Miss Marple Books in Order

This collection follows Agatha Christie’s observant village detective through all twelve original novels and The Thirteen Problems. The books combine apparently quiet English settings with sharp studies of motive, deception, and human nature.

Where to start: Read in publication order, beginning with The Murder at the Vicarage. The Thirteen Problems was published after the first novel but contains many of Marple’s earliest cases; Sleeping Murder was published last and makes a fitting conclusion.