About the Author
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.
Reading Order
6 series · 193 booksInspector Maigret Series
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| 1 | Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian | 1931 | Buy | |
| 2 | Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence' (Short Story) | 1931 | Buy | |
| 3 | The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled | 1931 | Buy | |
| 4 | The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets | 1931 | Buy | |
| 5 | A Battle of Nerves / A Man\'s Head / Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret\'s Patience | 1931 | Buy | |
| 6 | The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders | 1931 | Buy | |
| 7 | Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads | 1931 | Buy | |
| 8 | Maigret in Holland / A Crime in Holland | 1931 | Buy | |
| 9 | The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe (Short Story) | 1931 | Buy | |
| 10 | The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret at the Gai-Moulin | 1931 | Buy | |
| 11 | Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar | 1931 | Buy | |
| 12 | The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified | 1932 | Buy | |
| 13 | Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess | 1932 | Buy | |
| 14 | Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House | 1932 | Buy | |
| 15 | Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe | 1932 | Buy | |
| 16 | The Madman of Bergerac | 1932 | Buy | |
| 17 | Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera | 1932 | Buy | |
| 18 | Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton | 1933 | Buy | |
| 19 | Maigret / Maigret Returns | 1934 | Buy | |
| 20 | The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic | 1942 | Buy | |
| 21 | The Judge's House / Maigret in Exile | 1942 | Buy | |
| 22 | Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead | 1942 | Buy | |
| 23 | Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus (Short Story) | 1944 | Buy | |
| 24 | Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village | 1944 | Buy | |
| 25 | Inspector Cadaver / Maigret's Rival | 1944 | Buy | |
| 26 | Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement | 1947 | Buy | |
| 27 | Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York's Underworld | 1947 | Buy | |
| 28 | Maigret's Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret | 1948 | Buy | |
| 29 | Maigret's Dead Man / Maigret's Special Murder | 1948 | Buy | |
| 30 | Maigret's First Case | 1949 | Buy | |
| 31 | My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret | 1949 | Buy | |
| 32 | Maigret at the Coroner's / Maigret and the Coroner | 1949 | Buy | |
| 33 | Maigret and the Old Lady | 1950 | Buy | |
| 34 | Madame Maigret's Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend | 1950 | Buy | |
| 35 | Maigret's Memoirs | 1951 | Buy | |
| 36 | Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's | 1951 | Buy | |
| 37 | Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room | 1951 | Buy | |
| 38 | Maigret and the Burglar's Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman | 1951 | Buy | |
| 39 | Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters | 1952 | Buy | |
| 40 | Maigret's Revolver | 1952 | Buy | |
| 41 | Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard | 1953 | Buy | |
| 42 | Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid | 1953 | Buy | |
| 43 | Maigret's Mistake | 1953 | Buy | |
| 44 | Maigret Goes to School | 1954 | Buy | |
| 45 | Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister | 1954 | Buy | |
| 46 | Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl | 1954 | Buy | |
| 47 | Maigret and the Headless Corpse | 1955 | Buy | |
| 48 | Maigret Sets a Trap | 1955 | Buy | |
| 49 | Maigret's Failure | 1956 | Buy | |
| 50 | Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret's Little Joke / None of Maigret's Business | 1957 | Buy | |
| 51 | Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires | 1958 | Buy | |
| 52 | Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret's Doubts | 1958 | Buy | |
| 53 | Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses | 1959 | Buy | |
| 54 | Maigret's Secret / Maigret Has Doubts | 1959 | Buy | |
| 55 | Maigret in Court | 1960 | Buy | |
| 56 | Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society | 1960 | Buy | |
| 57 | Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar | 1961 | Buy | |
| 58 | Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse | 1962 | Buy | |
| 59 | Maigret and the Saturday Caller (Short Story) | 1962 | Buy | |
| 60 | Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum | 1963 | Buy | |
| 61 | Maigret's Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Anger | 1963 | Buy | |
| 62 | Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition | 1964 | Buy | |
| 63 | Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself (Short Story) | 1964 | Buy | |
| 64 | Maigret and the Nahour Case | 1966 | Buy | |
| 65 | Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret's Pickpocket | 1967 | Buy | |
| 66 | Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters | 1968 | Buy | |
| 67 | Maigret Hesitates | 1968 | Buy | |
| 68 | Maigret's Boyhood Friend / Maigret's Childhood Friend | 1968 | Buy | |
| 69 | Maigret and the Killer | 1969 | Buy | |
| 70 | Maigret and the Wine Merchant | 1970 | Buy | |
| 71 | Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret\'s Madwoman | 1970 | Buy | |
| 72 | Maigret and the Loner | 1971 | Buy | |
| 73 | Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea | 1972 | Buy | |
| 74 | Maigret and Monsieur Charles | 1973 | Buy |
Inspector Maigret Short Story Collections
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Georges Simenon Other Novels
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Girl with a Squint | 1931 | Buy | |
| 2 | The Engagement | 1933 | Buy | |
| 3 | Tropic Moon | 1933 | Buy | |
| 4 | The Window Over the Way (Short Story) | 1933 | Buy | |
| 5 | The Lodger | 1934 | Buy | |
| 6 | The Long Exile | 1935 | Buy | |
| 7 | Donadieu's Will | 1936 | Buy | |
| 8 | The Man Who Watched Trains Go By | 1938 | Buy | |
| 9 | Girl In Waiting | 1938 | Buy | |
| 10 | Three Crimes | 1938 | Buy | |
| 11 | The Strangers in the House | 1940 | Buy | |
| 12 | The Widow | 1942 | Buy | |
| 13 | The Truth About Bebe Donge | 1942 | Buy | |
| 14 | Across the Street | 1942 | Buy | |
| 15 | The Suspect | 1944 | Buy | |
| 16 | Monsieur Monde Vanishes | 1945 | Buy | |
| 17 | Three Bedrooms in Manhattan | 1946 | Buy | |
| 18 | Act of Passion | 1946 | Buy | |
| 19 | The Mahé Circle | 1946 | Buy | |
| 20 | Death of a Nobody (Short Story) | 1947 | Buy | |
| 21 | Pedigree | 1948 | Buy | |
| 22 | The Snow Was Dirty | 1948 | Buy | |
| 23 | Magnet of Doom | 1948 | Buy | |
| 24 | The Bottom Of The Bottle | 1949 | Buy | |
| 25 | Four Days in a Lifetime | 1949 | Buy | |
| 26 | The Pitards | 1949 | Buy | |
| 27 | Strange Inheritance | 1950 | Buy | |
| 28 | The Heart of a Man | 1950 | Buy | |
| 29 | A New Lease On Life | 1951 | Buy | |
| 30 | The Burgomaster of Furnes | 1952 | Buy | |
| 31 | Escape in Vain | 1952 | Buy | |
| 32 | Havoc by Accident | 1952 | Buy | |
| 33 | On the danger line | 1952 | Buy | |
| 34 | Belle | 1952 | Buy | |
| 35 | In Two Latitudes | 1952 | Buy | |
| 36 | The Trial of Bebe Donge | 1952 | Buy | |
| 37 | Dirty Snow | 1953 | Buy | |
| 38 | Red Lights | 1953 | Buy | |
| 39 | The Iron Staircase | 1953 | Buy | |
| 40 | The Watchmaker of Everton (Short Story) | 1954 | Buy | |
| 41 | The Clockmaker (Short Story) | 1954 | Buy | |
| 42 | Big Bob | 1954 | Buy | |
| 43 | The Accomplices (Short Story) | 1955 | Buy | |
| 44 | The Rules of the Game | 1955 | Buy | |
| 45 | The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet | 1955 | Buy | |
| 46 | The Fugitive | 1955 | Buy | |
| 47 | A Sense of Guilt | 1955 | Buy | |
| 48 | The Little Man From Archangel | 1956 | Buy | |
| 49 | The Stowaway | 1957 | Buy | |
| 50 | Sunday (Short Story) | 1958 | Buy | |
| 51 | The President | 1958 | Buy | |
| 52 | The Son | 1958 | Buy | |
| 53 | The Widower (Short Story) | 1959 | Buy | |
| 54 | The Grandmother | 1959 | Buy | |
| 55 | The Negro | 1959 | Buy | |
| 56 | Young Cardinaud | 1959 | Buy | |
| 57 | The Blue Room | 1960 | Buy | |
| 58 | Betty | 1960 | Buy | |
| 59 | Justice | 1960 | Buy | |
| 60 | The Family Lie (Short Story) | 1960 | Buy | |
| 61 | The Train | 1961 | Buy | |
| 62 | Striptease | 1961 | Buy | |
| 63 | Poisoned Relations (Short Story) | 1961 | Buy | |
| 64 | The hatter's ghosts | 1961 | Buy | |
| 65 | The Door (Short Story) | 1962 | Buy | |
| 66 | The House on Quai Notre Dame | 1962 | Buy | |
| 67 | The Others (Short Story) | 1962 | Buy | |
| 68 | The Bells of Bicetre | 1963 | Buy | |
| 69 | The Magician | 1963 | Buy | |
| 70 | Inquest on Bouvet | 1963 | Buy | |
| 71 | The Man With the Little Dog | 1964 | Buy | |
| 72 | The Venice Train | 1965 | Buy | |
| 73 | The Survivors | 1965 | Buy | |
| 74 | Black Rain | 1965 | Buy | |
| 75 | Ticket of Leave | 1965 | Buy | |
| 76 | The Cat | 1966 | Buy | |
| 77 | The Old Man Dies | 1966 | Buy | |
| 78 | The Mouse | 1966 | Buy | |
| 79 | Fate of the Malous | 1966 | Buy | |
| 80 | The Little Saint | 1967 | Buy | |
| 81 | The Brothers Rico | 1967 | Buy | |
| 82 | The Reckoning (Short Story) | 1967 | Buy | |
| 83 | The neighbours | 1968 | Buy | |
| 84 | The Prison | 1968 | Buy | |
| 85 | The Premier | 1968 | Buy | |
| 86 | The confessional. | 1968 | Buy | |
| 87 | The Patient | 1968 | Buy | |
| 88 | The Witnesses | 1968 | Buy | |
| 89 | Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in | 1969 | Buy | |
| 90 | Uncle Charles | 1969 | Buy | |
| 91 | November | 1970 | Buy | |
| 92 | The Rich Man | 1970 | Buy | |
| 93 | Enigmas | 1970 | Buy | |
| 94 | The Glass Cage | 1971 | Buy | |
| 95 | The Innocents | 1972 | Buy | |
| 96 | The Disappearance Of Odile | 1972 | Buy | |
| 97 | The Girl in His Past / Le temps d'Anaïs | 1976 | Buy | |
| 98 | The Nightclub | 1977 | Buy | |
| 99 | The White Horse Inn (Short Story) | 1979 | Buy | |
| 100 | The Little Doctor | 1981 | Buy | |
| 101 | The Outlaw | 1987 | Buy | |
| 102 | The Murderer | 2013 | Buy | |
| 103 | The Hand | 2016 | Buy |
Georges Simenon Non-Fiction Books
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Inspector Maigret Short Stories/Novellas
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | L'Étoile du Nord | 1938 | Search |
Georges Simenon Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews | 1957 | Buy | |
| 2 | Nine Detective Stories | 1964 | Buy | |
| 3 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Buy | |
| 4 | Murder Intercontinental | 1996 | Buy | |
| 5 | The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | 2000 | Buy | |
| 6 | Murder Most Merry | 2002 | Buy | |
| 7 | Murder On The Railways | 2003 | Buy | |
| 8 | The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Buy |