The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is probably the most classic. But, frankly, there's not much of Christie I'd recommend. Her plotting can be interesting, but most of her plot devices have become cliches since she used them. And the characterization is, in general, week.
I consider her most readable work to be short stories. I rather like Partners in Crime (which is the first appearance of Tommy and Tuppence, her lesser known series characters), but you have to be pretty familiar with golden age detective novels to appreciate it.
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Date: 2008-06-06 12:17 am (UTC)I consider her most readable work to be short stories. I rather like Partners in Crime (which is the first appearance of Tommy and Tuppence, her lesser known series characters), but you have to be pretty familiar with golden age detective novels to appreciate it.
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Date: 2008-06-08 05:24 am (UTC)That could also be a reason not to read, say, Tolkien...