Order of Georges Simenon Books
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a Belgian author of crime fiction, best known for his novels featuring his character Jules Maigret. Simenon is the author of close to 200 novels in his native language of French, most of which have been translated into English. Likewise, his novels have been adapted into nearly 200 different film adaptations. Georges got his start writing for the newspaper Gazette de Liege at only 16 years old. During his lifetime, he spent time living in Belgium, France, Canada, the United States and finally in Switzerland – where he died in 1989 of natural causes.
Georges Simenon’s first novel was titled Au Pont des Arches and was published in French in 1921 under the pen name of G. Sim. Below is a list of Georges Simenon’s books in order of when they were released:
Publication Order of Inspector Maigret Books
| The Strange Case of Peter the Lett | (1931) |
  
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| The Crime at Lock 14 | (1931) |
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| Maigret Stonewalled | (1931) |
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| Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets | (1931) |
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| A Man's Head | (1931) |
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| A Face for a Clue | (1931) |
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| Maigret at the Crossroads | (1931) |
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| Maigret in Holland | (1931) |
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| The Sailor's Rendezvous | (1931) |
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| Maigret at the Gai-Moulin | (1931) |
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| Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine | (1932) |
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| Maigret Mystified | (1932) |
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| Maigret Goes Home | (1932) |
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| The Flemish Shop | (1932) |
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| Maigret and the Death of a Harbour Master | (1932) |
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| The Madman of Bergerac | (1932) |
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| Liberty Bar | (1932) |
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| The Lock at Charenton | (1933) |
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| Maigret Returns | (1934) |
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| Maigret in Exile | (1940) |
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| Maigret and the Hotel Majestic | (1942) |
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| Maigret and the Spinster | (1942) |
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| Maigret and the Fortuneteller | (1944) |
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| Maigret and the Toy Village | (1944) |
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| Maigret's Rival | (1944) |
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| Maigret in Retirement | (1945) |
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| Maigret in New York's Underworld | (1946) |
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| A Summer Holiday | (1947) |
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| Maigret's Special Murder | (1948) |
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| Maigret's First Case | (1948) |
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| My Friend Maigret | (1949) |
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| Maigret at the Coroner's | (1949) |
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| Madame Maigret's Own Case | (1949) |
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| Maigret's Memoirs | (1950) |
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| Maigret and the Old Lady | (1950) |
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| Maigret in Montmartre | (1950) |
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| Maigret Takes a Room | (1951) |
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| Maigret and the Burglar's Wife | (1951) |
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| Maigret and the Gangsters | (1951) |
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| Maigret's Revolver | (1952) |
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| Maigret and the Man on the Bench | (1953) |
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| Maigret Afraid | (1953) |
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| Maigret's Mistake | (1953) |
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| Maigret Goes to School | (1953) |
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| Maigret and the Young Girl | (1954) |
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| Maigret and the Calame Report | (1954) |
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| Maigret and the Headless Corpse | (1955) |
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| Maigret Sets a Trap | (1955) |
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| Maigret's Failure | (1956) |
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| Maigret's Little Joke | (1956) |
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| Maigret and the Millionaires | (1957) |
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| Maigret Has Scruples | (1957) |
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| Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses | (1958) |
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| Maigret Has Doubts | (1959) |
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| Maigret in Court | (1959) |
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| Maigret in Society | (1960) |
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| Maigret and the Lazy Burglar | (1961) |
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| Maigret and the Black Sheep | (1961) |
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| Maigret and the Saturday Caller | (1962) |
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| Maigret and the Bum | (1962) |
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| Maigret Loses His Temper | (1962) |
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| Maigret and the Ghost | (1963) |
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| Maigret on the Defensive | (1964) |
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| Maigret Bides His Time | (1965) |
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| Maigret and the Nahour Case | (1966) |
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| Maigret's Pickpocket | (1966) |
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| Maigret in Vichy | (1967) |
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| Maigret Hesitates | (1968) |
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| Maigret's Boyhood Friend | (1968) |
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| Maigret and the Killer | (1969) |
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| Maigret and the Wine Merchant | (1969) |
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| Maigret and the Madwoman | (1970) |
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| Maigret and the Loner | (1971) |
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| Maigret and the Flea | (1971) |
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| Maigret and Monsieur Charles | (1972) |
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Publication Order of Inspector Maigret Collections
| Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories | (1977) |
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Uncle Charles | (1942) |
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| The Breton Sisters | (1943) |
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| Black Rain | (1946) |
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| Magnet of Doom | (1948) |
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| Girl in Waiting | (1949) |
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| The Survivors | (1949) |
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| Poisoned Relations | (1950) |
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| Strange Inheritance | (1950) |
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| The Strangers in the House | (1951) |
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| Act of Passion | (1952) |
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| The Burgomaster of Furnes | (1952) |
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| Escape in Vain | (1952) |
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| Havoc by Accident | (1952) |
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| In Two Latitudes | (1952) |
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| On the Danger Line | (1952) |
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| The Trial of Bebe Donge | (1952) |
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| The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By | (1953) |
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| The Stain on the Snow | (1953) |
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| Aunt Jeanne | (1953) |
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| Across the Street | (1954) |
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| The Bottom of the Bottle | (1954) |
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| Ticket of Leave | (1954) |
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| Belle | (1954) |
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| The Brothers Rico | (1954) |
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| The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet | (1955) |
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| Chez Krull | (1955) |
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| The Fugitive | (1955) |
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| A Sense of Guilt | (1955) |
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| Red Lights | (1955) |
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| The Little Man from Archangel | (1957) |
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| The Stowaway | (1957) |
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| The Heart of a Man | (1958) |
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| Inquest on Bouvet | (1958) |
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| The Son | (1958) |
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| The Witness | (1958) |
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| The Murderer | (1958) |
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| Young Cardinaud | (1959) |
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| The Negro | (1959) |
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| Striptease | (1959) |
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| Sunday | (1960) |
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| The Hatter's Ghost | (1960) |
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| The Premier | (1961) |
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| The Widower | (1961) |
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| Fate of the Malous | (1962) |
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| Pedigree | (1962) |
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| The Iron Staircase | (1963) |
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| New Lease of Life | (1963) |
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| The Patient | (1963) |
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| The Train | (1964) |
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| The Accomplices | (1964) |
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| The Bells of Bicetre | (1964) |
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| The Door | (1964) |
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| Three Beds in Manhattan | (1964) |
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| The Blue Room | (1965) |
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| Man with the Little Dog | (1965) |
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| The Little Saint | (1966) |
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| The Mouse | (1966) |
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| Old Man Dies | (1967) |
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| The Confessional | (1967) |
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| Monsieur Monde Vanishes | (1967) |
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| The Neighbours | (1968) |
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| The Witnesses | (1968) |
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| The Prison | (1969) |
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| Big Bob | (1969) |
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| The Man on the Bench in the Barn | (1970) |
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| November | (1970) |
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| The Rich Man | (1971) |
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| Teddy Bear | (1971) |
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| The Disappearance of Odile | (1972) |
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| Window Over the Way | (1972) |
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| The Cat | (1972) |
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| The Glass Cage | (1973) |
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| The Innocents | (1973) |
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| The Venice Train | (1974) |
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| The Magician | (1974) |
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| The House on Quai Notre Dame | (1975) |
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| Betty | (1975) |
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| Watchmaker of Everton | (1975) |
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| The Others | (1975) |
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| Girl in His Past | (1976) |
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| Four Days in a Lifetime | (1977) |
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| The Clockmaker | (1977) |
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| The Family Lie | (1978) |
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| The Girl with a Squint | (1978) |
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| The Little Doctor | (1978) |
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| Aboard the Aquitaine | (1979) |
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| The Nightclub | (1979) |
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| The Grandmother | (1980) |
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| The White Horse Inn | (1980) |
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| The Country Doctor | (1981) |
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| The Long Exile | (1983) |
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| The Lodger | (1983) |
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| The Reckoning | (1984) |
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| The Couple from Poitiers | (1985) |
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| Justice | (1985) |
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| In Case of Emergency | (1986) |
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| The Outlaw | (1986) |
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| Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself In | (1987) |
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| The Rules of the Game | (1988) |
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| Donadieu's Will | (1991) |
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| Suspect | (1991) |
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| The Truth About Bebe Donge | (1992) |
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| Death of a Nobody | (1995) |
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| The 13 Culprits | (2002) |
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Simenon's Paris | (1970) |
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| When I Was Old | (1971) |
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Notes: The Strange Case of Peter the Lett was also published as The Case of Peter the Lett and Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett. The Crime at Lock 14 was also titled Maigret Meets a Milord and Lock 14. The Death of Monsieur Gallet was also published as Maigret Stonewalled. The Crime of Inspector Maigret is also known as Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets. A Battle of Nerves is also known as Maigret’s War of Nerves and A Man’s Head. A Face for a Clue is also known as Maigret and the Concarneau Murders, Maigret and the Yellow Dog and as The Yellow Dog. A Crime in Holland is also known as Maigret in Holland. The Sailor’s Rendezvous is also known as Maigret Answers a Plea. Maigret at the Gai Moulin is also known as At the Gai Moulin. Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine is also known as Guinguette by the Seine, Maigret to the Rescue, A Spot by the Seine and The Bar on the Seine. Maigret Mystified was also published as The Shadow in the Courtyard. Maigret and the Countess is also known as The Saint-Fiacre Affair, Maigret Goes Home and Maigret on Home Ground.
Maigret and the Flemish Shop was also titled as The Flemish Shop. Death of a Harbour Master was also published under the title of Maigret and the Death of a Harbor Master. Liberty Bar is also known as Maigret on the Riviera. The Lock at Charenton is also known as Maigret Sits It Out and Lock No. 1. Maigret and the Hotel Majestic is also titled The Hotel Majestic. To Any Lengths is also known as Maigret and the Fortuneteller. Maigret’s Rival is also known as Inspector Cadaver. Maigret in New York is also known as Maigret in New York’s Underworld. A Summer Holiday is also known as No Vacation for Maigret and Maigret on Holiday. Maigret’s Dead Man is also known as Maigret’s Special Murder. My Friend Maigret was also published under the title of The Methods of Maigret.
Madame Maigret’s Own Case is also known as Madame Maigret’s Friend and The Friend of Madame Maigret. Maigret and the Strangled Stripper is also known as Maigret in Montmartre. Maigret Takes a Room was also published as Maigret Rents a Room. Inspector Maigret and the Killers was also published as Maigret and the Gangsters. Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard was also published as Maigret and the Man on the Bench and The Man on the Boulevard. Inspector Maigret and the Dead Girl is also known as Maigret and the Young Girl. Maigret and the Minister was also published under the title Maigret and the Calame Report. Maigret’s Little Joke is also known as None of Maigret’s Business. Maigret and the Lazy Burglar is also known as Maigret and the Idle Burglar.
Maigret and the Dosser is also known as Maigret and the Bum. Maigret and the Ghost was also titled Maigret and the Apparition. The Patience of Maigret was also titled Maigret Bides His Time. Maigret’s Pickpocket is also known as Maigret and the Pickpocket. Maigret Takes the Waters was re-titled Maigret in Vichy. Maigret and the Flea was also published as Maigret and the Informer. The Fugitive was also published under the title of Account Unsettled. Red Lights is also known as The Hitchhiker. The Hatter’s Ghost was also published as The Hatter’s Phantoms. Window Over the Way is also known as Danger Ashore. The Country Doctor is also known as The Delivery. Dirty Snow is also known as The Stain on the Snow.
Georges Simenon Synopsis: In Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon, Frank Friedmaier is a 19 year-old who lives in an occupied country where he gets by as a pimp, thug, thief and a murderer. The novel was originally published as The Stain on the Snow.
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