The Murder at the Vicarage

#137 in Crime & mystery

The Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie

First published 1930Original language EN

7.87.8 / 10
Score out of 10425 ratingsConfidence 74%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#137 of 200 in Crime & mystery ahead of 32% of the category
289
Pages
about 5 h
Reading time

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About the book

The Murder at the Vicarage is a mystery novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 20 October 1930 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.00.

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Reading order · Miss Marple

Full order & progress →
Score per volume12 volumes on a timeline, 1930 to 1976 · Best-rated volume: A Murder Is Announced
  1. The Murder at the Vicarage
    The Murder at the Vicarage1930 · 425 ratingsThis book
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. The Body in the Library
    The Body in the Library1942 · 312 ratings · Filmed 1984
    7.57.5 / 10
  3. The Moving Finger
    The Moving Finger1942 · 157 ratings · Filmed 1985
    7.57.5 / 10
  4. A Murder Is Announced
    A Murder Is Announced1950 · 240 ratings · Filmed 2004
    7.87.8 / 10
  5. They Do It with Mirrors
    They Do It with Mirrors1952 · 127 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  6. A Pocket Full of Rye
    A Pocket Full of Rye1953 · 135 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  7. 4.50 from Paddington
    4.50 from Paddington1957 · 79 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  8. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
    The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side1962 · 129 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  9. A Caribbean Mystery
    A Caribbean Mystery1964 · 137 ratings · Filmed 1983
    7.47.4 / 10
  10. At Bertram's Hotel
    At Bertram's Hotel1965 · 121 ratings
    7.37.3 / 10
  11. Nemesis
    Nemesis1972 · 100 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  12. Sleeping Murder
    Sleeping Murder1976 · 128 ratings · Filmed 1987
    7.67.6 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.8 across 425 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 74% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.431 7%
Hardcover7.7394 93%

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It has 289 pages — shorter than 86% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.

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