Miss Marple Books in Order
Miss Marple contains 21 books, published between 1930 and 2026. The first book is The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) and the newest is Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1930–2026
- Confirmed
- 21 of 21 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,207 in 14 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 53–80 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,207 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Miss Marple is Agatha Christie's detective series about Jane Marple, opening with The Murder at the Vicarage (1930). The series holds 21 books; 20 carry Christie's name and 1 is credited to Lucy Foley. Christie titles include The Body in the Library (1942), A Murder is Announced (1950) and A Caribbean Mystery (1964). The listing runs to Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel (2026). Subject headings place the books in English detective fiction with a woman detective.
How many Miss Marple books are there?
Miss Marple has 21 books, released between 1930 and 2026.
Miss Marple Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Miss Marple books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Murder at the Vicarage1930 · confirmed 3/41930–3/4
- 2The Body in the Library1942 · 191 pages · confirmed 3/419421913/4
- 3The Moving Finger1942 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/419423203/4
- 4A Murder is Announced1950 · confirmed 3/41950–3/4
- 5They Do It With Mirrors / Murder With Mirrors1952 · 223 pages · confirmed 3/419522233/4
- 6A Pocket Full of Rye1953 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/419532243/4
- 74:50 From Paddington / What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!1957 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/419571923/4
- 8The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side1962 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/419622243/4
- 9A Caribbean Mystery1964 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/419642243/4
- 10At Bertram's Hotel1965 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/419652723/4
- 11Nemesis1971 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/419712243/4
- 12Sleeping Murder1976 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/419762243/4
- 13The Affair at the Bungalow1930 · confirmed 3/41930–3/4
- 14The Companion1930 · confirmed 3/41930–3/4
- 15The Four Suspects1930 · confirmed 3/41930–3/4
- 16The Thirteen Problems1932 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/419323203/4
- 1713 Clues for Miss Marple1966 · confirmed 3/41966–3/4
- 18Miss Marple's Final Cases1979 · 138 pages · confirmed 3/419791383/4
- 19Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories1985 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/419853683/4
- 20Miss Marple Short Stories2005 · 63 pages · confirmed 3/42005633/4
- 21Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel2026 · confirmed 3/42026–3/4
Miss Marple Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Miss Marple books run from The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) to Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Miss Marple in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Miss Marple books in order?
You should read the Miss Marple books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Miss Marple book also stands alone.
What order should you read Miss Marple books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Murder at the Vicarage (1930), the earliest published title. After it come The Body in the Library (1942), The Moving Finger (1942), A Murder is Announced (1950) and They Do It With Mirrors / Murder With Mirrors (1952); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Miss Marple book?
Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel (2026) is the newest Miss Marple book released so far.
Is there a new Miss Marple book coming?
No next Miss Marple book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Printable Miss Marple Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 21 books in publication order is on the Miss Marple reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Miss Marple at a glance
- Still running
- Miss Marple is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Miss Marple books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 3,207 pages across the 14 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Miss Marple books, 5 of 21, were published in the 1930s.
- Attribution
- Of the 21 titles, 20 are credited to Agatha Christie and 1 to Lucy Foley.
What the Miss Marple books are about
16 of the 21 Miss Marple books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jane marple (fictitious character) is tagged on 12 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Jane Marple (Fictitious character) 12 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 11 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective 10 of 16 books
- British 3 of 16 books
- Classic 3 of 16 books
- Detectives 3 of 16 books
- Marple, jane (fictitious character) 3 of 16 books
- Series 3 of 16 books
- Amateur 2 of 16 books
Other series by Agatha Christie
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.