Agatha Christie Perpetual Challenge

 

 Agatha Christie Perpetual Challenge

Hosted by: Robyn
Official Challenge Page
Dates: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31 each year

Summary of Rules: 
Read 3 Agatha Christie books each year.  Any format. 

My 2021 Books:

1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (HP #1)
2. Jane In Search Of A Job (sass)

My 2022 Books:

1. The Dream (HP ss #38)
2. Four and Twenty Blackbirds (HP ss #51)
3. The ABC Murders (HP #12)
4. The King of Clubs (HP ss #16)
5. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (HP ss #22)

My 2023 Books: Completed 6/10/23

1. Three Act Tragedy (HP #10) ~ 3/27
2. Cards On The Table (HP #15) ~ 4/3
3. The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (PP ss) ~ 6/10
4. Appointment With Death (HP #19) ~ 8/23
5. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (MM and HP) ~ 9/30

• Three Blind Mice
  
• Strange Jest (Miss Marple)
  
• Tape Measure Murder (Miss Marple)
• The Case of the Perfect Maid (Miss Marple)
• The Case of the Caretaker (Miss Marple)
• The Third Floor Flat (HP)
• The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly (HP)
• Four and Twenty Blackbirds (HP)
• The Love Detectives (Harley Quin)

1. The Tuesday Night Club (MM ss) 10/23

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Hercule Poirot Books (publication order)

• ✅The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 1920
• The Murder on the Links - 1923
• Poirot Investigates - 1924
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - 1926
• The Big Four - 1927
• The Mystery of the Blue Train - 1928
• Black Coffee - 1930
• Peril at End House - 1932
• Lord Edgware Dies (aka Thirteen at Dinner) - 1933
• ✅Three Act Tragedy (aka Murder in Three Acts) - 1934
• Murder on the Orient Express - 1934
• Death in the Clouds (aka Death in the Air) - 1935
• ✅The A.B.C. Murders - 1936
• Murder in Mesopotamia - 1936
• ✅Cards on The Table - 1936 (cross over series)
• Dumb Witness (aka Poirot Loses a Client) - 1937
• Death on the Nile - 1937 (cross over series)
• Murder in the Mews (aka Dead Man's Mirror) - 1937
• ✅Appointment with Death - 1938
• Hercule Poirot's Christmas (aka A Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas) - 1938
• Sad Cypress - 1940
• One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (aka An Overdose of Death / The Patriotic Murders) - 1940
• Evil Under the Sun - 1941
• Five Little Pigs (aka Murder in Retrospect) - 1942
• The Hollow (aka Murder After Hours) - 1946
• The Labours of Hercules - 1947
• Taken at the Flood (aka There Is a Tide) - 1948
• Mrs. McGinty's Dead (aka Blood Will Tell) - 1952
• After the Funeral (aka Funerals are Fatal) - 1953
• Hickory Dickory Dock - 1955
• Dead Man's Folly - 1956
• Cat Among the Pigeons - 1959
• The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - 1960
• The Clocks - 1963
• Third Girl - 1969
• Hallowe'en Party - 1969
• Elephants Can Remember - 1972
• Curtain - 1975

Hercule Poirot Short Stories/Novellas (publication order)

• The Adventure of the Cheap Flat - 1923
• ✅The King of Clubs - 1923
• ✅The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly - 1923
• The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman - 1923
• The Veiled Lady - 1923
• The Kidnapped Prime Minister - 1923
• The Plymouth Express - 1923
• The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan - 1923
• The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor - 1923
• The Affair at the Victory Ball - 1923
• The Adventure of the Western Star - 1923
• The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb - 1923
• The Submarine Plans - 1923
• The Adventure of the Clapham Cook - 1923
• The Lost Mine - 1923
• The Lemesurier Inheritance - 1923
• The Chocolate Box - 1925
• Double Sin - 1928
• Wasps' Nest - 1929
• The Second Gong - 1932
• The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest - 1932
• How Does Your Garden Grow? - 1935
• Poirot and the Regatta Mystery - 1936 
• Yellow Iris - 1937
• The Incredible Theft - 1937
• ✅The Dream - 1937
• The Mystery of the Spanish Chest - 1960
• Afternoon at the Seaside - 1962
• The Patient - 1962
• The Witness for the Prosecution - 1983
• ✅Four and Twenty Blackbirds - 1989
• ✅The Million Dollar Bond Robbery - 1998
• The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim - 2012
• The Market Basing Mystery - 2013
• The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge - 2013
• The Cornish Mystery - 2013
• Problem at Sea - 2013
• The Under Dog - 2016
• The Double Clue - 2019
• The Case of the Missing Will - 2019

Hercule Poirot Collections (publication order)

• The Labors of Hercules - 1947
• The Witness for the Prosecution - 1948
• The Under Dog and Other Stories - 1951
• Poirot's Early Cases - 1974
• The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories - 1997
• The Double Clue - 2016
• The Grey Cells of Mr. Poirot - 2019

Miss Marple (publication order)

• The Murder at the Vicarage - 1930
• The Body in the Library - 1942
• The Moving Finger - 1942
• A Murder is Announced - 1950
• They Do It With Mirrors - 1952
• A Pocket Full of Rye - 1953
• 4:50 From Paddington - 1957
• The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side - 1962
• A Caribbean Mystery - 1964
• At Bertram's Hotel - 1965
• Nemesis - 1971
• Sleeping Murder - 1976

Miss Marple Short Stories/Novellas (publication order)

• The Idol House of Astarte - 1928
• Ingots of Gold - 1928
• Motive v. Opportunity - 1928
• The Thumb Mark of St. Peter - 1928
• The Blue Geranium - 1929
• The Herb of Death - 1930
• Miss Marple Tells a Story - 1934
• ✅The Case of the Caretaker - 1941
• ✅Strange Jest - 1941
• ✅Tape-Measure Murder - 1941
• ✅The Case of the Perfect Maid - 1942
• Sanctuary - 1954
• Greenshaw's Folly - 1956

Miss Marple's Collections (publication order)

• The Thirteen Problems - 1932
• 13 Clues for Miss Marple - 1966
• Miss Marple's Final Cases - 1979
• Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories - 1985
• Miss Marple Short Stories - 2005

Tommy & Tuppence (publication order)

• The Secret Adversary - 1922
• Partners in Crime - 1929
• N or M? - 1941
• By the Pricking of My Thumbs - 1968
• Postern of Fate - 1973

Tommy & Tuppence Short Stories/Novellas

• A Fairy in the Flat - 1929
• The Affair of the Pink Pearl - 1929
• The Man in the Mist - 1977
• The House of Lurking Death - 1995
• The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger - 2012
• Finessing the King - 2012
• Blindman's Buff - 2013
• The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper - 2013
• A Pot of Tea -2013
• The Crackler - 2013
• The Clergyman's Daughter - 2013
• The Ambassador's Boots - 2013

Superintendent Battle 

• The Secret of Chimneys - 1925
• The Seven Dials Mystery - 1929
• ✅Cards on the Table - 1936 (cross over series)
• Murder is Easy - 1939
• Towards Zero - 1944

Colonel Race

• The Man in the Brown Suit - 1924
• Cards on the Table - 1936 (cross over series)
• Death on the Nile - 1937 (cross over series)
• Sparkling Cyanide - 1944

Harley Quin

• The Mysterious Mr. Quin - 1930

Harley Quin Short Stories/Novellas

• The Shadow on the Glass - 1924
• The Sign in the Sky - 1925
• At the 'Bells and Motley' - 1926
• The Soul of the Croupier - 1927
• The World's End - 1927
• The Voice in the Dark - 1927
• The Face of Helen - 1927
• Harlequin's Lane - 1927
• The Dead Harlequin - 1929
• The Man from the Sea - 1929
• The Bird with the Broken Wing - 1930
• ✅The Love Detectives - 1993
• The Coming of Mr. Quin - 2012

Parker Pyne Short Stories/Novellas

• The Case of the Discontented Soldier - 1932
• The Case of the City Clerk - 1932
• The Case of the Distressed Lady - 1932
• The Case of the Discontented Husband - 1932
• ✅The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife - 1932
• The House at Shiraz - 1933
• Have you Got Everything You Want? - 1933
• The Gate of Baghdad - 1933
• The Oracle at Delphi - 1933
• The Pearl of Price - 1933
• The Case of the Rich Woman - 1934

Standalone Novels

• The Sittaford Mystery - 1931
• Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - 1934
• And Then There Were None / Ten Little Indians - 1939
• Death Comes as the End - 1944
• Crooked House - 1949
• They Came to Baghdad - 1951
• Destination Unknown - 1954
• Ordeal by Innocence - 1958
• The Pale Horse - 1961
• Endless Night - 1967
• 13 At Dinner - 1969
• Passenger to Frankfurt - 1970

Short Stories/Novellas

• Accident - 1923
• The Actress - 1923
• The Red Signal - 1924
• The Mystery of the Blue Jar - 1924
• The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl - 1924
• Philomel Cottage - 1924
• Wireless - 1925
• Within a Wall - 1925
• The House of Dreams - 1926
• Magnolia Blossom - 1926
• The Lonely God - 1926
• The Rajah's Emerald - 1926
• The Edge - 1927
• Sing a Song of Sixpence - 1929
• Manx Gold - 1930
• The Fourth Man - 1933
• The Gipsy - 1933
• The Manhood of Edward Robinson - 1934
• The Dressmaker's Doll - 1958
• The Water Bus - 1965
• ✅Jane In Search of a Job - 1974
• The Girl in the Train - 1993
• S.O.S. - 2013
• The Lamp - 2013
• The Call of Wings - 2013
• The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael - 2013
• A Fruitful Sunday - 2013
• Swan Song - 2013
• The Naughty Donkey -2013
• In the Cool of the Evening - 2013
• The Island - 2013

Short Story Collections

• The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories - 1932
• The Hound of Death - 1933
• The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories - 1934
• Parker Pyne Investigates - 1934
• The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories - 1948
• ✅Three Blind Mice and Other Stories - 1952
• Double Sin and Other Stories - 1961
• Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories - 1965
• The Golden Ball and Other Stories - 1971
• The Mousetrap and Other Plays - 1978
• Problem at Pollensa Bay - 1985
• While the Light Lasts - 1997
• Bloodstained pavement and Other Stories - 2003
• Death by Drowning - 2003
• Seven Deadly Sins - 2004
• Masterpieces in Miniature - 2005
• The Detectives - Short Stories - 2005
• The Tuesday Night Club and Other Stories - 2005
• The Red Signal and Other Stories - 2005
• The Listerdale Mystery - 2005
• Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown - 2006
• The Actress and Other Short Stories - 2006
• A Fruitful Sunday and Other Short Stories - 2006
• Miss Marple and Mystery - 2008
• Midwinter Murder - 2022
• A Deadly Affair - 2022

Written under pseudonym Mary Westmacott

• Giant Bread - 1930
• Unfinished Portrait - 1934
• Absent in the Spring - 1944
• The Rose and the Yew Tree - 1947
• A Daughter's A Daughter - 1952
• The Burden - 1956