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
| Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian | (1931) |    |
| Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence' | (1931) | |
| The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled | (1931) | |
| The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets | (1931) | |
| A Battle of Nerves/ A Man's Head | (1931) | |
| The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders | (1931) | |
| Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads | (1931) | |
| Maigret in Holland/ A Crime in Holland | (1931) | |
| The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe | (1931) | |
| The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret At the Gai-Moulin | (1931) | |
| Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar | (1931) | |
| The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified | (1932) | |
| Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess | (1932) | |
| Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House | (1932) | |
| Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe | (1932) | |
| The Madman of Bergerac | (1932) | |
| Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera | (1932) | |
| Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton | (1933) | |
| Maigret / Maigret Returns | (1934) | |
| The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic | (1942) | |
| The Judge's House / Maigret in Exile | (1942) | |
| Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead | (1942) | |
| Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus | (1944) | |
| Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village | (1944) | |
| Inspector Cadaver / Maigret's Rival | (1944) | |
| Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement | (1947) | |
| Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York's Underworld | (1947) | |
| Maigret's Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret | (1948) | |
| Maigret's Dead Man / Maigret's Special Murder | (1948) | |
| Maigret's First Case | (1949) | |
| My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret | (1949) | |
| Maigret at the Coroner's / Maigret and the Coroner | (1949) | |
| Maigret and the Old Lady | (1950) | |
| Madame Maigret's Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend | (1950) | |
| Maigret's Memoirs | (1951) | |
| Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's | (1951) | |
| Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room | (1951) | |
| Maigret and the Burglar's Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman | (1951) | |
| Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters | (1952) | |
| Maigret's Revolver | (1952) | |
| Maigret Sits it Out | (1952) | |
| Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard | (1953) | |
| Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid | (1953) | |
| Maigret's Mistake | (1953) | |
| Maigret Goes to School | (1954) | |
| Maigret and the Minister | (1954) | |
| Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl | (1954) | |
| Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister | (1955) | |
| Maigret and the Headless Corpse | (1955) | |
| Maigret Sets a Trap | (1955) | |
| Maigret's Failure | (1956) | |
| Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret's Little Joke / None of Maigret's Business | (1957) | |
| Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires | (1958) | |
| Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret's Doubts | (1958) | |
| Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses | (1959) | |
| Maigret's Secret / Maigret Has Doubts | (1959) | |
| Maigret in Court | (1960) | |
| Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society | (1960) | |
| Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar | (1961) | |
| Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse | (1962) | |
| Maigret and the Saturday Caller | (1962) | |
| Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum | (1963) | |
| Maigret's Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Anger | (1963) | |
| Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition | (1964) | |
| Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself | (1964) | |
| Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret's Patience | (1965) | |
| Maigret and the Nahour Case | (1966) | |
| Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret's Pickpocket | (1967) | |
| Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters | (1968) | |
| Maigret Hesitates | (1968) | |
| Maigret's Boyhood Friend / Maigret's Childhood Friend | (1968) | |
| Maigret and the Killer | (1969) | |
| Maigret and the Wine Merchant | (1970) | |
| Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret's Madwoman | (1970) | |
| Maigret and the Loner | (1971) | |
| Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea | (1972) | |
| Maigret and Monsieur Charles | (1973) | |
Publication Order of Inspector Maigret Short Story Collections
| Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories | (1945) | |
| Maigret's Christmas | (1976) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Girl with a Squint | (1931) | |
| The Engagement | (1933) | |
| Tropic Moon | (1933) | |
| The Window Over the Way | (1933) | |
| The Lodger | (1934) | |
| The Long Exile | (1935) | |
| Donadieu's Will | (1936) | |
| The Man Who Watched Trains Go By | (1938) | |
| Girl In Waiting | (1938) | |
| Three Crimes | (1938) | |
| The Strangers in the House | (1940) | |
| The Widow | (1942) | |
| The Truth About Bebe Donge | (1942) | |
| Across the Street | (1942) | |
| The Suspect | (1944) | |
| Monsieur Monde Vanishes | (1945) | |
| Three Bedrooms in Manhattan | (1946) | |
| Act of Passion | (1946) | |
| The Mahé Circle | (1946) | |
| Death of a Nobody | (1947) | |
| Pedigree | (1948) | |
| The Snow Was Dirty | (1948) | |
| Magnet of Doom | (1948) | |
| The Bottom Of The Bottle | (1949) | |
| Four Days in a Lifetime | (1949) | |
| The Pitards | (1949) | |
| Strange Inheritance | (1950) | |
| The Heart of a Man | (1950) | |
| A New Lease On Life | (1951) | |
| The Burgomaster of Furnes | (1952) | |
| Escape in Vain | (1952) | |
| Havoc by Accident | (1952) | |
| On the danger line | (1952) | |
| Belle | (1952) | |
| In Two Latitudes | (1952) | |
| The Trial of Bebe Donge | (1952) | |
| Dirty Snow | (1953) | |
| Red Lights | (1953) | |
| The Iron Staircase | (1953) | |
| The Watchmaker of Everton | (1954) | |
| The Clockmaker | (1954) | |
| Big Bob | (1954) | |
| The Accomplices | (1955) | |
| The Rules of the Game | (1955) | |
| The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet | (1955) | |
| The Fugitive | (1955) | |
| A Sense of Guilt | (1955) | |
| The Little Man From Archangel | (1956) | |
| The Stowaway | (1957) | |
| Sunday | (1958) | |
| The President | (1958) | |
| The Son | (1958) | |
| The Widower | (1959) | |
| The Grandmother | (1959) | |
| The Negro | (1959) | |
| Young Cardinaud | (1959) | |
| The Blue Room | (1960) | |
| Betty | (1960) | |
| Justice | (1960) | |
| The Family Lie | (1960) | |
| The Train | (1961) | |
| Striptease | (1961) | |
| Poisoned Relations | (1961) | |
| The hatter's ghosts | (1961) | |
| The Door | (1962) | |
| The House on Quai Notre Dame | (1962) | |
| The Others | (1962) | |
| The Bells of Bicetre | (1963) | |
| The Magician | (1963) | |
| Inquest on Bouvet | (1963) | |
| The Man With the Little Dog | (1964) | |
| The Venice Train | (1965) | |
| The Survivors | (1965) | |
| Venice Train | (1965) | |
| Black Rain | (1965) | |
| Ticket of Leave | (1965) | |
| The Cat | (1966) | |
| The Old Man Dies | (1966) | |
| Old Man Dies | (1966) | |
| The Mouse | (1966) | |
| Fate of the Malous | (1966) | |
| The Little Saint | (1967) | |
| The Brothers Rico | (1967) | |
| The Reckoning | (1967) | |
| The neighbours | (1968) | |
| The Prison | (1968) | |
| The Premier | (1968) | |
| The confessional. | (1968) | |
| The Patient | (1968) | |
| The Witnesses | (1968) | |
| Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in | (1969) | |
| Uncle Charles | (1969) | |
| November | (1970) | |
| The Rich Man | (1970) | |
| Enigmas | (1970) | |
| The Glass Cage | (1971) | |
| The Innocents | (1972) | |
| The Disappearance Of Odile | (1972) | |
| Magician | (1974) | |
| The Girl in His Past | (1976) | |
| The Nightclub | (1977) | |
| The White Horse Inn | (1979) | |
| The Little Doctor | (1981) | |
| The Outlaw | (1987) | |
| The Murderer | (2013) | |
| The Hand | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Simenon's Paris | (1970) | |
| When I Was Old | (1971) | |
| Letter to My Mother | (1976) | |
| Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo's Book | (1981) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| City Sleuths and Tough Guys | (1989) | |
| Murder at Christmas | (1991) | |
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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 as well as The Grand Banks Cafe. 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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