# Agatha Christie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878 "2011-12-02T20:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/1 "2011-12-02T20:22:54Z")
I have enjoyed several Agatha Christie novels, but I’m sure there are more great ones that I missed. But some of hers are real flops, so I’m looking for some high quality recommendations. My favorite is “And Then There were None” - great plot, exciting story, never would have guested the ending. I also enjoyed the following: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Evil Under the Sun The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side Death on the Nile Curtain A Murder is Announced Please recommend some good novels that I haven’t read yet. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/2 "2011-12-02T21:12:30Z")
If you have a Kindle, or a Kindle app on your computer or other device, you may want to grab [Clues to Christie: The Definitive Guide to Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Tommy & Tuppence and All of Agatha Christie’s Mysteries](http://www.amazon.com/Clues-Christie-Definitive-Christies-ebook/dp/B005ZWI3HU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1322860159&sr=1-1) which is currently free at [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/3 "2011-12-02T23:46:24Z")
I enjoy watching the Brit t.v. programmes based on her stories. But not American adaptions or anything with Peter Ustinov in, they tend to be all show and no substance. Sorry I can’t help you with the books. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/4 "2011-12-03T00:44:26Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Please recommend some good novels that I haven’t read yet. I’d highly recommend Five Little Pigs, especially given the novels you mentioned. (I’m also a big fan of the first few Tommy and Tuppence books, but the tone is altogether different from what you seem to have in mind.) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/5 "2011-12-03T00:49:58Z")
The A.B.C. Murders is one I’ve reread at least 10 times in the past 20 years. Love that book. Perot is challenged by a serial killer to catch him if he can. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/6 "2011-12-03T01:00:42Z")
_The Body in the Library_ is one of my favorite with Miss Marple. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/7 "2011-12-03T01:01:27Z")
I second _Five Little Pigs and The ABC murders. I would also recommend The Sittaford Mystery, Death Comes as the End, What Mrs. McGilligudy Saw_ and _Towards Zero_ The Tuppence and Tommy books and stories are a lot of fun and the novels I’ve read about Mrs. Marple are pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/8 "2011-12-03T01:06:23Z")
Judging from your list I’d say you would definitely enjoy the following books: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe A Pocketful of Rye Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? Death in the Clouds Hickory Dickory Dock ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/9 "2011-12-03T01:08:02Z")
I always dreamed someday Christie would write a book featuring Poirot and Marple working together. Would have been epic. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/10 "2011-12-03T01:15:13Z")
The ABC Murders (The best one of hers I’ve read) A Pocketful of Rye. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/11 "2011-12-03T01:34:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I always dreamed someday Christie would write a book featuring Poirot and Marple working together. Would have been epic. Many people suggested this to her. She specifically refused. Her justification was that Poirot would not like being told his job by an amateur. She was probably right. If they had met, and worked together on a mystery, one of them would have spotted the final clue before the other did, and then that one would be forever the best, and the other one would be secondary. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/12 "2011-12-03T01:44:10Z")
My favorite Agatha Christie mystery is _Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?_ From your list, it looks like you enjoy the ones with interesting, difficult to guess endings. Ones that fall into that category (along with many recommended above), include: _Crooked House_ _Funerals are Fatal_ _Easy to Kill_ _Thirteen at Dinner_ _The Pale Horse_ For an exciting story, you can’t beat _The Secret Adversary_. I envy you reading these for the first time. I’ve known all of the best solutions for over 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/604878/13 "2011-12-03T01:53:56Z")
Top three (2 of which you have read): And Then There Were None Death on the Nile Cards on the Table Some others I would suggest: The A.B.C. Murders The Murder at the Vicarage Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? The Moving Finger I would also recommend the Miss Marple short stories, such as The Thirteen Problems, as well as Christie’s other short stories not involving Poirot. Poirot’s short stories are less consistently good.