And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None
	Cover of first UK 1939 edition with original title
Author	Agatha Christie
Original title	Ten Little Niggers
Cover artist	Stephen Bellman
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Mystery; crime; psychological thriller;
Publisher	Collins Crime Club
Publication date	6 November 1939
Pages	272
Preceded by	Murder Is Easy
Followed by	Sad Cypress
Website	And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, who described it as the most difficult of her books to write.^[2] It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as Ten Little Niggers,^[3] after an 1869 minstrel song that serves as a major plot element.^[4]^[5] The US edition was released in January 1940 with the title And Then There Were None, taken from the last five words of the song.^[6] Successive American reprints and adaptations use that title, though American Pocket Books paperbacks used the title Ten Little Indians between 1964 and 1986. UK editions continued to use the original title until 1985.^[7]

The book is the world's best-selling mystery, and with over 100 million copies sold is one of the best-selling books of all time. The novel has been listed as the sixth best-selling title (any language, including reference works).^[8]

^ "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ Cite error: The named reference ChristieLimited was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Review of Ten Little Niggers". The Observer. 5 November 1939. p. 6.
^ Peers, Chris; Spurrier, Ralph; Sturgeon, Jamie (1999). Collins Crime Club: a checklist of the first editions (2nd ed.). London, UK: Dragonby Press. p. 15. ISBN 1-871122-13-9.
^ Pendergast, Bruce (2004). Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie. Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing. p. 393. ISBN 1-4120-2304-1.
^ "American Tribute to Agatha Christie: The Classic Years 1940–1944". J S Marcum. May 2004. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ Cite error: The named reference BNB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Davies, Helen; Dorfman, Marjorie; Fons, Mary; Hawkins, Deborah; Hintz, Martin; Lundgren, Linnea; Priess, David; Clark Robinson, Julia; Seaburn, Paul; Stevens, Heidi; Theunissen, Steve (14 September 2007). "21 Best-Selling Books of All Time". Editors of Publications International, Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

[BLcat-1] "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[ChristieLimited-2] Cite error: The named reference ChristieLimited was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[vuyqxh-3] "Review of Ten Little Niggers". The Observer. 5 November 1939. p. 6.

[CC-4] Peers, Chris; Spurrier, Ralph; Sturgeon, Jamie (1999). Collins Crime Club: a checklist of the first editions (2nd ed.). London, UK: Dragonby Press. p. 15. ISBN 1-871122-13-9.

[pendergast-5] Pendergast, Bruce (2004). Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie. Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing. p. 393. ISBN 1-4120-2304-1.

[US-6] "American Tribute to Agatha Christie: The Classic Years 1940–1944". J S Marcum. May 2004. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[BNB-7] Cite error: The named reference BNB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[DaviesDorfman2007-8] Davies, Helen; Dorfman, Marjorie; Fons, Mary; Hawkins, Deborah; Hintz, Martin; Lundgren, Linnea; Priess, David; Clark Robinson, Julia; Seaburn, Paul; Stevens, Heidi; Theunissen, Steve (14 September 2007). "21 Best-Selling Books of All Time". Editors of Publications International, Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

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