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Georges Simenon Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Georges Simenon in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 187 books / 5 series

Belgian author best known for the Inspector Maigret detective series. His prolific career produced over 500 novels, selling over 500 million copies worldwide. This page provides the Georges Simenon books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Georges Simenon in Publication Order

1931 The Girl with a Squint POoSN / 1 Buy
1931 Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian POoIMB / 1 Buy
1931 Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence' POoIMB / 2 Buy
1931 The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled POoIMB / 3 Buy
1931 The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets POoIMB / 4 Buy
1931 A Battle of Nerves/ A Man's Head / Maigret's War of Nerves POoIMB / 5 Buy
1931 The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders POoIMB / 6 Buy
1931 Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads POoIMB / 7 Buy
1931 Maigret in Holland/ A Crime in Holland POoIMB / 8 Buy
1931 The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe POoIMB / 9 Buy
1931 The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret at the Gai-Moulin POoIMB / 10 Buy
1931 Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar POoIMB / 11 Buy
1932 The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified POoIMB / 12 Buy
1932 Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess POoIMB / 13 Buy
1932 Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House POoIMB / 14 Buy
1932 Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe POoIMB / 15 Buy
1932 The Madman of Bergerac POoIMB / 16 Buy
1932 Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera POoIMB / 17 Buy
1933 The Engagement POoSN / 2 Buy
1933 Tropic Moon POoSN / 3 Buy
1933 The Window Over the Way POoSN / 4 Buy
1933 Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton POoIMB / 18 Buy
1934 The Man from London POoSN / 5 Buy
1934 The Lodger POoSN / 6 Buy
1934 Maigret / Maigret Returns POoIMB / 19 Buy
1935 The Long Exile POoSN / 7 Buy
1936 Donadieu's Will POoSN / 8 Buy
1938 L'’toile du Nord POoIMSS / 1 Buy
1938 The Man Who Watched Trains Go By POoSN / 9 Buy
1938 Girl In Waiting POoSN / 10 Buy
1938 Three Crimes POoSN / 11 Buy
1940 The Strangers in the House POoSN / 12 Buy
1942 The Widow POoSN / 13 Buy
1942 The Truth About Bebe Donge POoSN / 14 Buy
1942 Across the Street POoSN / 15 Buy
1942 The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic POoIMB / 20 Buy
1942 The Judge's House / Maigret in Exile POoIMB / 21 Buy
1942 Maigret and the Spinster / C’cile is Dead POoIMB / 22 Buy
1944 The Suspect POoSN / 16 Buy
1944 Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus POoIMB / 23 Buy
1944 F’licie / Maigret and the Toy Village POoIMB / 24 Buy
1944 Inspector Cadaver / Maigret's Rival POoIMB / 25 Buy
1945 Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories POoIMSSC / 1 Buy
1945 Monsieur Monde Vanishes POoSN / 17 Buy
1946 Three Bedrooms in Manhattan POoSN / 18 Buy
1946 Act of Passion POoSN / 19 Buy
1946 The Mah’ Circle POoSN / 20 Buy
1947 Death of a Nobody POoSN / 21 Buy
1947 Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement POoIMB / 26 Buy
1947 Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York's Underworld POoIMB / 27 Buy
1948 Pedigree POoSN / 22 Buy
1948 The Snow Was Dirty POoSN / 23 Buy
1948 Magnet of Doom POoSN / 24 Buy
1948 Maigret's Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret POoIMB / 28 Buy
1948 Maigret's Dead Man / Maigret's Special Murder POoIMB / 29 Buy
1949 The Bottom Of The Bottle POoSN / 25 Buy
1949 Four Days in a Lifetime POoSN / 26 Buy
1949 The Pitards POoSN / 27 Buy
1949 Maigret's First Case POoIMB / 30 Buy
1949 My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret POoIMB / 31 Buy
1949 Maigret at the Coroner's / Maigret and the Coroner POoIMB / 32 Buy
1950 Maigret et les petit cochons sans queue POoIMSSC / 2 Buy
1950 Strange Inheritance POoSN / 28 Buy
1950 The Heart of a Man POoSN / 29 Buy
1950 Maigret and the Old Lady POoIMB / 33 Buy
1950 Madame Maigret's Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend POoIMB / 34 Buy
1951 A New Lease On Life POoSN / 30 Buy
1951 Maigret's Memoirs POoIMB / 35 Buy
1951 Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's POoIMB / 36 Buy
1951 Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room POoIMB / 37 Buy
1951 Maigret and the Burglar's Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman POoIMB / 38 Buy
1952 The Burgomaster of Furnes POoSN / 31 Buy
1952 Escape in Vain POoSN / 32 Buy
1952 Havoc by Accident POoSN / 33 Buy
1952 On the danger line POoSN / 34 Buy
1952 Belle POoSN / 35 Buy
1952 In Two Latitudes POoSN / 36 Buy
1952 The Trial of Bebe Donge POoSN / 37 Buy
1952 Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters POoIMB / 39 Buy
1952 Maigret's Revolver POoIMB / 40 Buy
1953 Dirty Snow POoSN / 38 Buy
1953 Red Lights POoSN / 39 Buy
1953 The Iron Staircase POoSN / 40 Buy
1953 Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard POoIMB / 41 Buy
1953 Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid POoIMB / 42 Buy
1953 Maigret's Mistake POoIMB / 43 Buy
1954 The Watchmaker of Everton POoSN / 41 Buy
1954 The Clockmaker POoSN / 42 Buy
1954 Big Bob POoSN / 43 Buy
1954 Maigret Goes to School POoIMB / 44 Buy
1954 Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister POoIMB / 45 Buy
1954 Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl POoIMB / 46 Buy
1955 The Accomplices POoSN / 44 Buy
1955 The Rules of the Game POoSN / 45 Buy
1955 The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet POoSN / 46 Buy
1955 The Fugitive POoSN / 47 Buy
1955 Maigret and the Headless Corpse POoIMB / 47 Buy
1955 A Sense of Guilt POoSN / 48 Buy
1955 Maigret Sets a Trap POoIMB / 48 Buy
1956 The Little Man From Archangel POoSN / 49 Buy
1956 Maigret's Failure POoIMB / 49 Buy
1957 The Stowaway POoSN / 50 Buy
1957 Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret's Little Joke / None of Maigret's Business POoIMB / 50 Buy
1958 Sunday POoSN / 51 Buy
1958 Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires POoIMB / 51 Buy
1958 The President POoSN / 52 Buy
1958 Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret's Doubts POoIMB / 52 Buy
1958 The Son POoSN / 53 Buy
1959 Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses POoIMB / 53 Buy
1959 The Widower POoSN / 54 Buy
1959 Maigret's Secret / Maigret Has Doubts POoIMB / 54 Buy
1959 The Grandmother POoSN / 55 Buy
1959 The Negro POoSN / 56 Buy
1959 Young Cardinaud POoSN / 57 Buy
1960 Maigret in Court POoIMB / 55 Buy
1960 Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society POoIMB / 56 Buy
1960 The Blue Room POoSN / 58 Buy
1960 Betty POoSN / 59 Buy
1960 Justice POoSN / 60 Buy
1960 The Family Lie POoSN / 61 Buy
1961 Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar POoIMB / 57 Buy
1961 The Train POoSN / 62 Buy
1961 Striptease POoSN / 63 Buy
1961 Poisoned Relations POoSN / 64 Buy
1961 The hatter's ghosts POoSN / 65 Buy
1962 Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse POoIMB / 58 Buy
1962 Maigret and the Saturday Caller POoIMB / 59 Buy
1962 The Door POoSN / 66 Buy
1962 The House on Quai Notre Dame POoSN / 67 Buy
1962 The Others POoSN / 68 Buy
1963 Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum POoIMB / 60 Buy
1963 Maigret's Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Anger POoIMB / 61 Buy
1963 The Bells of Bicetre POoSN / 69 Buy
1963 The Magician POoSN / 70 Buy
1963 Inquest on Bouvet POoSN / 71 Buy
1964 Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition POoIMB / 62 Buy
1964 Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself POoIMB / 63 Buy
1964 The Man With the Little Dog POoSN / 72 Buy
1965 Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret's Patience POoIMB / 64 Buy
1965 The Venice Train POoSN / 73 Buy
1965 The Survivors POoSN / 74 Buy
1965 Black Rain POoSN / 75 Buy
1965 Ticket of Leave POoSN / 76 Buy
1966 Maigret and the Nahour Case POoIMB / 65 Buy
1966 The Cat POoSN / 77 Buy
1966 The Old Man Dies POoSN / 78 Buy
1966 The Mouse POoSN / 79 Buy
1966 Fate of the Malous POoSN / 80 Buy
1967 Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret's Pickpocket POoIMB / 66 Buy
1967 The Little Saint POoSN / 81 Buy
1967 The Brothers Rico POoSN / 82 Buy
1967 The Reckoning POoSN / 83 Buy
1968 Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters POoIMB / 67 Buy
1968 Maigret Hesitates POoIMB / 68 Buy
1968 Maigret's Boyhood Friend / Maigret's Childhood Friend POoIMB / 69 Buy
1968 The neighbours POoSN / 84 Buy
1968 The Prison POoSN / 85 Buy
1968 The Premier POoSN / 86 Buy
1968 The confessional. POoSN / 87 Buy
1968 The Patient POoSN / 88 Buy
1968 The Witnesses POoSN / 89 Buy
1969 Maigret and the Killer POoIMB / 70 Buy
1969 Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in POoSN / 90 Buy
1969 Uncle Charles POoSN / 91 Buy
1970 Simenon's Paris POoNB / 1 Buy
1970 Maigret and the Wine Merchant POoIMB / 71 Buy
1970 Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret\'s Madwoman POoIMB / 72 Buy
1970 November POoSN / 92 Buy
1970 The Rich Man POoSN / 93 Buy
1970 Enigmas POoSN / 94 Buy
1971 When I Was Old POoNB / 2 Buy
1971 Maigret and the Loner POoIMB / 73 Buy
1971 The Glass Cage POoSN / 95 Buy
1972 Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea POoIMB / 74 Buy
1972 The Innocents POoSN / 96 Buy
1972 The Disappearance Of Odile POoSN / 97 Buy
1973 Maigret and Monsieur Charles POoIMB / 75 Buy
1976 Letter to My Mother POoNB / 3 Buy
1976 Maigret's Christmas POoIMSSC / 3 Buy
1976 The Girl in His Past / Le temps d'Ana’s POoSN / 98 Buy
1977 The Nightclub POoSN / 99 Buy
1979 The White Horse Inn POoSN / 100 Buy
1981 Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo's Book POoNB / 4 Buy
1981 The Little Doctor POoSN / 101 Buy
1987 The Outlaw POoSN / 102 Buy
2013 The Murderer POoSN / 103 Buy
2016 The Hand POoSN / 104 Buy

Complete Georges Simenon Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Inspector Maigret Reading Order 75 books / 1931-1973
01 Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian 1931 Buy
02 Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence' 1931 Buy
03 The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled 1931 Buy
04 The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets 1931 Buy
05 A Battle of Nerves/ A Man's Head / Maigret's War of Nerves 1931 Buy
06 The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders 1931 Buy
07 Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads 1931 Buy
08 Maigret in Holland/ A Crime in Holland 1931 Buy
09 The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe 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 / C’cile is Dead 1942 Buy
23 Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus 1944 Buy
24 F’licie / 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 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 1964 Buy
64 Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret's Patience 1965 Buy
65 Maigret and the Nahour Case 1966 Buy
66 Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret's Pickpocket 1967 Buy
67 Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters 1968 Buy
68 Maigret Hesitates 1968 Buy
69 Maigret's Boyhood Friend / Maigret's Childhood Friend 1968 Buy
70 Maigret and the Killer 1969 Buy
71 Maigret and the Wine Merchant 1970 Buy
72 Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret\'s Madwoman 1970 Buy
73 Maigret and the Loner 1971 Buy
74 Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea 1972 Buy
75 Maigret and Monsieur Charles 1973 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 104 books / 1931-2016
01 The Girl with a Squint 1931 Buy
02 The Engagement 1933 Buy
03 Tropic Moon 1933 Buy
04 The Window Over the Way 1933 Buy
05 The Man from London 1934 Buy
06 The Lodger 1934 Buy
07 The Long Exile 1935 Buy
08 Donadieu's Will 1936 Buy
09 The Man Who Watched Trains Go By 1938 Buy
10 Girl In Waiting 1938 Buy
11 Three Crimes 1938 Buy
12 The Strangers in the House 1940 Buy
13 The Widow 1942 Buy
14 The Truth About Bebe Donge 1942 Buy
15 Across the Street 1942 Buy
16 The Suspect 1944 Buy
17 Monsieur Monde Vanishes 1945 Buy
18 Three Bedrooms in Manhattan 1946 Buy
19 Act of Passion 1946 Buy
20 The Mah’ Circle 1946 Buy
21 Death of a Nobody 1947 Buy
22 Pedigree 1948 Buy
23 The Snow Was Dirty 1948 Buy
24 Magnet of Doom 1948 Buy
25 The Bottom Of The Bottle 1949 Buy
26 Four Days in a Lifetime 1949 Buy
27 The Pitards 1949 Buy
28 Strange Inheritance 1950 Buy
29 The Heart of a Man 1950 Buy
30 A New Lease On Life 1951 Buy
31 The Burgomaster of Furnes 1952 Buy
32 Escape in Vain 1952 Buy
33 Havoc by Accident 1952 Buy
34 On the danger line 1952 Buy
35 Belle 1952 Buy
36 In Two Latitudes 1952 Buy
37 The Trial of Bebe Donge 1952 Buy
38 Dirty Snow 1953 Buy
39 Red Lights 1953 Buy
40 The Iron Staircase 1953 Buy
41 The Watchmaker of Everton 1954 Buy
42 The Clockmaker 1954 Buy
43 Big Bob 1954 Buy
44 The Accomplices 1955 Buy
45 The Rules of the Game 1955 Buy
46 The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet 1955 Buy
47 The Fugitive 1955 Buy
48 A Sense of Guilt 1955 Buy
49 The Little Man From Archangel 1956 Buy
50 The Stowaway 1957 Buy
51 Sunday 1958 Buy
52 The President 1958 Buy
53 The Son 1958 Buy
54 The Widower 1959 Buy
55 The Grandmother 1959 Buy
56 The Negro 1959 Buy
57 Young Cardinaud 1959 Buy
58 The Blue Room 1960 Buy
59 Betty 1960 Buy
60 Justice 1960 Buy
61 The Family Lie 1960 Buy
62 The Train 1961 Buy
63 Striptease 1961 Buy
64 Poisoned Relations 1961 Buy
65 The hatter's ghosts 1961 Buy
66 The Door 1962 Buy
67 The House on Quai Notre Dame 1962 Buy
68 The Others 1962 Buy
69 The Bells of Bicetre 1963 Buy
70 The Magician 1963 Buy
71 Inquest on Bouvet 1963 Buy
72 The Man With the Little Dog 1964 Buy
73 The Venice Train 1965 Buy
74 The Survivors 1965 Buy
75 Black Rain 1965 Buy
76 Ticket of Leave 1965 Buy
77 The Cat 1966 Buy
78 The Old Man Dies 1966 Buy
79 The Mouse 1966 Buy
80 Fate of the Malous 1966 Buy
81 The Little Saint 1967 Buy
82 The Brothers Rico 1967 Buy
83 The Reckoning 1967 Buy
84 The neighbours 1968 Buy
85 The Prison 1968 Buy
86 The Premier 1968 Buy
87 The confessional. 1968 Buy
88 The Patient 1968 Buy
89 The Witnesses 1968 Buy
90 Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in 1969 Buy
91 Uncle Charles 1969 Buy
92 November 1970 Buy
93 The Rich Man 1970 Buy
94 Enigmas 1970 Buy
95 The Glass Cage 1971 Buy
96 The Innocents 1972 Buy
97 The Disappearance Of Odile 1972 Buy
98 The Girl in His Past / Le temps d'Ana’s 1976 Buy
99 The Nightclub 1977 Buy
100 The White Horse Inn 1979 Buy
101 The Little Doctor 1981 Buy
102 The Outlaw 1987 Buy
103 The Murderer 2013 Buy
104 The Hand 2016 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 4 books / 1970-1981
01 Simenon's Paris 1970 Buy
02 When I Was Old 1971 Buy
03 Letter to My Mother 1976 Buy
04 Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo's Book 1981 Buy
01 Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories 1945 Buy
02 Maigret et les petit cochons sans queue 1950 Buy
03 Maigret's Christmas 1976 Buy
01 L'’toile du Nord 1938 Buy

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