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How many HP books do you own?

detectivepauljohn 25 Sep 08 at 10:24 a.m. GMT

mine are

• Evil Under the Sun
• Death On the Nile
• Cards On the Table

I also own Miss Marple's Murder at the Vicarage and Quin's The Mysterious Mr. Quin which are both excellent, too. I will buy The Hollow and Mrs. Mcginty's Dead or either The Third Girl and Hallowe'en Party next 2-3 months.

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detectivepauljohn 25 Sep 08 at 10:25 a.m. GMT

I am just became a fan of Agatha Christie a couple of months ago so that's why I own not too many but I'll gonna buy all Agatha Christie books

Holly 25 Sep 08 at 12:08 p.m. GMT

Well, I normally borrow my mum's books when I want to read AC. She owns every Poirot ever written, I think :)

ariadnepoirotmarple 25 Sep 08 at 5 p.m. GMT

I usually borrow my dad's books (he is mad about AC), he owns about 40 books... and recently I've been buying some Christie books to add to my dad's.

curious 25 Sep 08 at 5:19 p.m. GMT

I own the following books:

• Mrs. McGinty's Dead
• Hallowe'en Party
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
• Sleeping Murder
• The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
• Partners in Crime
• The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories

I might own some other AC books, but I don't remember the names.

lady_horbury 25 Sep 08 at 7:08 p.m. GMT

I own the following AC books:

Death of Roger Acyroyd

The Hollow

Death on the Nile

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Links

Ten Little Indians

The Hollow

Cat Among the Pigeons

A collection of short stories

Murder at the Vicarage

Maybe a couple of others.

go_leafs_nation 25 Sep 08 at 7:55 p.m. GMT

I have 26 Poirots-- not counting the doubles and the versions in other languages.

dada222 27 Sep 08 at 8:18 a.m. GMT

I have about 23 poirots.

burr 27 Sep 08 at 7:59 p.m. GMT

I've got them all, even in many different editions. So I'm up to about 250 Poirot books.

a_cat_among_the_pigeons 27 Sep 08 at 11:18 p.m. GMT

I only have two at the moment. I've just started reading Agatha Christie and I'm really enjoying them, I'm reading Death in the clouds at the moment has anyone got any suggestions of other good HP book?

detectivepauljohn 28 Sep 08 at 3:27 a.m. GMT

a_cat_among_the_pigeons

              I recommend Death On the Nile and Evil Under the Sun. I also recommend Cards On the Table and Murder at Mesopotamia.

PisiMare 03 Dec 08 at 7:41 a.m. GMT

I have about 20 poirots. All of them are in english except for 2 which are in romanian

sapphire_arisa 24 Mar 09 at 4:02 a.m. GMT

I have about 2 or 3 Jane Marple Books, and about 5 Poirot ones. But I'e read much more than that. I usually borrow from my friends or library. It's awesome.

lava 24 Mar 09 at 4:32 a.m. GMT

 i own 4 poirots-sad cypress, mts mcginty'd dead, third girl and thirteen at dinner. i have read some of them in my school library.

Frndorfoe 12 Jun 09 at 6:07 p.m. GMT

I am the proud owner of over thirty Hercule Poirot books. I have spent the last four years reading and collecting them. Before that I had finished reading and collecting all the Miss Marple books. I like HP but Miss Marple remains my all time favorite.

molumiss 15 Jun 09 at 9:48 a.m. GMT

i have read 10 ac books and my fav is man inthe brown suit

have u read it

na_well 09 Jul 09 at 6:33 p.m. GMT

I own 19 HP novels. They are:

• The Mysterious Affair at Styles
• Murder on the Orient Express
• The ABC Murders
• The Murder of Roger Acroyd
• Cards on the Table
• The Mystery of the Blue Train
• Peril at End House
• Death in the Clouds
• Murder in Mesopotamia
• Three Act Tragedy
• Hercule Poirot's Christmas
• Death on the Nile
• Evil Under the Sun
• One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
• Appointment with Death
• Five Little Pigs
• The Hollow
• The Clocks
• Elephants can Remember

Haven't read all of them but I will. From the ones I read I recommend The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Orient Express, Cards on the Table and Evil Under the Sun.

Monkfish 15 Jul 09 at 1:04 p.m. GMT

the only one I own is 'Hercule Poirot - The Complete Short Stories'.Any other AC books I've owned have gone to charity shops.

Everything else comes from the library. I used to buy books, decades ago, but I eventually realised what a waste of money it is. I'm currently a member of four library systems, and can get my hands on virtually any book for nothing, or at most a 30 pence reservation fee.

Inspector_Kelly 21 Jul 09 at 10:33 a.m. GMT

I own approximately 21 HP novels, the complete short story collection, all of the TV adaptations with david Suchet and the Murder On the orient express starring Albert Finney directed by Sidney Lumet. And just to top it off I am writing my own Poirot novel with all the classic characters set in Greenway house which I visited when it opened.

marymck 28 Jul 09 at 1:38 p.m. GMT

Hi - I'm new to this site and this is my first posting!

I must confess I don't have the foggiest notion how many HP books I have.  I have read them all since I started out with a few aged green & white paperbacks that were passed on to me over 20 years ago.  Largely I read from library books, so as to now many I actually own???

I've just had a quick look at those in my study (they're pretty much spread over all three floors of the house!) and I seem to have 3 green & white pbs of Death on the Nile in this room alone.  

I started out unscientifically reading them at random, then re-read them all in order of publication.  (Though I'm still sorting out the story order of novels + short stories ... is there a definitive list of that on the site?  No, on second thoughts don't tell me!  It would spoil my detective work!)

It's great to find this community & know I'm not the only fanatic out there!!

3rdGirl 01 Aug 09 at 9:08 p.m. GMT

Wow! It seems everyone has so many. I have read and own all of the Miss Marple books and short stories.

For Christmas last year I received from 'Santa' all of the Poirot mysteries to date on DVD, but four more were on TV this year. I think the productions just get more lovely and gorgeous looking each time.

I like the 'order and method' in collectiong my books and have read about 40 Poirot's, and had started to collect them in paperback (owning about 10), however the publisher decided to change the style of the covers on them! This really arritated me as I do love my books to match when I'm collecting a set. I know, my husband thinks I'm a bit crazy about it too. I'm trying to read them in order as well!

Luckily for me my library has a fantastic AC section, so I'm reading the rest from the library. I may try and find the matching set of books on ebay and places like that.

I've only read one Tommy and Tuppence book, 'The Secret Adversary', but although my friend likes the T&T books the best, I am a Poirot devotee.