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how many books have u read

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lava 24 Mar 09 at 4:27 a.m. GMT

I have read

 the murder on the links,three act tragedy, sad cypress,five little pigs,mrs mcginty's dead,hickory dickory dock,third girl,the moving finger, a pocket full of rye,parker pyne investigates,and then there were none,the pale horse ans endless nighr

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lava 24 Mar 09 at 4:58 a.m. GMT

sorry fogot to mention i have also read they do it with mirrors

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sapphire_arisa 28 Mar 09 at 4:31 a.m. GMT

I've bought quite a few;

Murder on the Orient Express; Sad Cypress; Five Little Pigs; Murder of Roger Ackroyd; Mrs McGinty is Dead; The Clocks; Murder at the Vicarage (this is Marple Book); They do it with mirrors (this one too); Mystery of the Blue Train...

oh! can't remember them all now. I have to see what I've read on my bookshelf.

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JobyElliottMartin 29 Mar 09 at 6:14 p.m. GMT

Which was the best?

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ArlenaSMarshall 29 Mar 09 at 10:49 p.m. GMT

I really liked 5 Little Pigs.

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sapphire_arisa 30 Mar 09 at 4:45 a.m. GMT

I thought Murder of the Roger Ackroyd was the best;

this book made me sure that I won't be able to guess the murderer in AC novels.

Seiously, who would have guess that it was.........................!!!!!!

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hellofansofachi 30 Mar 09 at 9:46 a.m. GMT

I already read:

1.) Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None

I am currently reading Agatha Christie's Hallowe'en Party

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sapphire_arisa 31 Mar 09 at 9:21 a.m. GMT

I bought

'one two buckle my shoe' and 'curtain; poirot's last case' yesterday!

woohoo!!!

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jolley74 01 Apr 09 at 6:59 p.m. GMT

curtain is fab you will be in for a great suprise i loved that book

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binki 02 Apr 09 at 2:17 p.m. GMT

I like the book curtain:poirot's last case(though it is very sad,and don't make me feel very good)

and the moving finger let me very surprised,it is fantastic.the hollow ,and then there was none are two of ac 's best novels

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binki 02 Apr 09 at 2:17 p.m. GMT

I like the book curtain:poirot's last case(though it is very sad,and don't make me feel very good)

and the moving finger let me very surprised,it is fantastic.the hollow ,and then there was none are two of ac 's best novels

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Jane_Wilkinson 04 Apr 09 at 11:33 a.m. GMT

I have read 21 books 

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Frndorfoe 12 Jun 09 at 6:19 p.m. GMT

I have read all the Hercule Poirot short stories (I think there are fifty one of them) and thirty one HP novels. I have read all of the Miss Marple short stories and novels. I have the complete Miss Marple collection. I have also read The Sittaford Mystery, Parker Pyne Investigates, Sparkling Cyanide, The Pale Horse, Problem at Pollensa Bay and most of Agatha Christie's plays including The Mousetrap, And Then there were None, Towards Zero.etc.

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TheMole 13 Jun 09 at 10:18 p.m. GMT

I have read:

28 Hercule Poirot books

5 Miss Marple books

1 Tommy & Tuppence book

& 15 of the non series books

So all in all I have read 49. I used to keep track of what order I read them in (I don't read them in chronological order) but after a while I forgot & so I eventually lost track.

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MPoirotx 22 Jun 09 at 7:36 p.m. GMT

My first was and Then There were none, Then Roger Ackroyd, then the short story Witness for the something I forgot,,then Death On the Nile, then Orient Express,then Murder with Mirrors, THEN Mysterious Affair at Styles,and I'm currently reading the Mirror Cracked.

So 6 books,1 short story, and one I'm reading.

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na_well 24 Jun 09 at 1:53 p.m. GMT
The first one I have read was Murder on the Orient Express. The others are The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary, The Murder of Roger Acroyd, The Mystery of the Blue Train, Peril at End House, Cards on the Table, Death on the Nile, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, And Then There Were None, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, Evil Under the Sun, The Hollow, A Murder is Announced, 4.50 from Paddington and Nemesis. All in Spanish except for The Mysterious Affair At Styles and A Murder is Announced, which I've read in English.
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Tommy_A_Jones 24 Jun 09 at 1:57 p.m. GMT

I thought it woule be easier to say which Poiroyt's I haven't read, they are;

Murder at End House (I think that's what it is called), Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Again I think that is what it is called), Sad Cypress, Taken At The Flood, Hickory Dickory Dock, Murder On The Links, Murder in Mesopotamia, Death On The Nile, Three-Act Tragedy and Dumb Witness which I did start but lost before I got very far I also have not read any of the books of short stories featuring Poirot, I am currently reading The Clocks. 

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robreid 24 Jun 09 at 2:47 p.m. GMT

I have read 25 novels, mostly Poirot and 1 short story collection, Poirot Investigates.  My first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles but I haven't read them in chronological order.

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poison_orange_peak 09 Jul 09 at 8:47 p.m. GMT

In order:

Poirot's Early Cases, Poriot Investigates, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, While the Light Lasts, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, Murder in Mesopotamia, Appointment With Death, Peril at End House, Hercule Poirot's Casebook, Death in the Clouds, Three Act Tradgey, Poirot Book Four, Murder on the Links, The Mystery of the Blue Train, The Labours of Hercules, Black Coffee, Thirteen at Dinner/Lord Edgware Dies, The Big Four, Dumb Witnes, Sad Cypress (Currently reading) and then I shall read Taken at the Flood.

Hey, if anyone happens to have the Agatha Christie Crime Collection and wants to sell it to me for under $50 AU, send me an e-mail, thanks!

lilyv687@hotmail.com

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nickyta18 06 Feb 11 at 3:19 a.m. GMT

I think i read about 40 Agatha Christie's books, but I also read books from other authors, like Jane Austen, Victoria Holt... (Genre: Romance). 

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Tommy_A_Jones 21 Mar 11 at 4:21 p.m. GMT

I have now read all 66 Novels and apart from the stories in the Notebooks all the short stories.

Must reads And Then There Were None And Then There Were None

Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Soldier Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear.

Crooked House Crooked House

When the wealthy patriarch, Aristide, is murdered, suspicion falls on the whole household. ...

Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express

Travelling on the Orient Express, Poirot is approached by a desperate American. Afraid that someone plans to kill him, Ratchett asks Poirot for help ...

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