Agatha Christie bibliography

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Agatha Christie
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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 14 short-story collections that have sold over two billion copies, an amount surpassed only by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare.[1] 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.[2][1] Christie wrote more Poirot stories than any of the others, even though she thought the character to be "rather insufferable".[2] Following the publication of the 1975 novel Curtain, Poirot's obituary appeared on the front page of The New York Times.[3][4]

She married Archibald Christie in December 1914 but the couple were divorced in 1928.[2] 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.[2] 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 it was published in 1920.[2][5] 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.[6]

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.[7] In September 2015 a public vote identified And Then There Were None—originally published in 1939 under the name Ten Little Niggers—as the public's favourite Christie novel; the book was the writer's favourite, and the one she found most difficult to write.[8]

In September 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Max Mallowan. The pair travelled frequently on archaeological expeditions and she used the experiences 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".[2] Christie died in January 1976, her reputation as a crime novelist high.[9]

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][10][11] 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.[12][a]
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 –
Ten Little Indians 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.[13]
Sleeping Murder 1976 William Collins & Sons 1976 Sleeping Murder Dodd, Mead & Co Miss Marple Miss Marple's last case, written in the 1940s.[14]
2014 HarperCollins Hercule Poirot Written in 1954 to raise money for a church.[15] 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.[16] 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][10][11] 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[b] 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
– – – The Mousetrap and Other Stories[c] 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
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) [17] 2017 Harper Collins – – – Hercule Poirot

List of short stories[]

A total of 165 stories have been written and published in 15 collections in the US and the UK.[18] 164 stories were published in the UK with the omission of "Three Blind Mice". The original short stories that were used for The Big Four were published in 2017. 152 stories were published in the US with the omission of "Christmas Adventure", which was the original version of "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding". Some stories were published under different names in the US collections.

Four short stories—"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 165 stories sorted by the 15 UK collections in chronological order.

UK collection UK title US collection
Poirot Investigates (11)[16] "The Adventure of 'The Western Star'" Poirot Investigates (14)—also includes "The Veiled Lady", "The Lost Mine", and "The Chocolate Box"[16]
"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)[19] "A Fairy in the Flat" Partners in Crime[19]
"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)[20] "The Coming of Mr. Quin" The Mysterious Mr Quin[20]
"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)[21] "The Tuesday Night Club" The Tuesday Club Murders[21]
"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)[22] "The Hound of Death" The Golden Ball and Other Stories[23]
"The Red Signal" The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories[24]
"The Fourth Man"
"The Gypsy" The Golden Ball and Other Stories
"The Lamp"
"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 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[25]
"S.O.S." The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
The Listerdale Mystery (12)[22] "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"
"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)[26] "The Case of the Middle-aged Wife" Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective[26]
"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)[27] "Murder in the Mews" Dead Man's Mirror[23]
"The Incredible Theft"
"Dead Man’s Mirror"
"Triangle at Rhodes"
The Labours of Hercules (12)[28] "The Nemean Lion" The Labors of Hercules[28]
"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)[25] "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[27]
"The Dream" The Regatta Mystery[23]
"Greenshaw's Folly" Double Sin and Other Stories
Poirot's Early Cases (18)[29] "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 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?"
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"
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)[17] "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

US collections[]

There are 14 US collections, excluding Poirot's Early Cases, since all of its eighteen stories appeared in earlier collections.

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][30] Year of first
publication 		First edition publisher
(All London) 		Category Notes
The Road of Dreams 1924 Geoffrey Bles Poetry
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
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.[31]

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. [32]
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. [33]
Wasp's Nest BBC Television 18 June 1937 Television play [34]
The Yellow Iris BBC Radio 2 November 1937 Radio play [35]
Three Blind Mice BBC Radio 30 May 1947 Radio play [36]
Butter in a Lordly Dish BBC Radio 13 January 1948 Radio play [37]
Personal Call BBC Radio 31 May 1954 Radio play [38]

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][39] 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;[40] in 2009 the London run exceeded 25,000 performances.[7]
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.[41][42]

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.[12]
  2. ^ An abridged edition was published as The Mystery of the Blue Geraniums, and Other Tuesday Club Murders by Bantam Books in 1940.[10]
  3. ^ Republished in 1950 as Three Blind Mice and Other Stories.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Agatha (Mary Clarissa) Christie". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Morgan 2015.
  3. ^ "Poirot". Agatha Christie Limited. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  4. ^ Lask, Thomas (6 August 1975). "Hercule Poirot is Dead; Famed Belgian Detective". The New York Times. New York. p. 1. (subscription required)
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