Audiobooks Like The Body in the Library

Stephanie Cole narrates Miss Marple with the specific English village composure the character requires — unhurried, observant, slightly amused, the gentleness in her voice making the ruthlessness of the deduction all the more striking at just five hours. It's a listen that respects your time without feeling slight. The recommendations are almost entirely other Agatha Christie titles, most of them narrated by Hugh Fraser and David Suchet who have their own distinct and deeply practiced relationships with these characters — different voices, same precise golden-age world.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Body in the Library

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    Peril at End House

    Hercule Poirot • Book 8

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.41 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (84.6K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.5K)
    5h 46m listening time • Released 2012
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    Evil Under the Sun (G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 23

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by David Suchet

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (90.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (89.7K) ★ 4.67 Audible (1.2K)
    6h 25m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 1

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.29 ABR Score (515.5K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (514.2K) ★ 4.55 Audible (1.3K)
    5h 57m listening time • Released 2012

    Christie's first Poirot novel — written during WWI, still one of her best-plotted — introducing the fastidious Belgian detective who would define the golden age of mystery.

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    Death in the Clouds

    Hercule Poirot • Book 12

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.29 ABR Score (68.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (67.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (1.1K)
    6h 18m listening time • Released 2012
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    Sad Cypress

    Hercule Poirot • Book 21

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by David Suchet

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (48.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (48.0K) ★ 4.63 Audible (803)
    6h 1m listening time • Released 2012
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    Appointment with Death (Poirot)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 19

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.23 ABR Score (71.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (70.3K) ★ 4.63 Audible (1.1K)
    5h 57m listening time • Released 2012
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    Mrs. McGinty''s Dead

    Hercule Poirot • Book 29

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.23 ABR Score (41.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (40.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (953)
    6h 8m listening time • Released 2012
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    Three Act Tragedy

    Hercule Poirot • Book 11

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.21 ABR Score (51.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (50.0K) ★ 4.63 Audible (1.0K)
    5h 47m listening time • Released 2012
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    Dead Man's Folly

    Hercule Poirot • Book 32

    by Agatha Christie, David Suchet

    Narrated by David Suchet

    ★ 4.17 ABR Score (39.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.62 Audible (871)
    6h 2m listening time • Released 2012
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    one, two, buckle my shoe agatha christie

    Hercule Poirot • Book 22

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (46.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (45.6K) ★ 4.64 Audible (781)
    5h 20m listening time • Released 2012
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