She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.Īgatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. The Witcher, Bridgerton, and The Queen’s Gambit all helped to sell books.Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. Content on Netflix has been far more influential. In fact, he said, “During the pandemic, films in movie theaters have not been driving book sales for us with the exception of Dune, which drove sales of reading and collectible copies. “We've noticed that with many adaptations, the growth in sales comes just after the show premieres, and then both the quantity and quality of copies see a marked increase.”Īt AbeBooks, Christie is a steady seller, but they haven’t seen a spike for this title, said Richard Davies, PR, content & merchandising manager. “We assume ‘reading copies’ as people prepared for the upcoming adaptation,” said marketing coordinator Amber Sheehan. It is letterpress-printed and comes in a variety of specialty bindings with fantastic names like “Tomb Raider Half-Calf” and “Felucca Full Leather.” Prices start at $125.īut what about used, antiquarian, and rare copies? At, they’ve noticed stronger-than-usual sales of cheap reprints (under $20) of Death on the Nile over the past two months. There’s also a new edition out there tailored to the bibliophile: the first-ever fine press edition, published by Thornwillow.
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