Cards on the Table
- 237
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- Film 2016 +1
- On screen
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Our view
“Cards on the Table” pits four investigators against four suspects, a symmetry that gives this Poirot mystery an unusually tidy design. He shares the case with three other sleuths, each working by a different method, and the false trails are plentiful. Some readers find the pace leisurely until a final stretch that races; some feel Christie’s formula starting to show.
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About the book
Cards on the Table is a mystery novel by the English author Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
Reading order · canon of Hercule Poirot
Full order & progress →
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 2006 to 2016.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 239 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 17 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 222 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is Cards on the Table?
It has 237 pages — shorter than 92% of the ranked books in Classics.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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