When we started getting ready for this project last fall, the first thing we did was sit down and figure out exactly how many books we were going to be reading and in which order we should read them. Now, of course we could have just turned to the good old Google machine to look up a list of Agatha's works, but it's loads more fun to have them in a handy-dandy list format with a checklist and everything (#checklistsrule).
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, our ever-favorite agathachristie.com has sorted all of Dame Agatha's works into just such terrifically organized lists! We have been using The Complete Agatha Christie Reading List as our guide for The Year of Agatha project, but you can also find helpful lists (including publication dates) of all Poirot and Miss Marple books on their site. The Poirot list is particularly interesting because it gives some fairly cryptic and intriguing suggestions about the reading order of several books - for example, it is suggested Lord Edgware Dies be read before After the Funeral...I'm sure we will give you some clues as to why when we get to those books later this year!
And so, dear readers, if our blog has piqued your interest in Agatha's works and should you find yourself needing to know (or simply curious about!) which books you'll need to add to your "Every Miss Marple Book" Amazon Wish List, may we heartily recommend the above mentioned resources! AND if you are interested in which books are coming up in February on The Year of Agatha, we have added next month's reads to our Reading Schedule.
-A. & E.
