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Books by Agatha Christie mentioned on podcasts
Agatha Christie and her literary works were featured on an episode of Stuff You Should Know titled Selects: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery. Josh Clark brought up the book Crooked House alongside its 2017 film adaptation. Chuck claimed that Agatha Christie personally signed his first edition copy of Murder on the Orient Express when he was a child. Josh Clark mentioned starting to read The Mysterious Affair at Styles the previous night, noting that it was her first published work and praising the way it draws readers into a cozy mystery. Discussing Christie's international fame, Josh pointed to Death on the Nile as a prominent example of her works set in exotic locations like Egypt and Mesopotamia following World War II, while also mentioning Murder on the Orient Express in the same context. Additionally, Josh highlighted Curtain and Sleeping Murder as the final cases for Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple respectively, noting that both books were written during World War II and published posthumously.
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And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is a masterclass in suspense, following ten strangers lured to a remote island who are systematically murdered one by one.
Discussed“But then there was a period where I moved to Agatha Christie myself. I picked up and then there Were None, which is still, holy cow, just one of the is tightly plotted and creepy books I've ever read.”
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Murder On The Orient Express
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is a celebrated detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder aboard a snowbound luxury train.
Discussed“Like, you know, Murder on the Orient Express, there's a scene where a porter knocks on the door of a cabin”
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is Agatha Christie's ingenious 1926 detective novel that revolutionized the mystery genre with its shocking and unprecedented narrative twist.
Discussed“Um in the the murder of Roger Ackroyd, the Agatha Christie book. Have you ever seen it? It's really good.”
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel that introduced the brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot to the world and launched the author's legendary career.
Discussed“I started reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which I think was her first published work um last night, and it's just great.”
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Crooked House
Crooked House by Agatha Christie is a psychological mystery novel revolving around the secretive and dysfunctional members of a wealthy family residing in a sprawling English estate.
Discussed“I mean, I think probably in Then There Were None is the best one, but there's one called Crooked House. Oh. That is so creepy and weird...”
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Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel featuring the brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot solving a murder during a luxury cruise.
Discussed“um set in this period of time that and for some reason it just captured everybody's attention and apparently when she started expanding I think after World War II uh to some slightly more exotic loces like Egypt or Mesopotamia you know um uh for like Death on the Nile was a very famous one during this time or the”
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Cat Among the Pigeons
Discussed“My teacher, Mrs. McB read aloud to the class the Agatha Christie mystery, Cat Among the Pigeons. I don't know if you've read this one.”
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Curtain
Discussed“Uh one is called Curtain, that's Puarro's final book, and the other is Sleeping Murder.”
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Murder in Three Acts
Murder in Three Acts by Agatha Christie is a classic mystery novel featuring her famed detective Hercule Poirot as he investigates a seemingly motiveless murder at a dinner party.
Discussed“Yeah, as Acts, first of all, because of course the Gospels are incredible—the accounts of our Lord and Savior, but in particular Acts, because he is pasted, and the kind of fervor, febrility, evangelism, and zeal of the Apostles—like the absolute belief, like early on with Stephen, like being torn apart and just going, 'Whoa, I’m off!'”
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Murder is Easy
Murder is Easy is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie featuring Superintendent Battle.
Recommended“and then I think the next one that I talked about was murder is Easy by Agatha Christie and that's a little bit of perhaps not a departure but it's what we would Now call a standalone”
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Peril at End House
Discussed“Gina, do you have a favorite Agatha Christie? Oh, that's too hard. Um, Peril at End House, maybe.”
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Sleeping Murder
Discussed“Uh one is called Curtain, that's Puarro's final book, and the other is Sleeping Murder. Um that is Marple's final case.”
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Sleeping Murder, The Murder at the Vicarage
Sleeping Murder and The Murder at the Vicarage are classic detective novels written by renowned mystery author Agatha Christie.
Recommended“I mean, Black Monday Murders, one of the best graphic novels ever written. Spoiler, it's not done yet.”
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The Man in the Brown Suit
Discussed“And it also sort of shows, since it's so fragile, how fragile our economies really are because I've heard the expression 'data is the new oil,' but I think you say in the book, 'The pumps and pipes are all powered by semiconductors.'”
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The Murder at the Vicarage
Discussed“So this is when Miss Marple comes along as as a a detective in 1930 with The Murder at the Vicorage. That was her first one.”
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
Discussed“One of the big things that came out of that French book, The Birth of a Lie is the, um, the filmmaker unearthed a recording that was, I don't know where he found it, but they found it and released the transcript of it that clearly has, um, if not Zimbardo, at least Jaffy, definitely Jaffy, coaching the um, the”
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