Sure, Shakespeare and the Bible outsell Agatha Christie, but otherwise, she's the tops. "Agatha Christie's novels have sold more than one billion copies in the English language and another billion internationally." Thirty percent of USians who like to read started their mystery reading with an Agatha Christie book. And then there's Mousetrap. " Literary Hub
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PM on April 5, 2020