Ranking Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Novels

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Lil.

[kimbookgirl]

My favourite is A Murder is Announced but I love them all. I love Poirot too, but Miss Marple is my favourite of Agatha Christie's characters. I also love the Joan Hickson adaptations. Not a big fan of any of the other adaptations, particularly when they put her in non-Miss Marple stories.

[JHV]

They do it with mirrors has a special place in my heart: The first Agatha Christie book that I've read

[blaithinomahony]

I love Sleeping Murder so much. It’s such a good book!

[samjohnson]

My favorite is the murder at the vicarage, i love that book so much.

[tillysshelf]

Well now I want to read some Miss Marple. And I have A Caribbean Mystery on my shelf...

[freddylowe]

Fantastic ranking! You were the one who got me into A Caribbean Mystery after I saw your review, and now it’s one of my favourites too. My ranking from worst to best would go something like this:

12) They Do It With Mirrors
11) A Murder is Announced (I apologise! Just found it a bit dull...maybe I’d enjoy it more having now seen the film)
10) The Moving Finger
9) Nemesis (a creepy one!)
8) Sleeping Murder (it annoyed me because, like you said, no essence of finality!)
7) The Murder at the Vicarage (I agree with you, a fantastic countryside tale)
6) The Body in the Library
5) 4:50 From Paddington
4) At Bertram’s Hotel (I’m biased here: I absolutely adore the ITV version, so by the time I got around to reading it I just gobbled it up)
3) A Caribbean Mystery (thanks entirely to your recommendation)
2) A Pocket Full of Rye
1) The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side (one of Agatha Christie’s best endings, in my opinion).

Thanks so much for this wonderful video!

[RichardFarley]

Loved this thank you for sharing. I think my favourite is Murder at the Vicarage.

[GinaHouse]

I love this video! Miss Marple is my all-time fav!! I've read these hundreds of times (between actual reading and audiobook, not exaggerating - lol!) My grandmother got me into AC books when I was 10, so I've been able to love them for almost 40 years.

Here's my order: (fav to least fav)

Sleeping Murder
A Murder is Announced
Caribbean Mystery
Nemesis
The Mirror Cracked
4:50 to Paddington
The Moving Finger
A Pocket Full of Rye
The Body in the Library
Murder at the Vicarage
They Do it With Mirrors
At Bertram’s Hotel

I loved seeing your order so much! Thank you for sharing, Lil! :D

[geraldkelly]

I am quite a bit older than you are so nostalgia is important to me. I pretty well agree with your list as I like murder at the vicarage and Caribbean Mystery a lot. I would put the vicarage first as it is very funny indeed and I love Leticia and Griselda beyond all reason!

[vickyrushton]

I also love Miss Marple but my favourite has to be the Thursday club/ thirteen problems which started out, I believe, as short stories but I love how she always got them right

[LMM]

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the best of all her books. I had never read a mystery up to that time that surprised me as much. A number of mystery book critics back in the day were angry with her when the book was published. I thought it was very clever.

[asudesavas]

I'm so glad that I found your channel at the start of my Agatha Christie reading journey! I try to read your favorite Agatha Christie novels since then, and now they are my favorites as well 💜 Thank you for describing them in such a beautiful way 😍

[lucybalt]

Really interesting! I think my favourite is A Murder is Announced. However I would put Nemesis in my top 3, although I agree it is a bit dark and doesn’t have the cosy vibe! 😀 My least favourite is They Do It With Mirrors.

[grozmeistere]

I haven't read all of them just yet, just about 8, I think. My loose top four are Murder at the Vicarige, A Murder is Announced, A Carribbean Affair and 4:50 from Paddington. Especially the first two have such great and funny character moments. The Carribbean Affair has the exotic vacation vibe I enjoyed in some Poirots as well. And 4:50 from Paddington is one I listened to a lot as an audiobook while doing weekend trips to this charming crime/mystery themed hotel in the Eiffel. My next Marple I will probably read is Nemesis.

[isobelryan]

Nemesis, The Murder At The Vicarage and A Murder Is Announced.I love the creepy fact of A Murder Is Announced and Nemesis and the simple fact of The Murder At the Vicarage

[gabrielf]

I enjoy your book reviews so much at the moment. A bit of cosiness and safety during these crazy times :)

[banannakis]

Well, I have only read A Caribbean Mystery so far, but I absolutely loved it and it's one of my favorites of her books.

[Lu.G.]

Love this! I, too, adore Miss Marple (and Dolly Bantry) and I _mostly_ agree with your rankings! 🤓 I would switch your top 2, though. 📚

[davidbeal]

Good list and ranking. Nice job. My only significant argument would be around "Nemesis" which I enjoy way more than you. And I'd bump "Body in the Library" into my top 3. You mentioned the Character Dolly Bantry as one you enjoy. In the Geraldine McEwan TV series of Marples, Joanna Lumley really brings that character to life.

[teaspoones]

Oh such an interesting video! I’ve only read 7 Miss Marple books so far and my favourite is 4:50 from Paddington (might be biased because I adore the Margaret Rutherford version so much), then (cheating because I know it’s short stories) The Thirteen Problems, Murder at the Vicarage, The Moving Finger and A Murder Is Announced (I cant decide which one I prefer), The Body in the Library and then Pocket Full of Rye.