My goal for 2025 was to read every book by Agatha Christie and I was determined to make this happen. To accomplish that, I had to read every book in Christie’s Miss Marple series. And with that accomplished, I have made a Miss Marple series guide and order for you to check out!
The Miss Marple Series has 12 books in the series and a few other short stories that have been compiled together and sold over the years. Years after I first read a Miss Marple series, I can say that I have read all of the standalone books and will be reading her short stories and reviewing them soon.
I don’t consider myself an expert when it comes to Agatha Christie or even mystery books. But I do love a good mystery novel and Christie is known as the queen of mystery for a reason. You can see the full list below and can click on the titles for a full review that we did on them.
Miss Marple Series Guide and Order
- Murder at the Vicarage
- The Body in the Library
- The Moving Finger
- A Murder Is Announced
- They Do It With Mirrors
- A Pocket Full of Rye
- 4:50 from Paddington
- The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
- A Caribbean Mystery
- At Bertram’s Hotel
- Nemesis
- Sleeping Murder
- The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
- Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
- Miss Marple’s Final Cases
My Favorite Miss Marple Book
Choosing a favorite Miss Marple novel is a lot harder than one thinks. You have to weigh all the books in your head and see which one resonated the most with you. This is going to lead to a different answer for every person.
My favorite Miss Marple novel was 4:50 from Paddington. It was one of the earlier novels I read and I became hooked to Christie novels as a result. 4:50 from Paddington has everything you could want in a Christie novel and more.
My Least Favorite Miss Marple Book
If you read a ton of Christie books in a short span, you will start to see patterns here and there. I was able to guess the murderers a lot more successfully after reading a bunch of her novels because I knew her style and which characters would most likely be chosen as a murderer by Christie.
Another thing that Christie did was use nursery rhymes and turn them into the plot of the novel. Some of the time it would work and at other times, it felt unnecessary. In A Pocket Full of Rye, it didn’t feel innovative and I could have done without it. While reading this novel, the murderer is obvious and it felt like Christie kept making up stuff to keep us guessing which felt beneath her.
Conclusion
It was fun reading all of the books in the Miss Marple series and I only have the short stories to get through before I am completely done with this series. We have reviewed every standalone book in the series and you can click on any of the titles and read our review for it. Next up will be the longer Hercule Poirot series. Until then, happy reading!
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I also want to read more Miss Marple mysteries. Thanks for the cool write-up.
You’re welcome and good luck!
I loved Agatha Christie in my teens, though I couldn’t read all of her works. After reading this piece I feel I must revist Agatha Christie.
I’m currently part way through the first Marple book … is she more of a character in the later books? Or is it always her being the neighbor who occasionally has an idea as a tertiary character role?
It depends on the book but she does take active roles in some and is just there to solve the murder.