The Best Agatha Christie Books, According to Agatha Christie

In 1972, the famous British mystery author shared what she thought to be her ten best books. Death on the Nile, which was recently adapted for the big screen, did not make the cut.

Agatha Christie was a prolific writer, putting out 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections over the course of her illustrious career. Many of her novels went on to be adapted into TV shows and films—with the most recent being Death on the Nile, directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Now considered "the queen of mystery," Christie was born into a well-off middle class family in south west England, and taught herself to read by age five. By age 18, she was crafting short stories, and during World War I, she started writing detective novels. Her debut, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920 and introduced Inspector Hercule Poirot, a character who would go on to feature in half of her novels, in addition to fifty short stories and two plays.

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