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Where to start : New to Agatha Christie?
If you're new to Christie's works and want to know which book to read first - it all depends! Do you like female sleuths? - then try Murder at the Vicarage - featuring Miss Jane Marple - the unassuming spinster with a mind like a steel trap. If you prefer your detectives male (and egotistical Belgians in particular) then Hercule Poirot is your man - and why not start with The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Christie's first novel) or the ground-breaking The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Other Christie gems include The ABC Murders (serial killing with a difference), Cat Among the Pigeons (murder at a girls' boarding school), And Then There Were None (10 strangers doomed to die on an island) and Five Little Pigs (was a mother hanged for murder, innocent?) But the best way to enjoy Christie is to find your own favourites - and then discuss them with fellow fans. Why not download the complete list of Christie's novels and short story collections and check off what you've already read?
Register your details - choose a username and add an avatar (update your preferences) and then discuss Christie in general in Have Your Say or join the Book Club. Submit comments on The Blog posts that Mathew Prichard, and other Guest Editors, will be writing, and upload or review Christie events around the world.
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If you want to know about Christie's life and how she wrote, then check out About Christie. Look out for a Christie Time Line - coming soon - which will show key dates in her life and publishing history - and what was going on in the world at the same time. Stories and Detectives allows you to browse through all her novels and 153 short stories! Use the Explore tags to find connections between each of her novels.
We look forward to meeting you on the Have Your Say forum!
