Later, the title would be changed to Ten Little Indians. The original title was deemed too offensive for the American public. First published in England as Ten Little Niggers, the book Ten Little Indians was renamed And Then There Were None, from the closing line of the nursery rhyme, for publication in the United States. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. Her novels have sold roughly 3 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Agatha Christie was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright.
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