About
Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a prolific Belgian writer who gained global recognition for his acclaimed detective series featuring Commissaire Jules Maigret. Born in Liège, Belgium, Simenon published his first novel at the age of 16. Over the course of his career, he authored more than 400 novels and over 150 short stories. His Maigret series alone comprises 75 novels and 28 short stories, making it one of the most popular detective series of all time. Simenon's writing is characterized by its realistic depiction of human nature and its psychological depth. He received numerous accolades, including the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1957, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest crime fiction writers of the 20th century.
Book Series by Georges Simenon
Inspector Maigret Series
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets
1931
A Battle of Nerves / A Man\'s Head / Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret\'s Patience
1931
The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe (Short Story)
1931
Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess
1932
Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe
1932
Madame Maigret's Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend
1950
Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's
1951
Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters
1952
Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself (Short Story)
1964
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence' (Short Story) | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Battle of Nerves / A Man\'s Head / Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret\'s Patience | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret in Holland / A Crime in Holland | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe (Short Story) | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret at the Gai-Moulin | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Madman of Bergerac | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton | 1933 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret / Maigret Returns | 1934 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Judge's House / Maigret in Exile | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus (Short Story) | 1944 | Buy on Amazon |
| Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village | 1944 | Buy on Amazon |
| Inspector Cadaver / Maigret's Rival | 1944 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement | 1947 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York's Underworld | 1947 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Dead Man / Maigret's Special Murder | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's First Case | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret at the Coroner's / Maigret and the Coroner | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Old Lady | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| Madame Maigret's Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Memoirs | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Burglar's Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Revolver | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Mistake | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Goes to School | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Headless Corpse | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Sets a Trap | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Failure | 1956 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret's Little Joke / None of Maigret's Business | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret's Doubts | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Secret / Maigret Has Doubts | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret in Court | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Saturday Caller (Short Story) | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Anger | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself (Short Story) | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Nahour Case | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret's Pickpocket | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret Hesitates | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Boyhood Friend / Maigret's Childhood Friend | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Killer | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Wine Merchant | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret\'s Madwoman | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Loner | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret and Monsieur Charles | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
Inspector Maigret Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories | 1945 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret et les petit cochons sans queue | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maigret's Christmas | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
Georges Simenon Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Girl with a Squint | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Engagement | 1933 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tropic Moon | 1933 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Window Over the Way (Short Story) | 1933 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lodger | 1934 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Exile | 1935 | Buy on Amazon |
| Donadieu's Will | 1936 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Man Who Watched Trains Go By | 1938 | Buy on Amazon |
| Girl In Waiting | 1938 | Buy on Amazon |
| Three Crimes | 1938 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Strangers in the House | 1940 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Widow | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Truth About Bebe Donge | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| Across the Street | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Suspect | 1944 | Buy on Amazon |
| Monsieur Monde Vanishes | 1945 | Buy on Amazon |
| Three Bedrooms in Manhattan | 1946 | Buy on Amazon |
| Act of Passion | 1946 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mahé Circle | 1946 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death of a Nobody (Short Story) | 1947 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pedigree | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Snow Was Dirty | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| Magnet of Doom | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bottom Of The Bottle | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| Four Days in a Lifetime | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Pitards | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| Strange Inheritance | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Heart of a Man | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| A New Lease On Life | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Burgomaster of Furnes | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Escape in Vain | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Havoc by Accident | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| On the danger line | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belle | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| In Two Latitudes | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Trial of Bebe Donge | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dirty Snow | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| Red Lights | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Iron Staircase | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Watchmaker of Everton (Short Story) | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Clockmaker (Short Story) | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| Big Bob | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Accomplices (Short Story) | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Rules of the Game | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fugitive | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Sense of Guilt | 1955 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Little Man From Archangel | 1956 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Stowaway | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sunday (Short Story) | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| The President | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Son | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Widower (Short Story) | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Grandmother | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Negro | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| Young Cardinaud | 1959 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Blue Room | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| Betty | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| Justice | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Family Lie (Short Story) | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Train | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Striptease | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Poisoned Relations (Short Story) | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| The hatter's ghosts | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Door (Short Story) | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| The House on Quai Notre Dame | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Others (Short Story) | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bells of Bicetre | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Magician | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Inquest on Bouvet | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Man With the Little Dog | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Venice Train | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Survivors | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| Black Rain | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ticket of Leave | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Cat | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Old Man Dies | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mouse | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fate of the Malous | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Little Saint | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Brothers Rico | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Reckoning (Short Story) | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| The neighbours | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Prison | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Premier | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The confessional. | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Patient | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Witnesses | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Uncle Charles | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| November | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Rich Man | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Enigmas | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Glass Cage | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Innocents | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Disappearance Of Odile | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Girl in His Past / Le temps d'Anaïs | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Nightclub | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| The White Horse Inn (Short Story) | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Little Doctor | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Outlaw | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Murderer | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hand | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
Georges Simenon Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Simenon's Paris | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| When I Was Old | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Letter to My Mother (Short Story) | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo's Book | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
Inspector Maigret Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| L'Étoile du Nord | 1938 | Buy on Amazon |
Georges Simenon Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nine Detective Stories | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder Intercontinental | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder Most Merry | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder On The Railways | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
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