Books like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
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Books like this one
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Why: Both are crime books about private investigators.
What both books share
- crime
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: "crime fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
The Cuckoo's Calling: "crime" (OL subject); "Crime, fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre) - private investigators
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: "Private investigators" (OL subject); "Private investigators, fiction" (OL subject); "Private investigators -- England -- Fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, private investigators" (OL subject)
The Cuckoo's Calling: "private investigators" (OL subject); "Private investigators, fiction" (OL subject); "Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- crime
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith · Adult
about 240 pages
Cover from Google BooksWhy: Both are detective books.
What both books share
- detective
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: "detective fiction" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "Detectives" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
- detective
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Why: Both are detective books.
What both books share
- detective
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: "detective fiction" (OL subject); "Mystery & Detective fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, general" (OL subject)
Naked in Death: "Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural" (OL subject); "Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths" (OL subject); "detective fiction" (WD genre)
- detective
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Why: Both are crime books.
What both books share
- crime
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: "crime fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "crime" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (OL subject); "crime fiction" (WD genre)
- crime
What they share, at a glance
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Crime | Detective | Private investigators |
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| The Cuckoo's Calling | shared | not shared | shared |
| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | not shared | shared | not shared |
| Naked in Death | not shared | shared | not shared |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | shared | not shared | not shared |
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in 1926. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 358-page edition from Signet Classics. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780593639580 ... 358 pages ... Signet Classics
- Series
- It is book 3 of the Hercule Poirot series. Source: agathachristie.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Hercule Poirot ... The Murder on the Links ... The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- Next in the series
- Book 4 is The Big Four. Source: agathachristie.com, checked November 6, 2026.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ... The Big Four
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
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