Agatha Christie
- Books on site
- 9
- Total words
- 612,463
- Reading time
- 34.0 h
- Years covered
- 1920–1929
- Longest
- The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published sixty-six detective novels in fifty-six years, invented Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and is the most widely translated novelist in the world. She learned pharmacy during the First World War, which is why her poisons are accurate, and she wrote through the worst year of her life-her mother’s death, her husband’s affair and her own disappearance in December 1926-without ever putting the mess into the books.
The shelf below gathers the early run: Poirot cases, stand-alone adventures, and the country-house mysteries from the end of the decade.
Every Agatha Christie title on editions.ink
In publication order, with word counts and reading time. The list is generated from the book pages themselves, so a new release appears here automatically.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles1920 · 59,580 words
The Secret Adversary1922 · 78,347 words
The Murder on the Links1923 · 64,793 words
The Man in the Brown Suit1924 · 75,510 words
The Secret of Chimneys1925 · 72,945 words
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd1926 · 70,248 words
The Big Four1927 · 55,601 words
The Mystery of the Blue Train1928 · 70,132 words
The Seven Dials Mystery1929 · 65,307 words| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | 59,580 | ~4 h |
| 1922 | The Secret Adversary | 78,347 | ~5 h |
| 1923 | The Murder on the Links | 64,793 | ~4 h |
| 1924 | The Man in the Brown Suit | 75,510 | ~5 h |
| 1925 | The Secret of Chimneys | 72,945 | ~5 h |
| 1926 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 70,248 | ~5 h |
| 1927 | The Big Four | 55,601 | ~4 h |
| 1928 | The Mystery of the Blue Train | 70,132 | ~5 h |
| 1929 | The Seven Dials Mystery | 65,307 | ~4 h |
Still only at Project Gutenberg
Further Agatha Christie titles are in the public domain but not yet built here. They are listed so you can see the shape of the whole bibliography; the links go to Project Gutenberg, where the plain text is available today.
- Poirot Investigates (Gutenberg #61262)
Read next
Authors whose books sit closest on the shelf:
L. M. MontgomeryGaston LerouxBram StokerH. G. Wells
Questions readers ask
How many Agatha Christie books are free on editions.ink?
There are 9 editions on the site, together about 612,463 words, or roughly 41 hours of reading. Each page has the full text as EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB.
What is the best Agatha Christie book to start with?
The Big Four (1927): it is the shortest complete work here, at about 3.7 hours.
Are these editions complete or abridged?
Complete. The text comes from the public-domain transcription and is checked against the printed edition named on each book page; nothing is cut, modernised or annotated away.
Which format should I download?
EPUB is the safest default for phones, tablets, Kobo and most reading apps. AZW3 suits older Kindles, and KEPUB is the Kobo-native format with better page-turn and footnote handling on a Kobo device.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. The download links are direct files served from the site; no account, newsletter or paywall is involved.
How long does The Secret of Chimneys take?
About 5.2 hours at 300 words per minute for 78,000 words — the longest title on this page. The whole list runs to roughly 32 hours.
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