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Welcome to the Agatha Christie Wikia! We are so glad you decided to drop in on the encyclopaedic home of the Queen of Crime! On this site you will find an ever-growing encyclopaedia of everything associated with Christie. If you're new to Christie's works and want to know which book to read first - it all depends!

For new users
How do I look for a page?

It all depends. If you are looking for a novel or a play, write the British title for it. If you don't know what the original name is, try looking for the novel's name in your language (e.g. L'heure zero for Towards Zero) and it will appear! For now we have translations in Italian, Swedish, French, Czech and German.

What if I am looking for a character?

Let's say you want to know something about Dr Sheppard from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd or Dr Geoffrey Roberts from Cards on the Table. When the character is a doctor, the article can be named in two different ways--when the novel states both the doctor / inspector / etc's name AND last name, the page will be called "name, surname". For example the pages are named James Sheppard for Dr Sheppard and Albert Spence for Superintendent Spence. If the character you are looking has his / her christian names stated in the novel but has the title -lord, then the page will be named Lord Whitfield or Lord Caterham instead of the full name. When the title is -lady, the page will be called with the name and surname of the character. If we only have the last name of the character, it will appear as "Mrs Swettenham", "Dr Constantine", "Superintendent Battle" or "Mr Venables".

Reading ideas


 * 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 - start with The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Christie's first novel) or the ground-breaking The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
 * If you are looking for some masterpieces of adrenaline, why not check out The Secret Adversary?, the first Christie novel featuring the adventurous couple by the name of Tommy and Tuppence.
 * Other Christie gems include The A.B.C. Murders (serial killing with a difference), Cat Among the Pigeons (murder at an elite girls' boarding school), And Then There Were None (10 strangers doomed to die on an island) and Five Little Pigs (was a mother charged with murder, innocent?).
 * Or why not explore the world of Mary Westmacott, the nom-de-plume of Christie?, a name under which she wrote six novels completely different from anything she'd done before.

Christie was a truly versatile writer, and her prolific literary career often overshadows her equally successful career as a playwright. To this day Christie remains the only person to have three different plays running in the West End at the same time, one of which, The Mousetrap, is still running, now in it's 61st year! 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 chronological list of Christie's novels and short story collections and check off what you've already read? Alternatively Christie's grandson recommends his best Christie Novels.



Who was Christie's greatest detective? Hercule Poirot Miss Jane Marple Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

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