India, Jan. 24 -- * The widest such effort comes, not surprisingly, from Agatha Christie Ltd, a company the author founded herself in 1955, to manage the rights to her books. She was 65 at the time, and already a legend.

The company, now run by her great-grandson, James Prichard, is organising a Read Christie 2026 challenge via agathachristie.com. The theme is Biggest, Best and Beloved, with awards set to be conferred on a different Christie book, for a different reason, each month. January's prize will be for Best Opening; February's for Beloved Character, and so on. Participants around the world are invited to print out a challenge postcard, enter their nominations for the category of each month, and send it in.

* The British Library ...