emelee Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) I post one author - you guys post a top 3 list of the novels (or shortstories) by that author that you like the best.Here you can discuss your top 3 list more in detail and discuss with others about their top list of Agatha Christie´s works. For this, the third of the Novel Top 3 threads, is the classic crime author Agatha Christie Born September 15, 1890 as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in Torquay, Devon (England) to parents Frederick Alvah Miller (1846-1901), an American stockbroker and Clara Boehmer (1854-1926). As a child, Christie loved to read and she was very inspired by Louisa M Alcott (Little women), Edith Nesbit (The Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Railway Children), thrillers, detective novels, Wilkie Collins (The woman in white) and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Her childhood was often spent alone or with her pets. As she grew older, she started searching for a husband. After five short relationships, she met Archibald Christie (1889–1962) who she married. The couple moved to London. However, in 1926, her husband had fallen in love with another woman and asked for divorce. It had been a rough year for Christie, who disappeared and was missing for over a week. She was later found under a false name in a Yorkshire hotel. The Christies divorced but Agatha kept her husband's surname and full custody of their daughter Rosalind Hicks Pritchard (1919–2004). Agatha went on and married archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan (1904-1978) in 1930 in a marriage decribed as happy. During the second world war, Christie worked in a pharmacy and later used her newfound knowledge of poisons in her novels. Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at her Winterbrook House, survived by her husband, daughter Rosalind and grandson Mathew (born in 1943). Works by Mrs Christie; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie_bibliography NovelsThe Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920 The Secret Adversary, 1922 The Murder on the Links, 1923 The Man in the Brown Suit, 1924 The Secret of Chimneys, 1925 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926 The Big Four, 1927 The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928 The Seven Dials Mystery, 1929 The Murder at the Vicarage, 1930 The Sittaford Mystery, 1931 Peril at End House, 1932 Lord Edgware Dies, 1933 Murder on the Orient Express, 1934 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, 1934 Three Act Tragedy, 1935 Death in the Clouds, 1935 The A.B.C. Murders, 1936 Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936 Cards on the Table, 1936 Dumb Witness, 1937 Death on the Nile, 1937 Appointment with Death, 1938 Hercule Poirot's Christmas, 1938 Murder is Easy, 1939 Ten Little Niggers aka And Then There Were None, Sad Cypress, 1940 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, 1940 Evil Under the Sun, 1941 N or M?, 1941 The Body in the Library, 1942 Five Little Pigs, 1942 The Moving Finger, 1942 Towards Zero, 1944 Death Comes as the End, 1944 Sparkling Cyanide, 1945 The Hollow, 1946 Taken at the Flood, 1948 Crooked House, 1949 A Murder is Announced, 1950 They Came to Baghdad, 1951 Mrs McGinty's Dead, 1952 They Do It with Mirrors, 1952 After the Funeral, 1953 A Pocket Full of Rye, 1953 Destination Unknown, 1954 Hickory Dickory Dock, 1955 Dead Man's Folly, 1956 4.50 from Paddington, 1957 Ordeal by Innocence, 1958 Cat Among the Pigeons, 1959 The Pale Horse, 1961 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, 1962 The Clocks, 1963 A Caribbean Mystery, 1964 At Bertram's Hotel, 1965 Third Girl, 1966 Endless Night, 1967 By the Pricking of My Thumbs, 1968 Hallowe'en Party, 1969 Passenger to Frankfurt, 1970 Nemesis, 1971 Elephants Can Remember, 1972 Postern of Fate, 1973 Curtain, 1975 Sleeping Murder, 1976 Both written over 30 years earlier, but not published. Short stories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_short_stories_by_Agatha_Christie Romance novels, written under the name Mary Westmacott Giant's BreadUnfinished PortraitAbsent in the SpringThe Rose and the Yew TreeA Daughter's a DaughterThe BurdenPlays, many of them based on her novelsBlack Coffee And Then There Were NoneMurder on the Nile/Hidden HorizonAppointment with DeathThe HollowThe MousetrapWitness for the Prosecution Spider's Web A Daughter's a Daughter Towards Zero VerdictThe Unexpected Guest Go Back for MurderRule of Three Fiddler's ThreeAkhnaton Chimneys The Yellow Iris Three Blind Mice Butter in a Lordly DishPersonal CallWasp's Nest Poetry The Road of DreamsStar Over Bethlehem and other storiesPoems Collaborative WorksBehind The Screen. A radio serial written together with Hugh Walpole, Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, E. C. Bentley and Ronald Knox of the Detection Club. Published in book form in 1983 in The Scoop and Behind The Screen.The Scoop. A radio serial written together with Dorothy L. Sayers, E. C. Bentley, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts and Clemence Dane of the Detection Club. Published in book form in 1983 in The Scoop and Behind The Screen.The Floating Admiral. A book written together with G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and certain other members of the Detection Club.Towards Zero A West End theatre dramatisation of her 1944 novel co-written with Gerard Verner Edited December 3, 2014 by emelee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calexa Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 *scuffs ground with toe* I've only ever read two Agatha Christie novels. Of the two I have read; in order of preference...A Pocketful of RyePeril at End House Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 1. And then there were none 2. The murder of Roger Ackroyd 3. The ABC murders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I think I'd have to agree with you, Emelee, for my top 2 (although the order could change at any given moment!): 1. And Then There Were None 2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 3. Murder on the Orient Express The only other Christie I've read to date is the play The Mousetrap. My partner acted in it last year and I watched rehearsals, so I've watched/read it many times and really love it. I have many more of Christie's books on my TBR pile. I think I'll try to read one every couple of months next year so I can make a dent in the pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 For me it goes; 1) The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd 2) Murder On The Orient Express 3) The Mysterious Affair at Styles 1 & 2 were absolutely firm choices, but number 3 could have been one of many, but I thought I would choose Hercule's first appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 I think I'd have to agree with you, Emelee, for my top 2 (although the order could change at any given moment!): 1. And Then There Were None 2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 3. Murder on the Orient Express The only other Christie I've read to date is the play The Mousetrap. My partner acted in it last year and I watched rehearsals, so I've watched/read it many times and really love it. I have many more of Christie's books on my TBR pile. I think I'll try to read one every couple of months next year so I can make a dent in the pile. I could have easily had The murder on the orient express as my #3. I chose between that and ABC murders. But I chose the ladder because it was my first Christie novel, and therefore I have a soft spot for it. How fun with the play you were in. Sounds like something I would love to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 It really hit me when I did the list of her work that she's written insanly many novels! I got exhausted just making the list. One novel a year for many years. That is very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 It's interesting seeing everyone's top three . I haven't yet read any Agatha Christie books, though I have a couple on my TBR. None of those have been mentioned, but I hope they'll still be nice. Who knows, I might find some of these more famous ones, some time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 It's interesting seeing everyone's top three . I haven't yet read any Agatha Christie books, though I have a couple on my TBR. None of those have been mentioned, but I hope they'll still be nice. Who knows, I might find some of these more famous ones, some time . You can't go wrong with any of those mentioned. And I think you can't go wrong with any Agatha novels. I do, however, prefer her Poirot novels over Miss Marple. And I think everyone should sometime read And then there were none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 You can't go wrong with any of those mentioned. And I think you can't go wrong with any Agatha novels. I do, however, prefer her Poirot novels over Miss Marple. And I think everyone should sometime read And then there were none. Thanks, I'll keep these things in mind . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki20 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 1. Crooked house 2. Nemesis 3. Cat among the pigeons Crooked house shocked me with the philosophy that crime and the criminal's age is not connected. Even a little girl is capable of murder!!!! I never suspected her until the end. Guess it's true that they say even the seed can be rotten! Nemesis showed me the danger of obsessed possesiveness. The things humans do in the name of affection! Cat among pigeons shows you that the most evil of characters can dwell among the most innocent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise56 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 My three favourites are mrs mcaginty's Dead Hercule Poirot's Christmas Murder at the Vicarage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnbirduk Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 1 And then there were none 2 Murder on the Orient Express 3 Why didn't they ask Evans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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