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Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.82 — 63,355 ratings — published 1923
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
by (shelved 16 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.13 — 34,463 ratings — published 1930
Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.97 — 26,439 ratings — published 1926
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.26 — 372,553 ratings — published 1926
Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,919 ratings — published 1935
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.04 — 19,068 ratings — published 1928
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.00 — 534,906 ratings — published 1920
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
by (shelved 12 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.02 — 21,992 ratings — published 1934
A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.79 — 17,553 ratings — published 1934
Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.06 — 30,790 ratings — published 1927
Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)
by (shelved 11 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.94 — 65,792 ratings — published 1933
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
by (shelved 11 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.86 — 69,998 ratings — published 1935
The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)
by (shelved 11 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.76 — 15,244 ratings — published 1931
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.03 — 223,327 ratings — published 1930
The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,988 ratings — published 1929
Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
by (shelved 11 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.10 — 18,311 ratings — published 1932
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
by (shelved 11 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.19 — 33,037 ratings — published 1935
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.86 — 126,769 ratings — published 1923
The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.03 — 214,001 ratings — published 1936
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,404 ratings — published 1933
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.12 — 322,803 ratings — published 1937
Mystery in White (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.37 — 6,194 ratings — published 1937
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.20 — 767,603 ratings — published 1934
Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.87 — 72,665 ratings — published 1938
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.96 — 76,814 ratings — published 1936
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.98 — 112,625 ratings — published 1938
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
by (shelved 10 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.24 — 22,346 ratings — published 1937
The Secret of High Eldersham (Desmond Merrion, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.61 — 998 ratings — published 1930
The Santa Klaus Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.40 — 4,012 ratings — published 1936
Thirteen Guests (Inspector Kendall #1)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,805 ratings — published 1936
Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.84 — 52,174 ratings — published 1935
The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.59 — 10,065 ratings — published 1929
The Red House Mystery (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.68 — 15,761 ratings — published 1922
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.81 — 135,244 ratings — published 1942
A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.91 — 9,727 ratings — published 1936
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,706,771 ratings — published 1939
Weekend at Thrackley (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.67 — 864 ratings — published 1934
Fire in the Thatch (Robert Macdonald #27)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,433 ratings — published 1946
Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #21)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.94 — 49,890 ratings — published 1940
The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.74 — 4,872 ratings — published 1935
A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #9)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.86 — 56,336 ratings — published 1964
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.88 — 89,091 ratings — published 1928
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.77 — 27,009 ratings — published 1968
Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.56 — 109,164 ratings — published 1969
A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #6)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.94 — 56,244 ratings — published 1953
Castle Skull (Henri Bencolin #3)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.69 — 812 ratings — published 1931
They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.78 — 47,999 ratings — published 1952
Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #29)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,091 ratings — published 1952
The White Priory Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.46 — 1,245 ratings — published 1934
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as golden-age)
avg rating 3.85 — 61,433 ratings — published 1942
“I marry in the aged of the golden age. I adore taking such risks, it does not matter if any companion throws me on the street, but I do not stop, I will try next. It is the determination of my life.”
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“It was when a society became most distressed and antiquated that it would recreate an overwhelming fantasy of some Golden Age, a time when all was great and glorious, when people were more noble and causes more magnificent and honorable.”
― Foundation and Chaos
― Foundation and Chaos
