Agatha Christie bibliography

Agatha Christie
bibliography
	Agatha Christie
Novels↙	74
Collections↙	28
Poems↙	3
Plays↙	16
Broadcast works↙	7
As editor↙	1
Autobiography↙	2
	References and footnotes

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. Her reputation rests on 66 detective novels and 15 short-story collections that have sold over two billion copies, an amount surpassed only by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare.[1] She is also the most translated individual author in the world with her books having been translated into more than 100 languages.[2] Her works contain several regular characters with whom the public became familiar, including Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Parker Pyne and Harley Quin.[3][1] Christie wrote more Poirot stories than any of the others, even though she thought the character to be "rather insufferable".[3] Following the publication of the 1975 novel Curtain, Poirot's obituary appeared on the front page of The New York Times.[4][5]

She married Archibald Christie in December 1914, but the couple divorced in 1928.[3] After he was sent to the Western Front in the First World War, she worked with the Voluntary Aid Detachment and in the chemist dispensary, giving her a working background knowledge of medicines and poisons.[3] Christie's writing career began during the war, after she was challenged by her sister to write a detective story; she produced The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which was turned down by two publishers before being published in 1920.[3][6] Following the limited success of the novel, she continued to write and steadily built up a fan base. She went on to write over a hundred works, including further novels, short stories, plays, poetry, and two autobiographies. She also wrote six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.[7]

One of Christie's plays, The Mousetrap, opened in West End theatre in 1952 and, as of December 2019, was still running. In 2009, the London run exceeded 25,000 performances.[8] In September 2015, a public vote identified And Then There Were None—as the public's favourite Christie novel; the book was the writer's favourite, and the one she found most difficult to write.[9]

In September 1930, Christie married the archaeologist Max Mallowan. The pair travelled frequently on archaeological expeditions, and she utilized the experiences she had while on her many adventures as a basis for some plots, including Murder on the Orient Express (1934), Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) and Death on the Nile (1937). She also wrote the autobiographical travel book Come, Tell Me How You Live (1946), which described their life in Syria. Her biographer, Janet Morgan, reports that "archaeologists have celebrated ... [Christie's] contribution to Near Eastern exploration".[3] Christie died in 1976, her reputation as a crime novelist high.[10]

Novels

First edition cover of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920

Initially in chronological order by UK publication date, even when the book was published first in the US or serialised in a magazine in advance of publication in book form.

Christie's novels
UK title[1][11][12]	Year of UK publication	UK publisher (All London)	Year of US publication	US title	US publisher (All New York)	Series	Notes
The Mysterious Affair at Styles	1921	The Bodley Head	1920	The Mysterious Affair at Styles	John Lane	Hercule Poirot	–
The Secret Adversary	1922	The Bodley Head	1922	The Secret Adversary	Dodd, Mead & Co	Tommy and Tuppence	–
The Murder on the Links	1923	The Bodley Head	1923	The Murder on the Links	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The Man in the Brown Suit	1924	The Bodley Head	1924	The Man in the Brown Suit	Dodd, Mead & Co	Colonel Race	–
The Secret of Chimneys	1925	The Bodley Head	1925	The Secret of Chimneys	Dodd, Mead & Co	Superintendent Battle	–
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	1926	William Collins & Sons	1926	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The Big Four	1927	William Collins & Sons	1927	The Big Four	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The Mystery of the Blue Train	1928	William Collins & Sons	1928	The Mystery of the Blue Train	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The Seven Dials Mystery	1929	William Collins & Sons	1929	The Seven Dials Mystery	Dodd, Mead & Co	Superintendent Battle	–
The Murder at the Vicarage	1930	William Collins & Sons	1930	The Murder at the Vicarage	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
Giant's Bread	1930	William Collins & Sons	1930	Giant's Bread	Doubleday	Other	As Mary Westmacott
The Floating Admiral	1931	Hodder & Stoughton	1932	The Floating Admiral	Doubleday	Mystery novel	With members of The Detection Club.[13][lower-alpha 1]
The Sittaford Mystery	1931	William Collins & Sons	1931	The Murder at Hazelmoor	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
Peril at End House	1932	William Collins & Sons	1932	Peril at End House	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Lord Edgware Dies	1933	William Collins & Sons	1933	Thirteen at Dinner	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Murder on the Orient Express	1934	William Collins & Sons	1934	Murder in the Calais Coach	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Unfinished Portrait	1934	William Collins & Sons	1934	Unfinished Portrait	Doubleday	Other	As Mary Westmacott
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	1934	William Collins & Sons	1935	The Boomerang Clue	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
Three Act Tragedy	1935	William Collins & Sons	1934	Murder in Three Acts	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Death in the Clouds	1935	William Collins & Sons	1935	Death in the Air	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The A.B.C. Murders	1936	William Collins & Sons	1936	The A.B.C. Murders	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Murder in Mesopotamia	1936	William Collins & Sons	1936	Murder in Mesopotamia	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Cards on the Table	1936	William Collins & Sons	1937	Cards on the Table	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Dumb Witness	1937	William Collins & Sons	1937	Poirot Loses a Client	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Death on the Nile	1937	William Collins & Sons	1938	Death on the Nile	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Appointment with Death	1938	William Collins & Sons	1938	Appointment with Death	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Hercule Poirot's Christmas	1938	William Collins & Sons	1939	Murder for Christmas	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	Later US editions also published under the title A Holiday for Murder
Murder Is Easy	1939	William Collins & Sons	1939	Easy to Kill	Dodd, Mead & Co	Superintendent Battle	–
And Then There Were None	1939	William Collins & Sons	1941	And Then There Were None	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	Also published in the U.S. as Ten Little Indians
Sad Cypress	1940	William Collins & Sons	1940	Sad Cypress	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe	1940	William Collins & Sons	1941	The Patriotic Murders	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	Published in paperback in the US under the title An Overdose of Death
Evil Under the Sun	1941	William Collins & Sons	1941	Evil Under the Sun	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
N or M?	1941	William Collins & Sons	1941	N or M?	Dodd, Mead & Co	Tommy and Tuppence	–
The Body in the Library	1942	William Collins & Sons	1942	The Body in the Library	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
Five Little Pigs	1942	William Collins & Sons	1942	Murder in Retrospect	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The Moving Finger	1943	William Collins & Sons	1942	The Moving Finger	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
Towards Zero	1944	William Collins & Sons	1944	Towards Zero	Dodd, Mead & Co	Superintendent Battle	–
Absent in the Spring	1944	William Collins & Sons	1944	Absent in the Spring	Farrar & Rinehart	Other	As Mary Westmacott
Death Comes as the End	1945	William Collins & Sons	1944	Death Comes as the End	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
Sparkling Cyanide	1945	William Collins & Sons	1945	Remembered Death	Dodd, Mead & Co	Colonel Race	–
The Hollow	1946	William Collins & Sons	1946	The Hollow	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Taken at the Flood	1948	William Collins & Sons	1948	There is a Tide . . .	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The Rose and the Yew Tree	1948	Heinemann	1948	The Rose and the Yew Tree	Rinehart & Company	Other	As Mary Westmacott
Crooked House	1949	William Collins & Sons	1949	Crooked House	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
A Murder Is Announced	1950	William Collins & Sons	1950	A Murder Is Announced	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
They Came to Baghdad	1951	William Collins & Sons	1951	They Came to Baghdad	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
Mrs McGinty's Dead	1952	William Collins & Sons	1952	Mrs McGinty's Dead	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
They Do It with Mirrors	1952	William Collins & Sons	1952	Murder with Mirrors	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
A Daughter's a Daughter	1952	William Collins & Sons	1963	A Daughter's a Daughter	Dell Publishing	Other	As Mary Westmacott
After the Funeral	1953	William Collins & Sons	1953	Funerals are Fatal	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
A Pocket Full of Rye	1953	William Collins & Sons	1954	A Pocket Full of Rye	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
Destination Unknown	1954	William Collins & Sons	1955	So Many Steps to Death	Dodd, Mead & Co. Syndicated in US Newspapers as Destination X.	Mystery novel	–
Hickory Dickory Dock	1955	William Collins & Sons	1955	Hickory Dickory Death	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Dead Man's Folly	1956	William Collins & Sons	1956	Dead Man's Folly	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The Burden	1956	Heinemann	1963	The Burden	Dell Publishing	Other	As Mary Westmacott
4.50 from Paddington	1957	William Collins & Sons	1957	What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
Ordeal by Innocence	1958	William Collins & Sons	1959	Ordeal by Innocence	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
Cat Among the Pigeons	1959	William Collins & Sons	1960	Cat Among the Pigeons	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
The Pale Horse	1961	William Collins & Sons	1962	The Pale Horse	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side	1962	William Collins & Sons	1963	The Mirror Crack'd	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
The Clocks	1963	William Collins & Sons	1964	The Clocks	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
A Caribbean Mystery	1964	William Collins & Sons	1965	A Caribbean Mystery	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
At Bertram's Hotel	1965	William Collins & Sons	1965	At Bertram's Hotel	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
Third Girl	1966	William Collins & Sons	1967	Third Girl	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Endless Night	1967	William Collins & Sons	1968	Endless Night	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
By the Pricking of My Thumbs	1968	William Collins & Sons	1968	By the Pricking of My Thumbs	Dodd, Mead & Co	Tommy and Tuppence	–
Hallowe'en Party	1969	William Collins & Sons	1969	Hallowe'en Party	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Passenger to Frankfurt	1970	William Collins & Sons	1970	Passenger to Frankfurt	Dodd, Mead & Co	Mystery novel	–
Nemesis	1971	William Collins & Sons	1971	Nemesis	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	–
Elephants Can Remember	1972	William Collins & Sons	1972	Elephants Can Remember	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	–
Postern of Fate	1973	William Collins & Sons	1973	Postern of Fate	Dodd, Mead & Co	Tommy and Tuppence	–
Curtain	1975	William Collins & Sons	1975	Curtain	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot	Poirot's last case, written in the 1940s.[14]
Sleeping Murder	1976	William Collins & Sons	1976	Sleeping Murder	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple	Miss Marple's last case, written in the 1940s.[15]
Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly	2014	HarperCollins				Hercule Poirot	Written in 1954 to raise money for a church.[16] Later reworked into Dead Man's Folly (see above).

Short-story collections

Agatha Christie as a girl, date unknown

Many of Christie's stories first appeared in journals, newspapers and magazines.[17] This list consists of the published collections of stories, in chronological order by UK publication date, even when the book was published first in the US or serialised in a magazine in advance of publication in book form.

Christie's short-story collections
UK title[1][11][12]	Year of UK publication	UK publisher (All London)	US title	Year of US publication	US publisher (All New York)	Series
Poirot Investigates	1924	John Lane	Poirot Investigates	1925	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot
Partners in Crime	1929	William Collins & Sons	Partners in Crime	1929	Dodd, Mead & Co	Tommy and Tuppence
The Mysterious Mr Quin	1930	William Collins & Sons	The Mysterious Mr Quin	1930	Dodd, Mead & Co	Harley Quin
The Thirteen Problems[lower-alpha 2]	1932	William Collins & Sons	The Tuesday Club Murders	1933	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple
The Hound of Death	1933	Odhams Press	–	–	–	–
The Listerdale Mystery	1934	William Collins & Sons	–	–	–	–
Parker Pyne Investigates	1934	William Collins & Sons	Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective	1934	Dodd, Mead & Co	Parker Pyne
Murder in the Mews	1937	William Collins & Sons	Dead Man's Mirror	1937	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot
–	–	–	The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories	1939	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne & Miss Marple
The Crime in Cabin 66	1943	Vallencey	The Mystery of the Crime in Cabin 66	1943	Bantam Books	Also called Problem at Sea
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest	1943	Bantam Books	The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest	1943	Bantam Books	Hercule Poirot
Poirot and the Regatta Mystery	1943	Bantam Books	Poirot and the Regatta Mystery	1943	Bantam Books	Hercule Poirot
Poirot on Holiday	1943	Todd	–	–	–	Hercule Poirot
Problem at Pollensa Bay and The Christmas Adventure	1943	Todd	–	–	–	Hercule Poirot
The Veiled Lady and The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest	1944	Todd	–	–	–	Hercule Poirot
Poirot Knows the Murderer	1946	Todd	–	–	–	Hercule Poirot
The Labours of Hercules	1947	William Collins & Sons	The Labors of Hercules: New Adventures in Crime by Hercule Poirot	1947	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot
–	–	–	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories	1948	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot and others
–	–	–	The Under Dog and Other Stories	1951	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot
–	–	–	Three Blind Mice and Other Stories[lower-alpha 3]	1950	Dodd, Mead & Co	–
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding	1960	William Collins & Sons	–	–	–	Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and others
–	–	–	Double Sin and Other Stories	1961	Dodd, Mead & Co	–
13 for Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories for Young Readers	1966	William Collins & Sons	13 for Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories for Young Readers	1961	Dodd, Mead & Co	–
–	–	–	Surprise! Surprise!	1965	Dodd, Mead & Co	–
–	–	–	13 Clues for Miss Marple	1966	Dodd, Mead & Co	Miss Marple
–	–	–	The Golden Ball and Other Stories	1971	Dodd, Mead & Co	–
Poirot's Early Cases	1974	William Collins & Sons	Hercule Poirot's Early Cases	1974	Dodd, Mead & Co	Hercule Poirot
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories	1979	William Collins & Sons	–	–	–	Miss Marple and others
Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories	1991	Harper Collins	–	–	–	Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne & Harley Quin and others
While the Light Lasts and Other Stories	1997	Harper Collins	–	–	–	–
–	–	–	The Harlequin Tea Set	1997	G. P. Putnam's Sons	–
The Big Four (short-story version) [18]	2017	Harper Collins	–	–	–	Hercule Poirot

List of short stories

A total of 166 stories have been written and published in 15 collections in the US and the UK.[19] 164 stories were published in the UK, with the omission of "Three Blind Mice" and "The Wife of the Kenite.” The 12 original short stories that were used for The Big Four were published in the UK in 2017. 153 other stories were published in the US, however, “Christmas Adventure,” which was the original version of "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” was not included. Some stories were published under different names in the US collections.

Four short stories, including "The Submarine Plans,” "Christmas Adventure,” "The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest,” and "The Second Gong,” were expanded into longer stories by Christie (respectively "The Incredible Theft,” "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding,” "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest,” and "Dead Man's Mirror"). All four of the original versions were published in the UK, and three of them were published in the US (with "Christmas Adventure" being the exception).

UK collections

This is a list of 166 stories sorted by the 15 UK collections in chronological order.

UK collection	UK title	US collection
Poirot Investigates (11)[17]	"The Adventure of 'The Western Star'"	Poirot Investigates (14)—also includes "The Veiled Lady", "The Lost Mine", and "The Chocolate Box"[17]
	"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"
Partners in Crime (15)[20]	"A Fairy in the Flat"	Partners in Crime[20]
	"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"
The Mysterious Mr Quin (12)[21]	"The Coming of Mr. Quin"	The Mysterious Mr Quin[21]
	"The Shadow on the Glass"
	"At the 'Bells and Motley'"
	"The Sign in the Sky"
	"The Soul of the Croupier"
	"The Man from the Sea"
	"The Voice in the Dark"
	"The Face of Helen"
	"The Dead Harlequin"
	"The Bird with the Broken Wing"
	"The World’s End"
	"Harlequin’s Lane"
The Thirteen Problems (13)[22]	"The Tuesday Night Club"	The Tuesday Club Murders[22]
	"The Idol House of Astarte"
	"Ingots of Gold"
	"The Blood-Stained Pavement"
	"Motive v. Opportunity"
	"The Thumb Mark of St. Peter"
	"The Blue Geranium"
	"The Companion"
	"The Four Suspects"
	"A Christmas Tragedy"
	"The Herb of Death"
	"The Affair at the Bungalow"
	"Death by Drowning"
The Hound of Death (12)[23]	"The Hound of Death"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories[24]
	"The Red Signal"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories[25]
	"The Fourth Man"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories[25]
	"The Gypsy"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"The Lamp"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"Wireless"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories under the name "Where There's a Will"
	"The Witness for the Prosecution"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
	"The Mystery of the Blue Jar"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
	"The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories under the name "The Strange Case of Sir Andrew Carmichael"
	"The Call of Wings"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"The Last Seance"	Double Sin and Other Stories[26]
	"S.O.S."	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
The Listerdale Mystery (12)[23]	"The Listerdale Mystery"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"Philomel Cottage"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
	"The Girl in the Train"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"Sing a Song of Sixpence"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
	"The Manhood of Edward Robinson"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"Accident"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
	"Jane in Search of a Job"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"A Fruitful Sunday"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"Mr. Eastwood’s Adventure"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
	"The Golden Ball"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"The Rajah's Emerald"
	"Swan Song"
Parker Pyne Investigates (12)[27]	"The Case of the Middle-aged Wife"	Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective[27]
	"The Case of the Discontented Soldier"
	"The Case of the Distressed Lady"
	"The Case of the Discontented Husband"
	"The Case of the City Clerk"
	"The Case of the Rich Woman"
	"Have You Got Everything You Want?"
	"The Gate of Baghdad"
	"The House at Shiraz"
	"The Pearl of Price"
	"Death on the Nile"
	"The Oracle at Delphi"
Murder in the Mews (4)[28]	"Murder in the Mews"	Dead Man's Mirror[24]
	"The Incredible Theft"
	"Dead Man’s Mirror"
	"Triangle at Rhodes"
The Labours of Hercules (12)[29]	"The Nemean Lion"	The Labors of Hercules[29]
	"The Lernean Hydra"
	"The Arcadian Deer"
	"The Erymanthian Boar"
	"The Augean Stables"
	"The Stymphalean Birds"
	"The Cretan Bull"
	"The Horse of Diomedes"
	"The Girdle of Hippolyta"
	"The Flock of Geryon"
	"The Apples of the Hesperides"
	"The Capture of Cerberus"
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (6)[26]	"The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding"	Double Sin and Other Stories under the name "The Theft of the Royal Ruby"
	"The Mystery of the Spanish Chest"	The Harlequin Tea Set
	"The Under Dog"	The Under Dog and Other Stories
	"Four and Twenty Blackbirds"	Three Blind Mice and Other Stories[28]
	"The Dream"	The Regatta Mystery[24]
	"Greenshaw's Folly"	Double Sin and Other Stories
Poirot's Early Cases (18)[30]	"The Affair at the Victory Ball"	The Under Dog and Other Stories
	"The Adventure of the Clapham Cook"
	"The Cornish Mystery"
	"The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly"	Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
	"The Double Clue"	Double Sin and Other Stories
	"The King of Clubs"	The Under Dog and Other Stories
	"The Lemesurier Inheritance"	The Under Dog and Other Stories
	"The Lost Mine"	Poirot Investigates (US edition only)
	"The Plymouth Express"	The Under Dog and Other Stories
	"The Chocolate Box"	Poirot Investigates (US edition only)
	"The Submarine Plans"	The Under Dog and Other Stories
	"The Third-Floor Flat"	Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
	"Double Sin"	Double Sin and Other Stories
	"The Market Basing Mystery"	The Under Dog and Other Stories
	"Wasps’ Nest"	Double Sin and Other Stories
	"The Veiled Lady"	Poirot Investigates (US edition only)
	"Problem at Sea"	The Regatta Mystery
	"How Does Your Garden Grow?"	The Regatta Mystery
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (8)	"Sanctuary"	Double Sin and Other Stories
	"Strange Jest"	Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
	"Tape-Measure Murder"
	"The Case of the Caretaker"
	"The Case of the Perfect Maid"
	"Miss Marple Tells a Story"	The Regatta Mystery
	"The Dressmaker’s Doll"	Double Sin and Other Stories
	"In a Glass Darkly"	The Regatta Mystery
Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (8)	"Problem at Pollensa Bay"	The Regatta Mystery
	"The Second Gong"	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
	"Yellow Iris"	The Regatta Mystery
	"The Harlequin Tea Set"	The Harlequin Tea Set
	"The Regatta Mystery"	The Regatta Mystery
	"The Love Detectives"	Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
	"Next to a Dog"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
	"Magnolia Blossom"	The Golden Ball and Other Stories
While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (9)	"The House of Dreams"	The Harlequin Tea Set
	"The Actress"
	"The Edge"
	"Christmas Adventure"	Never published in the US
	"The Lonely God"	The Harlequin Tea Set
	"Manx Gold"
	"Within A Wall"
	"The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest"	The Regatta Mystery
	"While the Light Lasts"	The Harlequin Tea Set
The Big Four – The Detective Club (short story version) (12)[18]	"The Unexpected Guest"	As yet unpublished in the US
	"The Adventure of the Dartmoor Bungalow"
	"The Lady on the Stairs"
	"The Radium Thieves"
	"In the House of the Enemy"
	"The Yellow Jasmine Mystery"
	"The Chess Problem"
	"The Baited Trap"
	"The Adventure of the Peroxide Blonde"
	"The Terrible Catastrophe"
	"The Dying Chinaman"
	"The Crag in the Dolomites"
Never published in a UK collection	"Three Blind Mice"	Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
Never published in a UK collection	"The Wife of the Kenite"	The Last Séance: Tales of the Supernatural

US collections

There are 14 US collections, excluding Poirot's Early Cases, since all of its eighteen stories appeared in earlier collections, and The Last Séance: Tales of the Supernatural, which includes only one previously unavailable Christie story.

Year	US collection	Number of stories
1925	Poirot Investigates	14
1929	Partners in Crime	15
1930	The Mysterious Mr Quin	12
1932	The Tuesday Club Murders	13
1934	Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective	12
1937	Dead Man's Mirror	4
1939	The Regatta Mystery	9
1947	The Labors of Hercules	12
1948	The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories	11
1950	Three Blind Mice and Other Stories	9
1951	The Under Dog and Other Stories	9
1961	Double Sin and Other Stories	8
1971	The Golden Ball and Other Stories	15
1997	The Harlequin Tea Set	9

Miscellany

Miscellaneous works by Christie
Title[1][31]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (All London)	Category	Notes
The Road of Dreams	1924	Geoffrey Bles	Poetry
Ask a Policeman	1933	Arthur Barker	Novel	Part 1 of The Detection Club trilogy
Come, Tell Me How You Live	1946	William Collins & Sons	Autobiographical travel book	Under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan
Star Over Bethlehem	1965	William Collins & Sons	Poetry and short stories	Under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan
Poems	1973	William Collins & Sons	Poetry
The Times of London Anthology of Detective Stories	1973	John Day	Mystery stories	Editor, with others
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography	1977	William Collins & Sons	Autobiography
The Scoop and Behind the Screen	1983	Victor Gollancz	Mystery novellas	With members of The Detection Club
The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery	2012		Letters

Broadcast works

Blue plaque, at her former residence, 58 Sheffield Terrace, Kensington, London

Several of Christie's works have been adapted for stage and screen; the following is a list of only those works written by her on her own or as a member of a group.[32]

Broadcast works of Christie
Title[1]	First performance	Date of first performance	Type of work	Notes	Ref.
Behind The Screen	BBC Radio	14 June 1930	Radio play	Written together with Hugh Walpole, Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, E. C. Bentley and Ronald Knox of The Detection Club.	[33]
The Scoop	BBC Radio	10 January 1931	Radio play	Written together with Dorothy L. Sayers, E. C. Bentley, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts and Clemence Dane of The Detection Club.	[34]
Wasp's Nest	BBC Television	18 June 1937	Television play		[35]
The Yellow Iris	BBC Radio	2 November 1937	Radio play		[36]
Three Blind Mice	BBC Radio	30 May 1947	Radio play		[37]
Butter in a Lordly Dish	BBC Radio	13 January 1948	Radio play		[38]
Personal Call	BBC Radio	31 May 1954	Radio play		[39]

Stage works

The definitive study of Agatha Christie's stage plays is Curtain Up: Agatha Christie, a Life in Theatre by Julius Green.

Blue plaque for The Mousetrap at St Martin's Theatre, London

From left: Louis Hayward, C. Aubrey Smith, Barry Fitzgerald, Richard Haydn, Mischa Auer and Walter Huston in the 1945 film And Then There Were None, which was based on the 1943 play Ten Little Niggers.

Stage works of Christie
Title[1][40]	Location of first performance (London, unless otherwise stated)	Date of first performance	Year of publication	Publisher (All London)	Notes
Black Coffee	Embassy Theatre	8 December 1930	1934	Ashley	Novelised by Charles Osborne in 1998 as Black Coffee
Ten Little Niggers	St James's Theatre	17 October 1943	1944	Samuel French Ltd.	Based on the 1939 novel Ten Little Niggers; also known as Ten Little Indians and And Then There Were None.
Appointment with Death	Piccadilly Theatre	31 March 1945	1945	Samuel French Ltd.	Based on the 1938 novel Appointment with Death
Murder on the Nile	Wimbledon Theatre	1945	1948	Samuel French Ltd.	Based on the 1937 novel Death on the Nile; a revised version—published as Murder on the Nile—was produced at Ambassadors Theatre on 19 March 1946
The Hollow	Fortune Theatre	7 June 1951	1952	Samuel French Ltd.	Based on the 1946 novel The Hollow.
The Mousetrap	Ambassadors Theatre	25 November 1952	1954	Samuel French Ltd.	As of 2019 the play was still running;[41] in 2009 the London run exceeded 25,000 performances.[8]
Witness for the Prosecution	Winter Garden Theatre	28 October 1953	1954	Samuel French Ltd.	Based upon the 1925 short story "The Witness for the Prosecution"
Spider's Web	Savoy Theatre	14 December 1954	1957	Samuel French Ltd.	Novelised by Charles Osborne in 2000 as Spider's Web
Towards Zero	St James's Theatre	4 September 1956	1957	Samuel French Ltd.	With Gerald Verner; based on the novel Towards Zero
Verdict	Strand Theatre	22 May 1958	1958	Samuel French Ltd.
The Unexpected Guest	Duchess Theatre	12 August 1958	1958	Samuel French Ltd.	Novelised by Charles Osborne in 1999 as The Unexpected Guest
Go Back for Murder	Duchess Theatre	23 March 1960	1960	Samuel French Ltd.	Based on the novel Five Little Pigs
Rule of Three	Duchess Theatre	20 December 1962	1963	Samuel French Ltd.	Contains three works: Afternoon at the Sea-side, The Patient and The Rats
Fiddlers Three	Kings Theatre, Southsea	7 June 1971
Akhnaton	New York	1979	1973	William Collins & Sons	First produced under the title Akhnaton and Nefertiti.
Chimneys	Pitlochry Festival Theatre Company	1 June 2006			Unpublished. Written in 1931 and forgotten until the early 1980s when the script was discovered in the British Library Archive. Its existence was suppressed for 20 years at the request of Christie's daughter, but eventually came to light when it was discovered by another researcher who was unaware of the request. The play was unperformed until 2006. Based on the 1925 novel The Secret of Chimneys.
The Lie	Paignton, Devon	15 September 2018			Unpublished. Written in the 1920s and discovered by Julius Green in the Christie archive while doing research for Curtain Up.[42][43]

Notes and references

Notes

A chapter each was completed by: Canon Victor Whitechurch, George and Margaret Cole, Henry Wade, Agatha Christie, John Rhode, Milward Kennedy, Sayers, Ronald Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Edgar Jepson, Clemence Dane and Anthony Berkeley. G. K. Chesterton contributed the prologue.[13]
An abridged edition was published as The Mystery of the Blue Geraniums, and Other Tuesday Club Murders by Bantam Books in 1940.[11]
Republished in 1960 as The Mousetrap and Other Stories.[11]

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[14] A chapter each was completed by: Canon Victor Whitechurch, George and Margaret Cole, Henry Wade, Agatha Christie, John Rhode, Milward Kennedy, Sayers, Ronald Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Edgar Jepson, Clemence Dane and Anthony Berkeley. G. K. Chesterton contributed the prologue.[13]

[19] An abridged edition was published as The Mystery of the Blue Geraniums, and Other Tuesday Club Murders by Bantam Books in 1940.[11]

[20] Republished in 1960 as The Mousetrap and Other Stories.[11]

[Gage_CA-1] "Agatha (Mary Clarissa) Christie". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015. (subscription required)

[2] "Most translated author". Guinness World Records.

[FOOTNOTEMorgan2015-3] Morgan 2015.

[AC_Poirot-4] "Poirot". Agatha Christie Limited. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[NYT_Obit-5] Lask, Thomas (6 August 1975). "Hercule Poirot is Dead; Famed Belgian Detective". The New York Times. New York. p. 1. (subscription required)

[FOOTNOTEEngelhardt201183-6] Engelhardt 2011, p. 83.

[FOOTNOTEHall19846-7] Hall 1984, p. 6.

[mousetrap-8] "The Mousetrap". Mousetrap Productions Limited. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[None_favourite-9] Flood, Alison (1 September 2015). "And Then There Were None declared world's favourite Agatha Christie novel". The Guardian. London.

[FOOTNOTEHall19845-10] Hall 1984, p. 5.

[FOOTNOTEDalby200432–38-11] Dalby 2004, pp. 32–38.

[FOOTNOTEKeating198868–71-12] Keating 1988, pp. 68–71.

[BL:_Floating_Admiral-13] The Floating Admiral. British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. 2011. ISBN 9780007414468. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198045-15] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 45.

[FOOTNOTEZemboy2008144-16] Zemboy 2008, p. 144.

[17] "Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly".

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198083-18] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 83.

[harpercollins.com.au-21] Original 12-part short-story version

[22] "Agatha Christie reading order with dates" (PDF). Agatha Christie Official UK Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198091–92-23] Fitzgibbon 1980, pp. 91–92.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198093-24] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 93.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198089–90-25] Fitzgibbon 1980, pp. 89–90.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198094-26] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 94.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198085-27] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 85.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198086–87-28] Fitzgibbon 1980, pp. 86–87.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198088-29] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 88.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198092-30] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 92.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198087-31] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 87.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198086-32] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 86.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198089-33] Fitzgibbon 1980, p. 89.

[FOOTNOTEDalby200437-34] Dalby 2004, p. 37.

[FOOTNOTEFitzgibbon198098–99-35] Fitzgibbon 1980, pp. 98–99.

[RT:_Behind_the_Screen-36] "Behind the Screen". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[RT:_Scoop-37] "The Scoop". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[RT:_Wasp's_Nest-38] "Theatre Parade: The Wasp's Nest". BBC Genome Project. BBC (715): 47. 11 June 1937. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[RT:_Yellow_Iris-39] "The Yellow Iris". BBC Genome Project. BBC (735): 44. 29 October 1937. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[RT:_Three_Blind_Mice-40] "Three Blind Mice". BBC Genome Project. BBC (1232): 23. 23 May 1947. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[RT:_Butter_in_a_Lordly_Dish-41] "Butter in a Lordly Dish". BBC Genome Project. BBC (1265): 13. 9 January 1948. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[RT:_Personal_Call-42] "Personal Call". BBC Genome Project. BBC (1594): 19. 28 May 1954. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[FOOTNOTEKeating198871-43] Keating 1988, p. 71.

[44] "Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap". Retrieved 29 October 2019.

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Characters	Superintendent Battle Tommy and Tuppence Beresford Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent Sir Henry Clithering Captain Arthur Hastings Chief Inspector James Japp Miss Jane Marple Ariadne Oliver Hercule Poirot Parker Pyne Mr. Harley Quin Raymond West
Locations	St. Mary Mead
Novels	The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary The Murder on the Links The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Big Four The Mystery of the Blue Train The Seven Dials Mystery The Murder at the Vicarage The Sittaford Mystery Peril at End House Lord Edgware Dies Murder on the Orient Express Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Three Act Tragedy Death in the Clouds The A.B.C. Murders Murder in Mesopotamia Cards on the Table Dumb Witness Death on the Nile Appointment with Death Hercule Poirot's Christmas Murder Is Easy And Then There Were None Sad Cypress One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Evil Under the Sun N or M? The Body in the Library Five Little Pigs The Moving Finger Towards Zero Death Comes as the End Sparkling Cyanide The Hollow Taken at the Flood Crooked House A Murder Is Announced They Came to Baghdad Mrs McGinty's Dead They Do It with Mirrors After the Funeral A Pocket Full of Rye Destination Unknown Hickory Dickory Dock Dead Man's Folly 4.50 from Paddington Ordeal by Innocence Cat Among the Pigeons The Pale Horse The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side The Clocks A Caribbean Mystery At Bertram's Hotel Third Girl Endless Night By the Pricking of My Thumbs Hallowe'en Party Passenger to Frankfurt Nemesis Elephants Can Remember Postern of Fate Curtain Sleeping Murder
As Mary Westmacott	Giant's Bread Unfinished Portrait Absent in the Spring The Rose and the Yew Tree A Daughter's a Daughter The Burden
Short story collections	Poirot Investigates Partners in Crime The Mysterious Mr Quin The Thirteen Problems The Hound of Death The Listerdale Mystery Parker Pyne Investigates Murder in the Mews The Regatta Mystery The Labours of Hercules The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories Three Blind Mice and Other Stories The Under Dog and Other Stories The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding Double Sin and Other Stories The Golden Ball and Other Stories Poirot's Early Cases Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories The Harlequin Tea Set While the Light Lasts and Other Stories
Plays	Black Coffee And Then There Were None Appointment with Death Murder on the Nile The Hollow The Mousetrap Witness for the Prosecution Spider's Web Towards Zero Verdict The Unexpected Guest Go Back For Murder Fiddlers Three Akhnaton Chimneys
Radio and television plays	Wasp's Nest The Yellow Iris Three Blind Mice Butter in a Lordly Dish Personal Call
Other books	The Road of Dreams Come, Tell Me How You Live Star Over Bethlehem Poems An Autobiography The Mousetrap and Other Plays
Depictions	Agatha Christie Memorial Agatha (1979 film) Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004 docudrama) The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008 TV episode) Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018 film) Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (2019 film) Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020 film) See How They Run (2022 film)
Related	Archie Christie (first husband) Max Mallowan (second husband) Ashfield, Torquay (home) Greenway Estate (home) Agatha Award Agatha Christie Award (Japan)
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