Recs if you like The Murder at the Vicarage ...

This is for the ultimate Agatha Christie lover. She wrote 66 detective novels, 15 short story collections, 6 romance novels under Mary Westmacott, and published 17 plays on stage. This list does not include any of her unpublished works. Finishing this in completion gives you the ultimate bragging rights.

books featured in the cozy video game “tiny bookshop”

A collection of mysteries where the retirees, pensioners, and silver‑haired legends of small towns take crime into their own hands. Sometimes they are solving it, sometimes they causing it, and sometimes they might be doing a bit of both.

wise, funny main characters in their golden years who solve crimes and murders! think the thursday murder club, a man on the inside, etc.!

You've read the big names like Murder on the Orient Express or And Then There Were None...are you ready for the rest? This list is specifically only Agatha Christie's novels and short stories in publication order (starting at the top of list so you can easily follow it down) including the Mary Westmacott non-mystery books.

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

A list of written works entering the Public Domain in the United States on January 1st, 2026! Go find a copy and get thee reading!

Locked room mysteries! Impossible crimes to solve!

Here's me keeping track of (most) of the books mentioned in this non-fiction adventure, for the good of all of us.

There is also a reading list at the back of the book, but I think I got them all.

mysteries and thrillers in which the victim high-key sucks. rest in pieces, shitheads! love to hate 'em, we will not miss them. disclaimer: while the list creator is a certified hater, in no way is the list creator or pagebound condoning or encouraging violence, even in situations when that person does, in fact, suck.

the church's book club list + father brown because benoit calls jude that!

Agatha Christie's (in)complete works collected in one place for aspiring sleuths.

📫 updating in progress …

cozy murder mysteries

(almost) every book in the game: tiny bookshop

One of the most classic settings of the murder mystery genre. Have a cup of tea, head to the pub, look around the church, and get solving!

A sassy, elderly woman spends her days enjoying life. Retirement suits her. She spends most of her days solving mysteries and murder.

Since my ‘So you want to be an Agatha Christie Completist?’ list is not eligible for a quest, I have split her works into three lists with the hopes that one Agatha Christie list will be chosen for a Universe Quest in the future. See ‘Hercule Poirot Universe’, ‘Tommy & Tuppence Universe for other Agatha Christie related universe lists.

female MC's with the name jane. inspired by @jordynreads' agnes list.

red herring: 1. a dried smoked herring, which is turned red by the smoke. 2. a clue or piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting. these will make you go on a fishing expedition, if you will. this list will feature books highlighting the second definition.