Order of Georges Simenon Books

Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a Belgian crime fiction writer, renowned for his novels featuring the character Jules Maigret. He authored nearly 200 novels in French, most of which have been translated into English, and his works have inspired almost 200 film adaptations. Simenon began his writing career at the age of 16 for the Gazette de Liege. Throughout his life, he lived in Belgium, France, Canada, the United States, and ultimately Switzerland, where he passed away in 1989 from natural causes. His debut novel, Au Pont des Arches, was published in French in 1921 under the pseudonym G. Sim. Below is a chronological list of Georges Simenon’s books.

Georges Simenon became a published novelist in 1931 with the novel Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian. Below is a list of Georges Simenon's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Inspector Maigret Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence'	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Battle of Nerves/ A Man\'s Head / Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret\'s Patience	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret in Holland/ A Crime in Holland	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret at the Gai-Moulin	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Madman of Bergerac	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera	(1932)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret / Maigret Returns	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Judge's House / Maigret in Exile	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Spinster / C��cile is Dead	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
F��licie / Maigret and the Toy Village	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inspector Cadaver / Maigret's Rival	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York's Underworld	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Dead Man / Maigret's Special Murder	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's First Case	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret at the Coroner's / Maigret and the Coroner	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Old Lady	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Madame Maigret's Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Memoirs	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Revolver	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Mistake	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Goes to School	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Headless Corpse	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Sets a Trap	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Failure	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret's Little Joke / None of Maigret's Business	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret's Doubts	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Secret / Maigret Has Doubts	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret in Court	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Saturday Caller	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Anger	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Nahour Case	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret's Pickpocket	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret Hesitates	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Boyhood Friend / Maigret's Childhood Friend	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Killer	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Wine Merchant	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret\'s Madwoman	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Loner	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret and Monsieur Charles	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Inspector Maigret Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret et les petit cochons sans queue	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maigret's Christmas	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Girl with a Squint	(1931)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Engagement	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tropic Moon	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Window Over the Way	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man from London	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lodger	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Long Exile	(1935)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Donadieu's Will	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Girl In Waiting	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three Crimes	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Strangers in the House	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Widow	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Truth About Bebe Donge	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Across the Street	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Suspect	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Monsieur Monde Vanishes	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Act of Passion	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mah�� Circle	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of a Nobody	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pedigree	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Snow Was Dirty	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Magnet of Doom	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bottom Of The Bottle	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Four Days in a Lifetime	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pitards	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strange Inheritance	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Heart of a Man	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A New Lease On Life	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Burgomaster of Furnes	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Escape in Vain	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Havoc by Accident	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On the danger line	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Belle	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Two Latitudes	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trial of Bebe Donge	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dirty Snow	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Red Lights	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Iron Staircase	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Watchmaker of Everton	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Clockmaker	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Big Bob	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Accomplices	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rules of the Game	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fugitive	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Sense of Guilt	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Little Man From Archangel	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Stowaway	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sunday	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The President	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Son	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Widower	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Grandmother	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Negro	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Young Cardinaud	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Blue Room	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Betty	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Justice	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Family Lie	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Train	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Striptease	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Poisoned Relations	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The hatter's ghosts	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Door	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The House on Quai Notre Dame	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Others	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bells of Bicetre	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Magician	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inquest on Bouvet	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man With the Little Dog	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Venice Train	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Survivors	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Rain	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ticket of Leave	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cat	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Old Man Dies	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mouse	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fate of the Malous	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Little Saint	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Brothers Rico	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Reckoning	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The neighbours	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Prison	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Premier	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The confessional.	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Patient	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Witnesses	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Uncle Charles	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
November	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rich Man	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Enigmas	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Glass Cage	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Innocents	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Disappearance Of Odile	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Girl in His Past / Le temps d'Ana��s	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Nightclub	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The White Horse Inn	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Little Doctor	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Outlaw	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Murderer	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hand	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Simenon's Paris	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When I Was Old	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Letter to My Mother	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo's Book	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Inspector Maigret Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
L'��toile du Nord	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Nine Detective Stories	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
City Sleuths and Tough Guys	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Intercontinental	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Most Merry	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder On The Railways	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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