Collected extent · 14 works
Christie, Agatha
14 works measured — 754,219 words in total, roughly 50h 17m of reading at an average pace.
Works measured14public domain
Total words754,219combined
Reading time50hall works
Average grade5.8Flesch–Kincaid
SOURCE·Project Gutenberg full texts·14 editions counted, one rule·REVIEWED JUL 2026
The works, longest first
| Work | Words | Reading time | Grade | Unique words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The mysterious Mr. Quin | 78,555 | 5h 14m | 4.6 | 7,808 |
| The Man in the Brown Suit | 75,723 | 5h 03m | 5.4 | 6,969 |
| The Secret Adversary | 75,354 | 5h 01m | 5 | 7,215 |
| The Secret of Chimneys | 74,989 | 5h 00m | 5.9 | 6,478 |
| The murder of Roger Ackroyd | 71,080 | 4h 44m | 5.2 | 5,758 |
| The mystery of the Blue Train | 70,291 | 4h 41m | 6 | 6,281 |
| The Seven Dials mystery | 65,291 | 4h 21m | 5.4 | 6,525 |
| The Murder on the Links | 65,142 | 4h 21m | 5.7 | 5,959 |
| The Mysterious Affair at Styles | 56,985 | 3h 48m | 6.1 | 5,358 |
| The Big Four | 55,509 | 3h 42m | 6 | 6,348 |
| Poirot Investigates | 52,896 | 3h 32m | 6.2 | 5,968 |
| The Plymouth Express Affair | 4,831 | 19 min | 6.4 | 1,228 |
| The Hunter's Lodge Case | 4,339 | 17 min | 6 | 1,130 |
| The Missing Will | 3,234 | 13 min | 6.6 | 1,022 |
Only works with a Project Gutenberg plain-text edition appear here, so a bibliography will be longer than this table. What is counted, and what is struck first.
