A Reader's Guide to Hercule Poirot | Where to Start with Agatha Christie's Poirot Books

[@victoriaclarke1911]

Loved this. Love poirot - David suchet is the best. I was lucky enough to see him in person a few years ago- fascinating man. Just finished murder on the orient express

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

David Suchet is wonderful, that’s so amazing you got to meet him. Did you like Murder on the Orient Express? Thanks so much for watching.

[@TooFondofBooksJH]

This was epic! Loved it! I'm a big fan of the David Suchet adaptations. This adaptation of The Big Four is the only instance where I prefer the adaptation to the novel. I actually really liked how they changed the motivation of the killer. It felt more Poirot and more believable.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Janelle, glad you enjoyed it. I think they did improve The Big Four, and Suchet was such a great Poirot! 😊

[@prantik.pramanick]

Really enjoyed the video. I'm reading the Poirot books in order and currently on Cards on the Table.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you. I love Cards on the Table. Good luck with your Poirot project. You have so many great ones still to come. 😊📚

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

Murde R on the links was great👍maybe to read when you need a charing up or just have fun. For me Christie books take my mind of things and rlaxe me like before an operation or during my studies when I was tested(sorry, my English is bad, but it's my third languade 😁) great job👍👍👍

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you! I think your English is great, I’d love to be able to write that well in other languages! 😊 I love a good Christie as a comfort read too. They take my mind off things and always cheer me up, despite the murders! 😊

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

@@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf The Murders are exactly i needed to tale off mye mind:-) mye favourite is " The Crooked House" with Leonides dead and Sofia and Charles or the Shortstories with Harley Quinn. I loves her planting with words:-)

[@AnneEWilliamson]

Love the mustache! Reading Poirot was my introduction to Agatha Christie, and his books remain my favorites of Christie (outside of And Then There Were None, of course). I really loved this overview for Poirot!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you so much. Poirot books were also my introduction to Christie and also remain my favourites! Poirot is the best. 😊📚

[@cindys1875]

Wow this was such a great guide. Fantastic job. Thank you! I am new to AC but have read 3 now and really am enjoying them!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you, I hope you enjoy whichever of her books you pick up next! You have so many left to explore. 😊📚

[@janeduffield4801]

Great video! Poirot is king! Love all the books,he’s such a great character.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! Poirot is such a great character! 😊🧐

[@novellenovels]

I keep saying I will try Agatha Christie so must look when I’m shopping tomorrow so thanks for this 💛

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Yay! Got to get you on some Poirot. 💛📚

[@gaiaathena-books]

I love your outfit with the moustache 😂. Great video!! I'll save it for future reference. The first Poirot book I read was also Murder on the Orient Express! Yes in the Netherlands there are various omnibusses containing different novels and short stories. I own several novels more than once because of that.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you Gaia, it was fun to be Poirot for a short time! 😂 I’m glad it was helpful. I have a few of the books twice due to them being in collections too. 😊📚

[@RememberedReads]

This is such a great introduction to the Poirot books! 👍

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you! 😊📚

[@MsReadsAlot]

Lol!! I thought the mustache was just on the thumbnail!!! You are fabulous!! Perfect topic for this series! ☺️

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Glad it made you laugh Sandy! The sheer commitment of actually wearing a moustache - it was so much fun though 😂. Thanks for your lovely comment.

[@victoriaclarke1911]

I love all the versions you have - never seen some of them before

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks, I bought many of them second hand and read so many from the library first time around. 😊📚

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

That was fun, thank you Alice, I do have one thing I would like to add, for Peter Ustinov, though Appointment with Death was his last time as Poirot as a feature film,, he did do three more TV movies; Dead Man's Folly, (with Jean Stapleton,) Murder in Three Acts (with Tony Curtis,) and Thirteen at Dinner (with Faye Dunaway. Also as Japp is none other David Suchet.) David Suchet tells a wonderful story about his casting as Poirot and Rosalind's concern after seeing this movie of him as Japp. For people who may have never seen David Suchet in another Agatha Christie role and for fans of Peter Ustinov I thought I would let you know.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you Sherri. My research didn’t really tell me about these, although I must have known about them at some point because I knew about Suchet as Japp. Possibly I read about that in Suchet’s book Poirot and Me, and I expect the TV movies were in the Poirot nonfiction book I enjoyed so much. 😊📚

[@sherrirabinowitz4618]

@@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf He actually did one of the movies the same year as one of the TV movies, I think they wanted to end his contract, he and Rosalind didn't get on. The TV movies were all pretty good, my favorite was Dead Man's Folly of three of them. Also they had movie stars and hot TV stars in the TV movies which was an interesting mix. I do have the advantage of being older and remembering them and having them on all of the Ustinov Poirot's except one on DVD. I don't have Appointment with Death, for some reason that one is hard to find at a good price. Yes< it is in his book but i also saw it in an interview with David about Japp I think it was one of the specials about Poirot toward the end of his run. I hope it helps, for further eps for you.

[@spreadbookjoy]

Amazing! This was such an impressive guide! Have still yet to read any Poirot but I will remedy that at some point. Interesting to hear your thoughts on Brannagh’s Poirot, which I enjoyed but I’m definitely a layman when it comes to Poirot. Suchet is by far the best Poirot and a huge part of my youth as my mum adored that show and I often watched it with her.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Suchet is brilliant. I think the Branagh films are probably widely liked by anyone who hasn’t read Poirot, but I just couldn’t get on board (no pun intended) with making it an action film when it’s a perfectly interesting and exciting mystery as it is. I felt Branagh had missed the point a bit, but the scenery was certainly stunning and the cast was great and I expect Death on the Nile to give us more of the same. Thanks so much for watching and I hope you pick up a Poirot soon. 😊📚

[@sarahel19]

Thank you for this wonderful video! I have read most of the Poirot books but still have a few to get to. I have watched all the episodes with David Suchet, who will also remain my favorite Poirot. He is simply perfect! My favorites are Death on the Nile (which is why I'm apprehensive of the new film, and also because I did not enjoy the 2017 one), Taken at the Flood (with the best interpretation of the murderer out of all the episodes), Mrs McGinty's Dead (love Zoë Wanamaker's Ariadne Oliver - her comments about her Finish detective still make me laugh out loud) and Five Little Pigs.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Brilliant! I love those ones too. Suchet is just perfect as Poirot. I hope you enjoy the last few books. Thanks for your comment, it’s lovely to hear your favourites and I’m glad you enjoyed the video. 😊📚🧐

[@reddotreads2693]

Bonjour ma chère Alice! Fab video! I’m keeping this in my liked videos to go back to over and over! X 😘📚

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Nikki, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Poirot is the best. 😊📚

[@teacupthestoryteller]

Amazing Alice 😍😊 Absolutely loved this. I am very excited about the film, so hopefully get to see it soon :)

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks Beki! I hope you enjoy the film if you get to go and see it. 🍿🎞😊

[@karenwetherald6086]

Bravo Bravo..... Tres Bien !!!!! such a fun video. You put so much work in to this, and I really, really enjoyed it. Thank you so much

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you so much, I’m so glad you enjoyed it. 😊

[@karenwetherald6086]

@@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf I forgot to say the mustache and hat are a fabulous look !

[@jenniferlovesbooks]

Such a great video!! I applaud your dedication with your outfit!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you Jennifer! The moustache was pretty strange! 😂

[@GemofBooks]

This was such an amazing video matey! I didn’t realise that so many of her books were Poirot!! I am going to have to read some Christie this year!!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thanks matey, that’s kind of you. You should read some for sure- Poirot is the best! 😊

[@GemofBooks]

@@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf this year will be the year!! I think you should wear the moustache and hat for every video intro now! 😂

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

@@GemofBooks hmmm, I’ll take it under consideration. 🥸

[@tomaria100]

Bonjour, mon amie! This is very good, Alice. Crooked House, Sad Cyoress, Five Little Pigs, Mysterious Affair at Styles, and Curtain are my favorite Christie novels. Among my favorite adaptaIons are Suchet's Taken at the Flood and After the Funeral. This and your Sherlock video are wonderful.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you so much Maria, that’s so kind of you. All of your top favourites there are wonderful and among my favourites too. Suchet’s Curtain was so emotional. I love all of the later longer episodes of Poirot with David Suchet. He was so good in the role. 😊

[@tomaria100]

@@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf He truly was, for example, in his portrayal of Poirot's dilemma in Orient Express.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

@@tomaria100 that was so good!

[@harmonyln7]

Detective Inspector Japp appears in the first book, The Mysterious Affair At Styles. Apparently Agatha Christie wrote that during the first world war in about 1916, but it didn't get published until afterwards. I think it's rather convenient that Poirot is normally close at hand when the crimes occur. Still I'm enjoying the books.

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Thank you, yes Detective Inspector Japp is in the first book. It took quite a while for the book to get a publisher and be published. A lot of crimes happen near Poirot- if you met him you’d be best to move on quickly! 😊📚

[@dannyherron8652]

David Suchet forever!!!

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Yay! Team Suchet!

[@JonTanOsb]

Absolutely, David Suchet was my absolute favourite Poirot, and the one I liked best was his Murder on the Orient Express. I tried watching the new one and could not! He also did a documentary on the Orient Express and on Dame Agatha. When asked how he got Poirot's walk so right, he said he put a 10p coin between his bum cheeks and held it tight. Once he got that sorted, he didn't need the coin. ~ Jon in rural BC, Canada

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

I really enjoyed the David Suchet Orient Express documentary, it was really interesting. He was such an iconic Poirot, and his attention to detail is what made him so loved by fans.

[@CestKevvie]

Yay Poirot!! Ariadne Oliver is one of my favorite characters, too! There were spoilers for Mrs McGinty's Dead in Halloween Party? I missed that! Fortunately, since I read them far enough apart, it was okay that I read them out of order because I didn't remember. One thing that's always bugged me about Three Act Tragedy is how they changed the motive for the murder in the American version. I haven't read it yet for that reason. Do you think the altered ending is still decent, or should I try to find a British edition?

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Ariadne is great! Luckily the spoilers aren’t so huge, I think if you hadn’t read Mrs McGinty and didn’t know to look out for them you probably wouldn’t notice! It wasn’t a reveal of the murderer or anything! I’ve heard they changed the motive but that it didn’t require any other changes to other chapters so I’m thinking it may not matter that much?! Seems weird to change it though, I haven’t read the US editions apart from Postern of Fate and The Unexpected Guest which I bought in New York. I did read that there’s one or two that got massively changed for the US edition and abridged, which were The Moving Finger and Murder is Easy. 😊📚

[@CestKevvie]

@@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf Oh I didn't know about those two!! I just read Moving Finger, I wonder what was changed 🤔

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

What do you think about Miss Marple?

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

Poirot is my favourite of Christie’s detectives but Marple is great too. I think I’m getting to like her books even more as I’m getting older. My favourite is Sleeping Murder but there’s some really good ones! Do you like Marple?

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

@@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf i like 'murder in the Library' .

[@LUIZS87]

Someone else writes books for agatha christie?

[@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf]

There are five books written by Sophie Hannah that are new Poirot stories. I don’t think I mentioned them in the video though.