#3 in Crime & mystery
And Then There Were None
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Film 2014 +11
- On screen
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Our view
Christie at her darkest: ten people stranded on an island by a storm, each hiding a secret, their host nowhere to be seen. The plot runs like clockwork driven by suspicion, and the atmosphere is noticeably grimmer than in her other mysteries. At just over 200 pages it is tightly built, and it suits newcomers to crime fiction as much as seasoned readers who want to test their guessing.
Worth knowing Agatha Christie’s best-selling novel, often called the best-selling mystery ever, appeared in Britain in 1939 under an offensive title that was changed for the US edition in 1940 and later everywhere. Ten strangers are lured to an island off the Devon coast and die one by one, as a nursery rhyme foretells. Christie adapted it for the stage in 1943 with a different ending; the 2015 BBC series keeps the book’s.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
And Then There Were None is a 1939 mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie. It is the world's best-selling mystery novel and one of the best-selling books of all time, with more than 100 million copies sold by 2007. It has been adapted for film, television, radio, theatre, and other media more often than any other of Christie's works. In 2015, it was named the "World's Favourite Christie" in a global vote organised by the author's estate.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 12 times — from 1945 to 2020.
- FilmSabotageIMDb
- FilmAnd Then There Were NoneIMDb
- SeriesAnd Then There Were NoneIMDb
- FilmDesyat NegrityatIMDb
- FilmAnd Then There Were NoneIMDb
- FilmTen Little IndiansIMDb
- FilmGumnaamIMDb
- FilmTen Little IndiansIMDb
- SeriesThey Were TenIMDb
- FilmAna El-AdalaIMDb
- SeriesLost IDIMDb
- FilmNineIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 2,672 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 95% of the weight and the score stays at 8.4 — the Crime & mystery average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 171 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 2.5K | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is And Then There Were None?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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