What is the title of Agatha Christie's autobiography?

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What is the title of Agatha Christie's autobiography? The answer is Agatha Christie: An Autobiography.

The book was published posthumously in November 1977, nearly two years after Christie died in January 1976. Collins issued the British edition, while Dodd, Mead and Company published it in the United States. The work is commonly shortened to An Autobiography, but its full title includes Christie’s name.

Christie’s recollections cover her childhood, marriages, travels, archaeological experiences and writing career. She wrote much of the material over many years, drawing on notes and memories rather than following a strictly comprehensive chronology. Her second husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan, and their work connected with excavations in the Middle East feature prominently.

Come, Tell Me How You Live is a common mix-up, but that is a separate 1946 book focused on archaeological fieldwork and life during Mallowan’s expeditions. The Grand Tour is also not the title of Christie’s autobiography.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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