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104 books · 1,403 voters · list created June 5th, 2009 by Juliana (votes) .
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message 1: by Almeta (new)

Almeta Why are authors other than Christie on this list?


message 2: by Aditi (new)

Aditi Books 69-80 aren't even by her!!!


message 3: by Lydia (new)

Lydia Aditi wrote: "Books 69-80 aren't even by her!!!"
Yes, you're quite right! I deleted all of the books that weren't by Agatha Christie. (There were a lot of them!) :p


message 4: by Monica (new)

Monica My fav mystery writer. I credit her with my love for books


message 5: by Hamid (new)

Hamid Omar The big four by agatha Christie is not even on the list


message 6: by Dewang (new)

Dewang Agatha Christie my favourite


message 7: by Misgina (new)

Misgina Asgedom Agatha Christie Great Woman!


message 8: by Sujata (new)

Sujata Bhau Best crime novel writer .


message 9: by Njkinny (new)

Njkinny (Njkinny's Blog) Agatha Christie is one of my fav authors and all her books are a treat to read...They are ageless and timeless jewels... :)


message 10: by Drifter182 (new)

Drifter182 I never realized Agatha Christie wrote Great Expectations. Seems someone's been sneaking entries onto this list.


message 11: by Krisz (new)

Krisz Where's the Mistery of the Blue Train? I seem to like the train-featured ACs best :)


message 12: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Agatha Christie has a Pen Name: Mary Westmacott


message 13: by Krishna (new)

Krishna I was her fan when I was 16 and now at 72 I am 'fanner'


message 14: by Cassy (new)

Cassy Almeta wrote: "Why are authors other than Christie on this list?"

On the contrary, Agatha Christie is the Only author I see on this list. I see Lead Characters, but Agatha Christie is not a character.


message 15: by Cassy (new)

Cassy Hamid wrote: "The big four by agatha Christie is not even on the list"

Number 71


message 16: by Cassy (last edited Apr 01, 2015 10:57PM) (new)

Cassy Lydia wrote: "Aditi wrote: "Books 69-80 aren't even by her!!!"
Yes, you're quite right! I deleted all of the books that weren't by Agatha Christie. (There were a lot of them!) :p"


Hercule Poirot and the Tommy & Tuppence stories are by Agatha Christie. As is Miss Marple. Unfortunately, I don't speak any foreign languages so I'm not sure about the rest.


message 17: by Greg (new)

Greg Some of Agatha Christie's books were published under different names, so if you're looking for a title but can't find it, it's probably here after all. For example, the #1 book on the list (I'd say the top three listed are indeed her best and arguably in interchangeable positions) has been published under such titles as "Ten Little Indians". Also, on this list, "The Mystery of the Blue Train" is listed twice, at #54 and #94.


message 18: by Atimanarain (new)

Atimanarain Shankar Where is the read shelf? Do I create it, if yes, then how? Somebody somewhere please Help!


message 19: by Greg (new)

Greg Atimanarain wrote: "Where is the read shelf? Do I create it, if yes, then how? Somebody somewhere please Help!"
Atimanarain, once you find the book you've read (click on the title, find the edition, then rate it), you will have automatically started/created a list of books you've read. To find that list, simply click on "My Books" at the top of this screen. It's handy, everything you read/rate will be listed there!


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Greg wrote: "Also, on this list, "The Mystery of the Blue Train" is listed twice, at #54 and #94. ..."

Someone must have removed the duplicate, as now there is only one (#84).


message 21: by Rania (new)

Rania Hamid wrote: "The big four by agatha Christie is not even on the list"

it's there number 65 :)


message 22: by Rania (new)

Rania Krisz wrote: "Where's the Mistery of the Blue Train? I seem to like the train-featured ACs best :)"
it's number 54 ;)


message 23: by Rania (new)

Rania Krishna wrote: "I was her fan when I was 16 and now at 72 I am 'fanner'"
i am her fan since i was 10 years old and now i'm 20,she's one of my favorite writers.
le premier roman que j'ai lus d'agatha c'était "the moving finger" et j'admire beaucoup son travail :)


message 24: by Christy (new)

Christy Rania wrote: "Krisz wrote: "Where's the Mistery of the Blue Train? I seem to like the train-featured ACs best :)"
it's number 54 ;)"


Rania wrote: "Krisz wrote: "Where's the Mistery of the Blue Train? I seem to like the train-featured ACs best :)"
it's number 54 ;)"

It seems to be #56 now. My best guess is that these are being shuffled-perhaps voting is still going on?


message 25: by Christy (new)

Christy Booklovinglady wrote: "Greg wrote: "Also, on this list, "The Mystery of the Blue Train" is listed twice, at #54 and #94. ..."

Someone must have removed the duplicate, as now there is only one (#84)."


It's at number 56 now. I think voting and shuffling are still going on?


message 26: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 25, 2016 09:00PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Christy wrote: "It's at number 56 now. I think voting and shuffling are still going on? ..."

Again, I can only find one copy of The Mystery of the Blue Train, not two, which is why I assumed someone already checked for duplicates (see message 20).

And yes, voting and shuffling are still going on, of course ;-)


message 27: by Orient (new)

Orient The books of Agatha Christie are like a valuable relic to our family. I started to love this author when I was a teen and I still reread her books <3 some more than 5 times ;))))))


message 28: by Christy (new)

Christy I have also read all her books, but am on my second time around now. I'm not adding them to my list until I've read them again.


message 29: by Linda (new)

Linda #86 - 88 need to be removed! Just sayin.


message 30: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 06, 2016 09:19AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Linda wrote: "#86 - 88 need to be removed! Just sayin."

Done (as you were right: None of these were by Agatha Christie).


message 31: by MITU (new)

MITU RAJ Aditi wrote: "Books 69-80 aren't even by her!!!"
ofcourse it is,,


message 32: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 02, 2017 12:21AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) MITU wrote: "ofcourse it is,,"

You responded to a remark placed in June 2012.... Titles in a Listopia change places, as I'm sure you are aware....


message 33: by Greg (new)

Greg What a weird list for goodreads. I agree that the top five listed are indeed Christie's top five novels. Could it be the "Twilight" readers don't read Christie and skew the results?


message 34: by Greg (new)

Greg Krishna wrote: "I was her fan when I was 16 and now at 72 I am 'fanner'"

Krishna I started at 6 years old with Bertrams Hotel and am still reading Dame Agatha, my favorite author of all time. But in years, you win!


message 35: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Vegan Shouldn’t each person have ONLY one book on this list?!


message 36: by Christine PNW (new)

Christine PNW Passenger to Frankfurt is so bad that it's not even on the list.

There are also 6 books by Christie written under the name Mary Westmacott, and she wrote 3 collaborations with other members of the Detection Club:

The Floating Admiral
Ask a Policeman
Six Against the Yard


message 37: by John (new)

John Gambino Monica wrote: "My fav mystery writer. I credit her with my love for books"
Same here. I’ve been reading her books for 45 years!


message 38: by John (new)

John Gambino Greg wrote: "Krishna wrote: "I was her fan when I was 16 and now at 72 I am 'fanner'"

Krishna I started at 6 years old with Bertrams Hotel and am still reading Dame Agatha, my favorite author of all time. But ..."



I started as a kid and a man still reading her 45 years later!


message 39: by Anchal (new)

Anchal Bhatia 86 - a murder on the orient express is a duplicate


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Anchal wrote: "86 - a murder on the orient express is a duplicate"

Thanks.

Anchal wrote: "86 - a murder on the orient express is a duplicate"

Not anymore, I hope 😁


message 41: by Greg (new)

Greg John wrote: "Greg wrote: "Krishna wrote: "I was her fan when I was 16 and now at 72 I am 'fanner'"

Krishna I started at 6 years old with Bertrams Hotel and am still reading Dame Agatha, my favorite author of a..."


AT BERTRAM'S HOTEL is the first 'adult book' I read. I was six years old, first grade. Still have a dozen or so left after 55 years, I'm spacing them out.


message 42: by Greg (new)

Greg John wrote: "Monica wrote: "My fav mystery writer. I credit her with my love for books""

me three.


message 43: by Greg (new)

Greg Lisa wrote: "Shouldn’t each person have ONLY one book on this list?!"

It says we can 'vote' for up to 100 books.


message 44: by Linda (new)

Linda Leigh I wonder if "And Then There Were None" was still being published under the original name, which I'm sure I couldn't and don't want to write here, whether it would be number one? In my childhood, the film versions were called Ten Little Indians. In it's first British release it was called Ten Little N Word. A close reading of Christie will show her all-around bigotry. She didn't confine herself to what many people might call races. For her, anyone who wasn't from a white, long established (from Domesday Book) England-proper family was a different race. And she had colorful names to mark them all out. It would be very instructive to read her novels in the first British edition forms.


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