THE MISS MARPLE READING LIST UK
Miss Jane Marple doesn’t look like your average detective, but appearances are deceiving...
A shrewd woman with a sparkle in her eye, she isn’t above speculation about her neighbours in the small village
of St Mary Mead. A keen advocate for justice, armed often only with her knitting needles and a pair of
gardening gloves, this sleuth knows plenty about human nature.
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TOP FIVE MISS MARPLE NOVELS
Although published in 1976, Sleeping Murder was written during
World War II and portrays a sprightlier Miss Marple than Nemesis. The
title Miss Marple’s Final Cases is a misnomer, because most of the short
stories are actually set (and were written) in the 1940’s. ‘Greenshaw’s
Folly’ is published in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding.
THE NOTES THE LIST
If you want to read the stories chronologically (in terms of
Miss Marple’s lifetime), we recommend the following order:
The Murder at the Vicarage [
1930
]
The Thirteen Problems (short stories) [
1932
]
Miss Marple’s Final Cases (short stories) [
1979
]
The Body in the Library [
1942
]
The Moving Finger [
1942
]
Sleeping Murder [
1976
]
A Murder is Announced [
1950
]
They Do it with Mirrors [
1952
]
A Pocket Full of Rye [
1953
]
‘Greenshaw’s Folly’ [
1956
]
4.50 from Paddington [
1957
]
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side [
1962
]
A Caribbean Mystery [
1964
]
At Bertram’s Hotel [
1965
]
Nemesis [
1971
]
I’m very ordinary. An ordinary rather
scatty old lady. And that of course is
very good camouflage.
Nemesis, Agatha Christie
Keep track of your Miss Marple reading. How many stories have you read?
THE CHALLENGE
THE MISS MARPLE READING LIST US
Miss Jane Marple doesn’t look like your average detective, but appearances are deceiving...
A shrewd woman with a sparkle in her eye, she isn’t above speculation about her neighbours in the small village
of St Mary Mead. A keen pursuant of justice, armed often only with her knitting needles and a pair of gardening
gloves, this sleuth knows plenty about human nature.
For reading ideas visit www.agathachristie.com
TOP FIVE MISS MARPLE NOVELS
Although published in 1976, Sleeping Murder was written during
World War II and portrays a sprightlier Miss Marple than Nemesis.
‘Greenshaw’s Folly’ is published in Double Sin and Other Stories. The
stories that appear in the UK in Miss Marple’s Final Cases appear as
follows in the US: ‘Miss Marple Tells a Story’ – The Regatta Mystery and
Other Stories. ‘Strange Jest’, ‘Tape-Measure Murder’, ‘The Case of the
Caretaker’, ‘The Case of the Perfect Maid’Three Blind Mice and Other
Stories. ‘Sanctuary’Double Sin and Other Stories.
THE NOTES THE LIST
If you want to read the stories chronologically (in terms of
Miss Marple’s lifetime), we recommend the following order:
The Murder at the Vicarage [
1930
]
The Thirteen Problems (short stories) [
1932
]
Miss Marple’s Final Cases (short stories) [
1979
]
The Body in the Library [
1942
]
The Moving Finger [
1942
]
Sleeping Murder [
1976
]
A Murder is Announced [
1950
]
They Do it with Mirrors [
1952
]
A Pocket Full of Rye [
1953
]
‘Greenshaw’s Folly’ [
1956
]
4.50 from Paddington [
1957
]
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side [
1962
]
A Caribbean Mystery [
1964
]
At Bertram’s Hotel [
1965
]
Nemesis [
1971
]
I’m very ordinary. An ordinary rather scatty
old lady. And that of course is very good
camouflage. Nemesis, Agatha Christie
Keep track of your Miss Marple reading. How many stories have you read?
THE CHALLENGE