As I'm playing catch-up with my TBR {To Be Read} list, trying to balance backlist titles and new releases, I recently stumbled my way into reading two novelized accounts of Agatha Christie's disappearance back-to-back. Each novel was unique in their approach, perspective, and theory as to "why" and "how" Agatha vanished - so much so that reading them back-to-back gave an added dimension to each.
Obviously, I'd recommend reading The Mystery of Mrs. Christie (Marie Benedict) and The Christie Affair (Nina De Gramont) together, but might I also suggest the following, to further round out the experience?
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
Agatha's first Hercule Poirot book, and the namesake of the house/estate she and her husband purchase (the one she runs away from).
Agatha spent a year abroad with her husband, where the things she saw (and the people she met) inspired characters and events to occur in her novels to come.
After divorcing Archie Christie (after her mysterious disappearance), Agatha traveled some on her own.
A recent-ish biography of Agatha, for those who'd like to know more facts.
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