Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium. At sixteen he began work as a journalist on the Gazette de Liège. He moved to Paris in 1922 and became a prolific writer of popular fiction, working under a number of pseudonyms. In 1931 he published the first of the novels featuring Maigret, his most famous and enduring creation.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Inspector Maigret
1. Pietr the Latvian (1931)
2. The Carter of 'La Providence' (1931)
3. The Late Monsieur Gallet (1931)
4. The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (1931)
5. A Man's Head (1931)
6. The Yellow Dog (1931)
7. The Night at the Crossroads (1931)
8. A Crime in Holland (1931)
9. The Grand Banks Cafe (1931)
10. The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (1931)
11. The Two-Penny Bar (1931)
12. The Shadow Puppet (1932)
13. The Saint-Fiacre Affair (1932)
14. The Flemish House (1932)
15. The Misty Harbour (1932)
16. The Madman of Bergerac (1932)
17. Liberty Bar (1932)
18. Lock No. 1 (1933)
19. Maigret (1934)
20. Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942)
21. Maigret in Exile (1942)
22. Maigret and the Spinster (1942)
23. Signed, Picpus (1944)
24. Felicie (1944)
25. Inspector Cadaver (1944)
26. Maigret Gets Angry (1947)
27. Maigret in New York (1947)
28. Maigret's Holiday (1948)
29. Maigret's Dead Man (1948)
30. Maigret's First Case (1949)
31. My Friend Maigret (1949)
32. Maigret at the Coroner's (1949)
33. Maigret and the Old Lady (1950)
34. Madame Maigret's Friend (1950)
35. Maigret's Memoirs (1951)
36. Maigret at Picratt's (1951)
37. Maigret Takes a Room (1951)
38. Maigret and the Tall Woman (1951)
39. Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters (1952)
40. Maigret's Revolver (1952)
41. Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1953)
42. Maigret Is Afraid (1953)
43. Maigret's Mistake (1953)
44. Maigret Goes to School (1954)
45. Maigret and the Dead Girl (1954)
46. Maigret and the Minister (1955)
47. Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955)
48. Maigret Sets a Trap (1955)
49. Maigret's Failure (1956)
50. Maigret Enjoys Himself (1957)
51. Maigret Travels (1958)
52. Maigret's Doubts (1958)
53. Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959)
54. Maigret's Secret (1959)
55. Maigret in Court (1960)
56. Maigret in Society (1960)
57. Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961)
58. Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (1962)
59. Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962)
60. Maigret and the Tramp (1963)
61. Maigret's Anger (1963)
62. Maigret and the Ghost (1964)
63. Maigret Defends Himself (1964)
64. Maigret's Patience (1965)
65. Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966)
66. Maigret's Pickpocket (1967)
67. Maigret in Vichy (1968)
68. Maigret Hesitates (1968)
69. Maigret's Childhood Friend (1968)
70. Maigret and the Killer (1969)
71. Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970)
72. Maigret's Madwoman (1970)
73. Maigret and the Loner (1971)
74. Maigret and the Informer (1972)
75. Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973)
Death Threats: And Other Stories (2021)
The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret (2022)
1. Pietr the Latvian (1931)
2. The Carter of 'La Providence' (1931)
3. The Late Monsieur Gallet (1931)
4. The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (1931)
5. A Man's Head (1931)
6. The Yellow Dog (1931)
7. The Night at the Crossroads (1931)
8. A Crime in Holland (1931)
9. The Grand Banks Cafe (1931)
10. The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (1931)
11. The Two-Penny Bar (1931)
12. The Shadow Puppet (1932)
13. The Saint-Fiacre Affair (1932)
14. The Flemish House (1932)
15. The Misty Harbour (1932)
16. The Madman of Bergerac (1932)
17. Liberty Bar (1932)
18. Lock No. 1 (1933)
19. Maigret (1934)
20. Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942)
21. Maigret in Exile (1942)
22. Maigret and the Spinster (1942)
23. Signed, Picpus (1944)
24. Felicie (1944)
25. Inspector Cadaver (1944)
26. Maigret Gets Angry (1947)
27. Maigret in New York (1947)
28. Maigret's Holiday (1948)
29. Maigret's Dead Man (1948)
30. Maigret's First Case (1949)
31. My Friend Maigret (1949)
32. Maigret at the Coroner's (1949)
33. Maigret and the Old Lady (1950)
34. Madame Maigret's Friend (1950)
35. Maigret's Memoirs (1951)
36. Maigret at Picratt's (1951)
37. Maigret Takes a Room (1951)
38. Maigret and the Tall Woman (1951)
39. Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters (1952)
40. Maigret's Revolver (1952)
41. Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1953)
42. Maigret Is Afraid (1953)
43. Maigret's Mistake (1953)
44. Maigret Goes to School (1954)
45. Maigret and the Dead Girl (1954)
46. Maigret and the Minister (1955)
47. Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955)
48. Maigret Sets a Trap (1955)
49. Maigret's Failure (1956)
50. Maigret Enjoys Himself (1957)
51. Maigret Travels (1958)
52. Maigret's Doubts (1958)
53. Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959)
54. Maigret's Secret (1959)
55. Maigret in Court (1960)
56. Maigret in Society (1960)
57. Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961)
58. Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (1962)
59. Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962)
60. Maigret and the Tramp (1963)
61. Maigret's Anger (1963)
62. Maigret and the Ghost (1964)
63. Maigret Defends Himself (1964)
64. Maigret's Patience (1965)
65. Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966)
66. Maigret's Pickpocket (1967)
67. Maigret in Vichy (1968)
68. Maigret Hesitates (1968)
69. Maigret's Childhood Friend (1968)
70. Maigret and the Killer (1969)
71. Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970)
72. Maigret's Madwoman (1970)
73. Maigret and the Loner (1971)
74. Maigret and the Informer (1972)
75. Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973)
Death Threats: And Other Stories (2021)
The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret (2022)
Maigret Omnibus
Maigret's Pipe (1945)
The Short Cases of Inspector Maigret (1959)
The Maigret Collection: Radio Dramatization (2003)
Maigret's Pipe (1945)
The Short Cases of Inspector Maigret (1959)
The Maigret Collection: Radio Dramatization (2003)
Novels
The 13 Culprits (1932)
Mr Hire's Engagement (1933)
aka The Engagement
The People Opposite (1933)
Tropic Moon (1933)
The Man from London (1934)
The Lodger (1934)
The Pitards (1935)
aka A Wife at Sea
Donadieu's Will (1937)
Three Crimes (1938)
The Outlaw (1941)
Uncle Charles (1942)
The Widow (1942)
aka The Widow Couderc
The Truth about Bebe Donge (1942)
The Breton Sisters (1943)
The Suspect (1944)
Black Rain (1946)
The Mahe Circle (1946)
The Couple from Poitiers (1946)
Death of a Nobody (1947)
Magnet of Doom (1948)
The Reckoning (1948)
The Snow Was Dirty (1948)
aka Dirty Snow
Chit of a Girl (1949)
The Survivors (1949)
Poisoned relations (1950)
Strange Inheritance (1950)
The Strangers in the House (1951)
Act of Passion (1952)
The Burgomaster of Furnes (1952)
Escape in Vain (1952)
Havoc By Accident (1952)
In Two Latitudes (1952)
On the Danger Line (1952)
The Trial of Bebe Donge (1952)
Aunt Jeanne (1953)
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by (1953)
The Stain on the Snow (1953)
Across the Street (1954)
Belle (1954)
The Bottom of the Bottle (1954)
The Brothers Rico (1954)
Ticket of Leave (1954)
Account Unsettled (1955)
aka The Fugitive
The Burial of M. Bouvet (1955)
The Krull House (1955)
aka Chez Krull
Red Lights (1955)
aka The Hitchhiker
A Sense of Guilt (1955)
The Rules of the Game (1955)
The Little Man from Archangel (1957)
The Stowaway (1957)
The Heart of a Man (1958)
Inquest on Bouvet (1958)
The Murderer (1958)
The President (1958)
The Son (1958)
The Witness (1958)
The Woman of the Grey House (1958)
In Case of Emergency (1958)
The Negro (1959)
Striptease (1959)
Young Cardinaud (1959)
The Grandmother (1959)
The Hatter's Ghosts (1960)
aka The Hatter's Phantoms
Sunday (1960)
The Premier (1961)
The Widower (1961)
Fate of the Malous (1962)
Pedigree (1962)
The Iron Stair Case (1963)
New Lease of Life (1963)
The Patient (1963)
The Accomplices (1964)
The Bells Of Bicetre (1964)
The Door (1964)
Three Beds in Manhattan (1964)
The Train (1964)
The Blue Room (1965)
Man With the Little Dog (1965)
The Little Saint (1966)
The Mouse (1966)
The Confessional (1967)
Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1967)
Old Man Dies (1967)
The Hand (1968)
The Neighbours (1968)
The Witnesses (1968)
Big Bob (1969)
The Prison (1969)
Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in (1969)
The Man on the Bench in the Barn (1970)
November (1970)
The Rich Man (1971)
Teddy Bear (1971)
Window Over the Way (1972)
aka Danger Ashore
The Cat (1972)
The Disappearance of Odile (1972)
The Glass Cage (1973)
The Innocents (1973)
The Venice Train (1974)
The Magician (1974)
Betty (1975)
Watchmaker of Everton (1975)
The Others (1975)
The House on Quai Notre Dame (1975)
Girl in His Past (1976)
The Clockmaker (1977)
Four Days in a Lifetime (1977)
The Girl with a Squint (1978)
The Family Lie (1978)
The Little Doctor (1978)
Aboard the Aquitaine (1979)
The Nightclub (1979)
The White Horse Inn (1980)
The Country Doctor (1981)
aka The Delivery
The Long Exile (1983)
Justice (1985)
Mr Hire's Engagement (1933)
aka The Engagement
The People Opposite (1933)
Tropic Moon (1933)
The Man from London (1934)
The Lodger (1934)
The Pitards (1935)
aka A Wife at Sea
Donadieu's Will (1937)
Three Crimes (1938)
The Outlaw (1941)
Uncle Charles (1942)
The Widow (1942)
aka The Widow Couderc
The Truth about Bebe Donge (1942)
The Breton Sisters (1943)
The Suspect (1944)
Black Rain (1946)
The Mahe Circle (1946)
The Couple from Poitiers (1946)
Death of a Nobody (1947)
Magnet of Doom (1948)
The Reckoning (1948)
The Snow Was Dirty (1948)
aka Dirty Snow
Chit of a Girl (1949)
The Survivors (1949)
Poisoned relations (1950)
Strange Inheritance (1950)
The Strangers in the House (1951)
Act of Passion (1952)
The Burgomaster of Furnes (1952)
Escape in Vain (1952)
Havoc By Accident (1952)
In Two Latitudes (1952)
On the Danger Line (1952)
The Trial of Bebe Donge (1952)
Aunt Jeanne (1953)
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by (1953)
The Stain on the Snow (1953)
Across the Street (1954)
Belle (1954)
The Bottom of the Bottle (1954)
The Brothers Rico (1954)
Ticket of Leave (1954)
Account Unsettled (1955)
aka The Fugitive
The Burial of M. Bouvet (1955)
The Krull House (1955)
aka Chez Krull
Red Lights (1955)
aka The Hitchhiker
A Sense of Guilt (1955)
The Rules of the Game (1955)
The Little Man from Archangel (1957)
The Stowaway (1957)
The Heart of a Man (1958)
Inquest on Bouvet (1958)
The Murderer (1958)
The President (1958)
The Son (1958)
The Witness (1958)
The Woman of the Grey House (1958)
In Case of Emergency (1958)
The Negro (1959)
Striptease (1959)
Young Cardinaud (1959)
The Grandmother (1959)
The Hatter's Ghosts (1960)
aka The Hatter's Phantoms
Sunday (1960)
The Premier (1961)
The Widower (1961)
Fate of the Malous (1962)
Pedigree (1962)
The Iron Stair Case (1963)
New Lease of Life (1963)
The Patient (1963)
The Accomplices (1964)
The Bells Of Bicetre (1964)
The Door (1964)
Three Beds in Manhattan (1964)
The Train (1964)
The Blue Room (1965)
Man With the Little Dog (1965)
The Little Saint (1966)
The Mouse (1966)
The Confessional (1967)
Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1967)
Old Man Dies (1967)
The Hand (1968)
The Neighbours (1968)
The Witnesses (1968)
Big Bob (1969)
The Prison (1969)
Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in (1969)
The Man on the Bench in the Barn (1970)
November (1970)
The Rich Man (1971)
Teddy Bear (1971)
Window Over the Way (1972)
aka Danger Ashore
The Cat (1972)
The Disappearance of Odile (1972)
The Glass Cage (1973)
The Innocents (1973)
The Venice Train (1974)
The Magician (1974)
Betty (1975)
Watchmaker of Everton (1975)
The Others (1975)
The House on Quai Notre Dame (1975)
Girl in His Past (1976)
The Clockmaker (1977)
Four Days in a Lifetime (1977)
The Girl with a Squint (1978)
The Family Lie (1978)
The Little Doctor (1978)
Aboard the Aquitaine (1979)
The Nightclub (1979)
The White Horse Inn (1980)
The Country Doctor (1981)
aka The Delivery
The Long Exile (1983)
Justice (1985)
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