Join us in the Agatha Christie Perpetual reading challenge and read at least three of her books per year. Read the books in chronological order as listed, group by detective or collection, or randomly if you choose.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 1920 (Hercule Poirot)
The Secret Adversary - 1922 (Tommy and Tuppence)
Murder on the Links - 1923 (Hercule Poirot)
The Man in the Brown Suit - 1924
Poirot Investigates - 1924 (Poirot short story collection)
The Secret of Chimneys - 1925
The Murder of Roger Akroyd - 1926 (Hercule Poirot)
The Big Four - 1927 (Hercule Poirot)
The Mystery of the Blue Train - 1928 (Hercule Poirot)
The Seven Dials Mystery - 1929
Partners in Crime - 1929 (Tommy and Tuppence short story collection)
The Mysterious Mr. Quin - 1930 (Harley Quin short story collection)
Giant's Bread (Published under pseudonym - Mary Westmacott)
The Murder at the Vicarage - 1930 (Miss Marple)
The Sittaford Mystery - 1931
Peril at End House - 1932 (Hercule Poirot)
The Thirteen Problems - 1932 (Miss Marple short story collection)
The Floating Admiral (Detection Club collaboration)
Lord Edgware Dies - 1933 (Hercule Poirot)
The Hound of Death - 1933 (Macabre short story collection)
Ask a Policeman (Detection Club collaboration)
Murder on the Orient Express - 1934 (Hercule Poirot)
The Listerdale Mysteries - 1934 (Short story collection)
Why didn't they ask Evans? - 1934
Parker Pyne Investigates - 1934 (Parker Pyne short story collection)
Three Act Tragedy - 1934 (Hercule Poirot)
Unfinished Portrait (Published under pseudonym - Mary Westmacott)
Death in the Clouds - 1935 (Hercule Poirot)
Murder in Mesopotamia - 1936 (Hercule Poirot)
The ABC Murders - 1936 (Hercule Poirot)
Cards on the Table - 1936 (Hercule Poirot)
Six Against the Yard (Detection Club collaboration)
Dumb Witness - 1937 (Hercule Poirot)
Death on the Nile - 1937 (Hercule Poirot)
Murder in the Mews - 1937 (Poirot short story collection)
I'm going to do this! Will try to read them in order--though I have to tell you, I am limiting my challenge to only Agatha Christie's work. I will most definitely not be reading the Sophie Hannah books. I got sucked into the Lord Peter Wimsey continuation books by Jill Paton Walsh (they were a sad disappointment for someone who adores Wimsey and had high hopes for more stories about him) and I really don't want to read Hannah's version of Poirot.
Read my first Agatha Christie this year - 4.50 from Paddington (a Miss Marple book). Loved it! Book review posted at https://mybookshelf.home.blog/2019/01/13/4-50-from-paddington/
I just finished my third for the year (will post the review on the current link in a moment). Will probably read at least another three before the year's over.
And Then There Were None. It's been some time since I've read a book that I quite literally, couldn't put down. A little difficult to get into at first, as it introduces many characters in the first few pages (but in a way that is highly visually dynamic), And Then There Were None will keep you flipping through pages until you're suddenly down to the wire. A constant entertainment, I admire that although it's a murder mystery, it's not horribly graphic. Suspenseful enough to give you a fright, without giving you nightmares. I'd say this is one of those books everyone should read in their lifetime. A classic!
Hiya! I read The Hound of Death but then realized it was just the one short story by the same name, not the collection... for it to count, it needs to be the entire short story collection that goes by the same name? As you list it: "The Hound of Death - 1933 (Macabre short story collection)", correct?
Awesome, thanks :) I started reading AC the end of 2021 with The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and Jane in Search of a Job. In 2022 I have read The Dream, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, The ABC Murders, The King of Clubs, and The Million Dollar Bond Robbery. Looking forward to reading more but I don't think I'll get any more read until after the new year.
I'm going to do this! Will try to read them in order--though I have to tell you, I am limiting my challenge to only Agatha Christie's work. I will most definitely not be reading the Sophie Hannah books. I got sucked into the Lord Peter Wimsey continuation books by Jill Paton Walsh (they were a sad disappointment for someone who adores Wimsey and had high hopes for more stories about him) and I really don't want to read Hannah's version of Poirot.
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DeleteI love Agatha Christie books and going to do this! Not sure I will be to maintain chronological order though
ReplyDeleteRead my first Agatha Christie this year - 4.50 from Paddington (a Miss Marple book). Loved it! Book review posted at https://mybookshelf.home.blog/2019/01/13/4-50-from-paddington/
ReplyDeleteGreat. Leave a link on week 3 and other participants will be able to read your review as well.
DeleteI just finished my third for the year (will post the review on the current link in a moment). Will probably read at least another three before the year's over.
ReplyDeleteI will join. I have seen a lot of movies and TV-series, but actually read very little by her.
ReplyDeleteAnd Then There Were None. It's been some time since I've read a book that I quite literally, couldn't put down. A little difficult to get into at first, as it introduces many characters in the first few pages (but in a way that is highly visually dynamic), And Then There Were None will keep you flipping through pages until you're suddenly down to the wire. A constant entertainment, I admire that although it's a murder mystery, it's not horribly graphic. Suspenseful enough to give you a fright, without giving you nightmares. I'd say this is one of those books everyone should read in their lifetime. A classic!
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Hiya! I read The Hound of Death but then realized it was just the one short story by the same name, not the collection... for it to count, it needs to be the entire short story collection that goes by the same name? As you list it: "The Hound of Death - 1933 (Macabre short story collection)", correct?
ReplyDeleteYes, it's the short story collection.
DeleteThanks! I’ll be sure to find the whole collection.
DeleteSo happy to have found these challenges. Is it too late to join in for 2022? Where do I sign up?
ReplyDeleteYou dont need to sign up for 2022 since the year is almost gone, just join in.
DeleteAwesome, thanks :) I started reading AC the end of 2021 with The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and Jane in Search of a Job. In 2022 I have read The Dream, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, The ABC Murders, The King of Clubs, and The Million Dollar Bond Robbery. Looking forward to reading more but I don't think I'll get any more read until after the new year.
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