I've been thinking about how to record Agatha Christie's short stories as I read them and have decided to create (in another blog posting) a list which shows the stories in the order in which they've been written.
I'll also try to remember to come back here and update this list to show my progress through the published collections. The list below comes from Wikipedia.
What I've read:
- 1991 Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (eight short stories - UK only)
- 1924 Poirot Investigates (short stories: eleven in the UK, fourteen in the US)
- 1929 Partners in Crime (fifteen short stories; featuring Tommy and Tuppence)
- 1930 The Mysterious Mr. Quin (twelve short stories; introducing Mr. Harley Quin)
- 1932 The Thirteen Problems (thirteen short stories; featuring Miss Marple, also known as The Tuesday Club Murders in the US)
- 1933 The Hound of Death (twelve short stories - UK only)
- 1934 The Listerdale Mystery (twelve short stories - UK only)
- 1934 Parker Pyne Investigates (twelve short stories; introducing Parker Pyne and Ariadne Oliver, also known as Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective in the US)
- 1937 Murder in the Mews (four novella-length stories; featuring Hercule Poirot, also known as Dead Man's Mirror in the US)
- 1939 The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (nine short stories - US only)
- 1947 The Labours of Hercules (twelve short stories; featuring Hercule Poirot)
- 1948 The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (eleven short stories - US only)
- 1950 Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (nine short stories - US only)
- 1951 The Under Dog and Other Stories (nine short stories - US only)
- 1960 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (six short stories - UK only)
- 1961 Double Sin and Other Stories (eight short stories - US only)
- 1971 The Golden Ball and Other Stories (fifteen short stories - US only)
- 1974 Poirot's Early Cases (eighteen short stories, also known as Hercule Poirot's Early Cases in the US)
- 1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (eight short stories - UK only)
- 1997 The Harlequin Tea Set (nine short stories - US only)
- 1997 While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (nine short stories - UK only)
Christie's short stories tend to be more variable in quality than her novels, but almost all the collections have at least a few really good ones. Possibly my favourite is The Thirteen Problems, but many people prefer The Labours of Hercules.
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