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Agatha Christie


Born
in Torquay, Devon, England, The United Kingdom
September 15, 1890

Died
January 12, 1976

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Genre
Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Influences
Edgar Allan Poe, Anna Katherine Green, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Ch ...more


Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time. She wrote eighty crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and several other books. Her books have sold roughly four billion copies and have been translated into 45 languages. She is the creator of the two most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.

Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1 ...more

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And Then There Were None
4.22 avg rating — 409,772 ratings — published 1939 — 448 editions
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Murder on the Orient Expres...
4.14 avg rating — 148,350 ratings — published 1934 — 387 editions
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The Mysterious Affair at St...
3.97 avg rating — 131,366 ratings — published 1920 — 684 editions
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Murder at the Vicarage (Mis...
4.02 avg rating — 91,340 ratings — published 1930 — 208 editions
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd...
4.18 avg rating — 74,114 ratings — published 1926 — 276 editions
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Death on the Nile (Hercule ...
4.05 avg rating — 67,331 ratings — published 1937 — 257 editions
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The Man in the Brown Suit
3.96 avg rating — 53,110 ratings — published 1924 — 139 editions
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule...
3.96 avg rating — 51,435 ratings — published 1935 — 228 editions
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The Body in the Library (Mi...
3.84 avg rating — 38,013 ratings — published 1942 — 200 editions
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Evil Under the Sun (Hercule...
3.94 avg rating — 29,513 ratings — published 1941 — 194 editions
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Series by Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at St... The Murder on the Links Poirot Investigates The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Big Four The Mystery of the Blue Train Black Coffee
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Murder at the Vicarage The Thirteen Problems The Body in the Library The Moving Finger A Murder Is Announced They Do It with Mirrors A Pocket Full of Rye
Miss Marple (13 books)
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The Man in the Brown Suit Cards on the Table Death on the Nile Sparkling Cyanide
Colonel Race (4 books)
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Parker Pyne Investigates Cards on the Table Mrs. McGinty's Dead Dead Man's Folly The Pale Horse Third Girl Hallowe'en Party
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The Secret of Chimneys The Seven Dials Mystery Cards on the Table Murder Is Easy Towards Zero
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Quotes by Agatha Christie

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
― Agatha Christie
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“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ”
― Agatha Christie, An Autobiography
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“Very few of us are what we seem.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Mist
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