. 117Agatha Christie's Poirot1989
  106. 118The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories1997
  107. 119While the Light Lasts and Other Stories1997
  108. 120The Double Clue2016

By series

canon of Hercule Poirot 32 books
  1. Murder on the Links 1923
  2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926
  3. The Big Four 1927
  4. The Mystery of the Blue Train 1928
  5. Peril at End House 1932
  6. Lord Edgware Dies 1933
All 32 in order →
Miss Marple 12 books
  1. The Murder at the Vicarage 1930
  2. The Body in the Library 1942
  3. The Moving Finger 1942
  4. A Murder Is Announced 1950
  5. They Do It with Mirrors 1952
  6. A Pocket Full of Rye 1953
All 12 in order →
In order

First editions, year by year

  1. 1920The Mysterious Affair at StylesJohn Lane Company
  2. 1922The Secret AdversaryJohn Lane, The Bodley Head
  3. 1923Thirteen for LuckCollins
  4. 1923Murder on the LinksDodd, Mead and Company
  5. 1924Poirot InvestigatesBodley Head
  6. 1924The Man in the Brown SuitJohn Lane The Bodley Head
  7. 1925The Secret of ChimneysGrosset & Dunlap
  8. 1926The Murder of Roger AckroydWilliam Collins, Sons & Co.
  9. 1927The Big FourCollins
  10. 1928The Mystery of the Blue TrainWilliam Collins, Sons & Co.
  11. 1929Partners in CrimeDodd, Mead
  12. 1929The Seven Dials MysteryWilliam Collins & Sons
  13. 1930The Mysterious Mr QuinnCollins
  14. 1930The Murder at the VicarageCollins (The Crime Club)
  15. 1930Giant's BreadCollins
  16. 1931The Floating AdmiralHodder & Stoughton
  17. 1931The Sittaford MysteryDodd, Mead and Company
  18. 1932The Thirteen ProblemsPublished for the Crime Club by Collins
  19. 1932Peril at End HouseDodd, Mead and Company
  20. 1933Mr. Parker Pyne, DetectiveDell
  21. 1933The Hound of Death and Other StoriesOdhams Press
  22. 1933Ask A PolicemanArthur Baker
  23. 1934Murder on the Orient ExpressCollins Crime Club
  24. 1934Three Act TragedyDodd, Mead
  25. 1934Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Published for the Crime Club by Collins
  26. 1934Black CoffeeSamuel French
  27. 1934Unfinished PortraitDoubleday, Doran & Company
  28. 1935Death in the CloudsDodd, Mead and Company
  29. 1936The A.B.C. MurdersCollins Crime Club
  30. 1936Murder in MesopotamiaPublished for the Crime Club by Collins
  31. 1936Cards on the TableCollins (The Crime Club)
  32. 1936Hercule PoirotDodd, Mead
  33. 1937Death on the NileCollins
  34. 1937Dumb WitnessCollins
  35. 1938Hercule Poirot's ChristmasCollins (The Crime Club)
  36. 1938Appointment with DeathCollins Crime Club
  37. 1939And Then There Were NoneCollins Crime Club
  38. 1939Murder Is EasyCollins Crime Club
  39. 1940Sad CypressCollins
  40. 1940One, Two, Buckle My ShoeCollins

And 64 more in the full list below.

Books and editions

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Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie · first published 1923

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie · first published 1926

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  4. Librarie des Champs-Elysees1927 Hardback · canon of Hercule Poirot 3 I own Le Meurtre de Roger Ackroyd, Librarie des Champs-Elysees 1927 Log in to want this

The Mystery of the Blue Train

Agatha Christie · first published 1928

  1. 1st William Collins, Sons & Co.1928 Hardback · canon of Hercule Poirot 5 Sold £850 · Nov 2024 I own The Mystery of the Blue Train, William Collins, Sons & Co. 1928 Log in to want this
  2. Grosset & Dunlap1928 Hardback · canon of Hercule Poirot 5 I own The Mystery of the Blue Train, Grosset & Dunlap 1928 Log in to want this
  3. Dodd, Mead1928 Hardback · canon of Hercule Poirot 5 Sold £850 · Jun 2025 I own The Mystery of the Blue Train, Dodd, Mead 1928 Log in to want this
  4. Fontana1969 Paperback · canon of Hercule Poirot 5 I own The Mystery of the Blue Train, Fontana 1969 Log in to want this

The Seven Dials Mystery

Agatha Christie · first published 1929

  1. 1st William Collins & Sons1929 Hardback Sold £360 · Nov 2024 I own The Seven Dials Mystery, William Collins & Sons 1929 Log in to want this
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The Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie · first published 1930

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  1. 1st Collins (The Crime Club)1930 Hardback · Miss Marple 1 Sold £495 · Sep 2026 I own The Murder at the Vicarage, Collins (The Crime Club) 1930 Log in to want this
  2. Dodd, Mead1930 Hardback · Miss Marple 1 Sold £1,100 · Jun 2025 I own The Murder at the Vicarage, Dodd, Mead 1930 Log in to want this
  3. The Crime Club; Collins Clear-Type Press: London1931 Hardback · Miss Marple 1 I own The Murder at the Vicarage, The Crime Club; Collins Clear-Type Press: London 1931 Log in to want this

Peril at End House

Agatha Christie · first published 1932

  1. 1st Dodd, Mead and Company1932 Hardback · canon of Hercule Poirot 6 I own Peril at End House, Dodd, Mead and Company 1932 Log in to want this
  2. Berkley1932 Hardback · canon of Hercule Poirot 6 I own Peril at End House, Berkley 1932 Log in to want this
  3. Collins (The Crime Club)1932 Hardback · canon of Hercule Poirot 6 I own Peril at End House, Collins (The Crime Club) 1932 Log in to want this
  4. French1945 Hardback · canon of Hercule Poirot 6 I own Peril at End House, French 1945 Log in to want this
Questions collectors ask

Frequently asked questions

What order should I read Agatha Christie's books in?

In publication order they begin with Endless Night (1905), then The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) and The Secret Adversary (1922). Books in a series are listed in series order on this page.

What was Agatha Christie's first book?

The earliest book we list is Endless Night, first published in 1905.

When was Agatha Christie born?

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and died in 1976.

How many Agatha Christie books does MyVolumes track?

We track 120 books by Agatha Christie across 216 editions, 104 of them first editions.

What awards has Agatha Christie won?

Agatha Christie has won Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1971), The Grand Master (1955), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Anthony Award (2000), according to Wikidata.

Did Agatha Christie write under another name?

Yes: Agatha Christie also published as Mary Westmacott. Those books are listed here under the one author.

Sources

Where these facts come from

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