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The Official Agatha Christie Site
Its Must-Read List:

Title
Year
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926
Murder At The Vicarage1930
Thirteen At Dinner

1933
Murder on the Orient Express1934
The A.B.C Murders1935
Death on the Nile 1937
The Moving Finger 1942
A Murder Is Announced 1950
Ten Little Indians 1939
Crooked House 1949
A Pocket Full of Rye 1953
Ordeal By Innocence 1958






Julian Symon's List
Of Agatha Christie's Best Books

Symon is a noted crime critic who wrote an article in "The New Bedside, Bathtub, & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie."

The first two are his top choices. The rest are in no particular order.

Title
Year
1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926
2. Ten Little Indians1939
Thirteen At Dinner

1933
Murder on the Orient Express1934
The A.B.C Murders1935
Death on the Nile 1937
The Mysterious Affair At Styles
The Man In The Brown Suit 1924
Peril At End House1932
Death In The Air 1935
Sad Cypress1940
Towards Zero1944
Death Comes As The End1945
What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! 1957
The Pale Horse1961






Agatha Christie's Favorites:

"Of my detective books, I think that the two that satisfy me best are Crooked House and Ordeal By Innocence.--Agatha Christie, "An Autobiography"

"Christie has named it [The Pale Horse] as one of her five favorites."--Beth Simon, "The New Bedside, Bathtub, & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie"

"I find that another one I am really pleased with is The Moving Finger. It is a great test to reread what one has written some seventeen or eighteen years before. One's view changes. Some do not stand the test of time, others do."--Agatha Christie, "An Autobiography"

In an interview that appeared in The Daily Mail on September 1, 170, Agatha Christie responded to Godfrey Winn's question of whether "Three Blind Mice" was her favorite work by saying: "No, it isn't my favorite. That's 'Crooked House.'"

According to The Official Agatha Christie Website, Agatha was "especially fond of" of her novel, "Death On The Nile."



Dew's Top Ten Must-Read List:

This list is based upon the above lists.

Title
Year
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926
Thirteen At Dinner

1933
Murder on the Orient Express1934
The A.B.C Murders1935
Death on the Nile 1937
The Moving Finger 1942
Ten Little Indians 1939
Crooked House 1949
The Pale Horse1961
Ordeal By Innocence 1958




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