Miss Marple books in order
Miss Marple is a series of 12 books by Agatha Christie: 2,330 pages in the 10 with a known length, about 43 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 12
- books
- 2,330
- pages in 10 of them
- 43 hours
- to read those 10
- 86 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Murder at the Vicarage 4.7 h 2 
The Body in the Library 3.8 h 3 
The Moving Finger 4.1 h 4 
A Murder Is Announced 4.7 h 5 
They Do It with Mirrors 3.8 h 6 
A Pocket Full of Rye 3.8 h 7 
4.50 from Paddington 4.7 h 
A Caribbean Mystery 4.1 h 
Nemesis 4.6 h 12 
Sleeping Murder 4.4 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
The Murder at the Vicarage 1930 4.7 h
Murder at the Vicarage (1930)is the first Miss Marple mystery book by Agatha Christie.
- 2
The Body in the Library 1942 3.8 h
The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young woman in their library.
- 3
The Moving Finger 1942 4.1 h
The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna.
- 4
A Murder Is Announced 1950 4.7 h
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: 'A murder is announced and will take…
- 5
They Do It with Mirrors 1952 3.8 h
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel begins when Jane Marple hears from her American school friend Ruth Van Rydock that Ruth's sister, Carrie Louise Serrocold, is in danger of some…
- 6
A Pocket Full of Rye 1953 3.8 h
En el asesinato de Rex Fortescue todas las pistas señalan a un mismo culpable.
- 7
4.50 from Paddington 1957 4.7 h
Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
- 8
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side 1962 length not known
- 9
A Caribbean Mystery 1964 4.1 h
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life.
- 10
At Bertram's Hotel 1965 length not known
- 11
Nemesis 1972 4.6 h
An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out… When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at…
- 12
Sleeping Murder 1976 4.4 h
"Let sleeping murder lie": this is the proverb (a variation on "Let sleeping dogs lie") which is not obeyed by twenty-one-year-old New Zealander Gwenda Reed, who has recently…
How much is left
| After book 1, The Murder at the Vicarage | about 38 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, The Body in the Library | about 34 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, The Moving Finger | about 30 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, A Murder Is Announced | about 25 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, They Do It with Mirrors | about 22 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, A Pocket Full of Rye | about 18 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 7, 4.50 from Paddington | about 13 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 8, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | about 13 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 9, A Caribbean Mystery | about 9 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 10, At Bertram's Hotel | about 9 hours left |
| After book 11, Nemesis | about 4 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 42 hours 43 minutes
10 of 12 books, 2,330 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
86 days (about 13 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.