Dew's Agatha Christie Mystery Site 
Dew's Agatha Christie Mystery Site
Symon is a noted crime critic who wrote an article in "The New Bedside, Bathtub, & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie." The Official Agatha Christie Site
Its Must-Read List:
Title Year The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926 Murder At The Vicarage 1930 Thirteen At Dinner
1933 Murder on the Orient Express 1934 The A.B.C Murders 1935 Death on the Nile 1937 The Moving Finger 1942 A Murder Is Announced 1950 Ten Little Indians 1939 Crooked House 1949 A Pocket Full of Rye 1953 Ordeal By Innocence 1958
Julian Symon's List
Of Agatha Christie's Best Books
The first two are his top choices. The rest are in no particular order.
"Of my detective books, I think that the two that satisfy me best are Crooked House and Ordeal By Innocence.--Agatha Christie, "An Autobiography"
Title Year 1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926 2. Ten Little Indians 1939 Thirteen At Dinner
1933 Murder on the Orient Express 1934 The A.B.C Murders 1935 Death on the Nile 1937 The Mysterious Affair At Styles The Man In The Brown Suit 1924 Peril At End House 1932 Death In The Air 1935 Sad Cypress 1940 Towards Zero 1944 Death Comes As The End 1945 What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! 1957 The Pale Horse 1961
Agatha Christie's Favorites:
"Christie has named it [The Pale Horse] as one of her five favorites."--Beth Simon, "The New Bedside, Bathtub, & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie"
"I find that another one I am really pleased with is The Moving Finger. It is a great test to reread what one has written some seventeen or eighteen years before. One's view changes. Some do not stand the test of time, others do."--Agatha Christie, "An Autobiography"
In an interview that appeared in The Daily Mail on September 1, 170, Agatha Christie responded to Godfrey Winn's question of whether "Three Blind Mice" was her favorite work by saying: "No, it isn't my favorite. That's 'Crooked House.'"
According to The Official Agatha Christie Website, Agatha was "especially fond of" of her novel, "Death On The Nile."
Dew's Top Ten Must-Read List:
This list is based upon the above lists.
Title Year The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926 Thirteen At Dinner
1933 Murder on the Orient Express 1934 The A.B.C Murders 1935 Death on the Nile 1937 The Moving Finger 1942 Ten Little Indians 1939 Crooked House 1949 The Pale Horse 1961 Ordeal By Innocence 1958
