#19 in Crime & mystery
Murder on the Orient Express
- 240
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- Film 1974 +4
- On screen
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About the book
Murder on the Orient Express is a mystery novel by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach, by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.
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On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 5 times — from 1974 to 2017.
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Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 1,819 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 93% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Crime & mystery average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 124 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 1.7K | 93% |
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How long is Murder on the Orient Express?
It has 240 pages — shorter than 92% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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