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