Best Agatha Christie Books

The best books by Agatha Christie — 25 titles spanning Mystery, averaging 4.37 BLT stars.

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Agatha Christie didn't just write mystery novels — she perfected the form. Her plotting is a masterclass in misdirection: clues sit in plain sight while your attention is expertly pointed elsewhere, and the reveal in And Then There Were None or Murder on the Orient Express lands with the satisfaction of a perfectly sprung trap. Christie's prose is deceptively plain — no flourishes, no fat — which makes her sleight of hand all the more impressive. Poirot and Miss Marple are two of fiction's great detectives, but what elevates Christie above her contemporaries is the ruthless architecture beneath every story. The puzzle is always fair; the solution is always earned. For readers who want mysteries that treat them as equals rather than just string them along, Christie is the essential starting point.

Agatha Christie's highest-rated book in our collection is And Then There Were None (4.69 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

Where to Start with Agatha Christie

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    And Then There Were None

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.69 BLT Score (1.6M ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (1.6M)
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    Murder on the Orient Express

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 10

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.67 BLT Score (741.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (741.3K)
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    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

    Hercule Poirot • Book 4

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.64 BLT Score (354.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (354.0K)
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    Hercule Poirot

    Hercule Poirot #0.1-0.51

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.62 BLT Score (10.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (10.9K)
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    Five Little Pigs

    Hercule Poirot • Book 24

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.43 BLT Score (94.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (94.4K)
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    The A.B.C. Murders

    Hercule Poirot • Book 13

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.43 BLT Score (205.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (205.2K)
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    Peril at End House

    Hercule Poirot • Book 8

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.41 BLT Score (84.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (84.6K)
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    Cards on the Table

    Hercule Poirot • Book 15

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.39 BLT Score (73.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (73.8K)
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    Dumb Witness. The Agatha Christie Collection.

    Hercule Poirot • Book 17

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.37 BLT Score (49.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (49.4K)
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    Poirot Investigates (Agatha Christie)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 3

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.36 BLT Score (76.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (76.0K)
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    The Murder on the Links

    Hercule Poirot • Book 2

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.36 BLT Score (121.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (121.5K)
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    [The Murder at the Vicarage] [by: Agatha Christie]

    Miss Marple • Book 1

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.35 BLT Score (216.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (216.7K)
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    Evil Under the Sun (G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 23

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.34 BLT Score (89.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (89.7K)
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    A Pocket Full of Rye

    Miss Marple • Book 6

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.32 BLT Score (54.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (54.4K)
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    After the Funeral (The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection; Imitation Leather)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 30

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.30 BLT Score (50.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (50.4K)
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    Sleeping Murder

    Miss Marple • Book 12

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.30 BLT Score (53.5K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (53.5K)
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    4.50 from Paddington (Agatha Christie)

    Miss Marple • Book 7

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.29 BLT Score (77.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (77.6K)
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    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 1

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.29 BLT Score (514.2K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (514.2K)
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    Death in the Clouds

    Hercule Poirot • Book 12

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.29 BLT Score (67.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (67.0K)
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    A Murder Is Announced: B2 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers)

    Miss Marple • Book 4

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.27 BLT Score (87.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (87.3K)
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    Cat Among the Pigeons (Agatha Christie Collection)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 33

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.26 BLT Score (51.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (51.6K)
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    The Man in the Brown Suit

    Colonel Race • Book 1

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.25 BLT Score (126.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (126.6K)
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    Sad Cypress

    Hercule Poirot • Book 21

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.24 BLT Score (48.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (48.0K)
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    Appointment with Death (Poirot)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 19

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.23 BLT Score (70.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (70.3K)
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    [The Moving Finger] [by: Agatha Christie]

    Miss Marple • Book 3

    by Agatha Christie

    ★ 4.23 BLT Score (59.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (59.1K)
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