Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium on February 13th, 1903 and passed away at the age of 86 on September 4th, 1989.

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Georges Simenon Stats: The highest rated book by Georges Simenon on Book Notification is The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets, the 4th novel in the Inspector Maigret series. The second-highest rated book is Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian (Inspector Maigret #1).

The most read book by Georges Simenon on Book Notification is Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian, the first novel in the Inspector Maigret series. The second most read book is Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence' (Inspector Maigret #2).

Below is a complete list of Georges Simenon books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Georges Simenon is the Inspector Maigret Series.

List of Inspector Maigret Books in Publication Order

Inspector Maigret is a police commissaire in Paris, solving various cases.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian
1931
Go
2
7
Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence'
1931
Go
3
8
The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled
1931
Go
4
6.8
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets
1931
Go
5
8.3
A Battle of Nerves / A Man's Head / Maigret's War of Nerves
1931
Go
6
8
The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders
1931
Go
7
8
Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads
1931
Go
8
6
Maigret in Holland / A Crime in Holland
1931
Go
9
6.7
The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe
1931
Go
10
7
The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret at the Gai-Moulin
1931
Go
11
7
Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar
1931
Go
12
7
The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified
1932
Go
13
6.7
Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess
1932
Go
14
7
Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House
1932
Go
15
6.8
Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe
1932
Go
16
The Madman of Bergerac
1932
Go
17
8
Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera
1932
Go
18
Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton
1933
Go
19
6.7
Maigret / Maigret Returns
1934
Go
20
6.7
The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic
1942
Go
21
8
The Judge's House / Maigret in Exile
1942
Go
22
8
Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead
1942
Go
23
Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus
1944
Go
24
4
Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village
1944
Go
25
8
Inspector Cadaver / Maigret's Rival
1944
Go
26
Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement
1947
Go
27
7.3
Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York's Underworld
1947
Go
28
8
Maigret's Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret
1948
Go
29
6.5
Maigret's Dead Man / Maigret's Special Murder
1948
Go
30
8
Maigret's First Case
1949
Go
31
8
My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret
1949
Go
32
4
Maigret at the Coroner's / Maigret and the Coroner
1949
Go
33
8
Maigret and the Old Lady
1950
Go
34
7
Madame Maigret's Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend
1950
Go
35
Maigret's Memoirs
1951
Go
36
7
Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's
1951
Go
37
Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room
1951
Go
38
6
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman
1951
Go
39
10
Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters
1952
Go
40
8
Maigret's Revolver
1952
Go
41
7.3
Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard
1953
Go
42
6
Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid
1953
Go
43
8
Maigret's Mistake
1953
Go
44
7
Maigret Goes to School
1954
Go
45
7
Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister
1954
Go
46
8
Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl
1954
Go
47
6
Maigret and the Headless Corpse
1955
Go
48
8
Maigret Sets a Trap
1955
Go
49
6
Maigret's Failure
1956
Go
50
Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret's Little Joke / None of Maigret's Business
1957
Go
51
6
Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires
1958
Go
52
8
Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret's Doubts
1958
Go
53
7.3
Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses
1959
Go
54
Maigret's Secret / Maigret Has Doubts
1959
Go
55
8
Maigret in Court
1960
Go
56
6
Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society
1960
Go
57
Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar
1961
Go
58
7
Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse
1962
Go
59
8
Maigret and the Saturday Caller
1962
Go
60
Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum
1963
Go
61
7.5
Maigret's Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Anger
1963
Go
62
6
Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition
1964
Go
63
9
Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself
1964
Go
64
8
Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret's Patience
1965
Go
65
8
Maigret and the Nahour Case
1966
Go
66
Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret's Pickpocket
1967
Go
67
7.5
Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters
1968
Go
68
8
Maigret Hesitates
1968
Go
69
6
Maigret's Boyhood Friend / Maigret's Childhood Friend
1968
Go
70
8
Maigret and the Killer
1969
Go
71
8
Maigret and the Wine Merchant
1970
Go
72
8.3
Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret's Madwoman
1970
Go
73
Maigret and the Loner
1971
Go
74
8
Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea
1972
Go
75
8
Maigret and Monsieur Charles
1973
Go

List of Inspector Maigret Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Inspector Maigret solves baffling cases in Paris, the provinces, and during holidays.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories
1945
Go
2
6
Maigret et les petit cochons sans queue
1950
Go
3
8
Maigret's Christmas
1976
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Blue Room, The Widow, and The Man Who Watched Trains Go By.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Girl with a Squint
1931
Go
2
The Engagement
1933
Go
3
Tropic Moon
1933
Go
4
The Window Over the Way
1933
Go
5
The Man from London
1934
Go
6
The Lodger
1934
Go
7
The Long Exile
1935
Go
8
Donadieu's Will
1936
Go
9
10
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1938
Go
10
Girl In Waiting
1938
Go
11
Three Crimes
1938
Go
12
The Strangers in the House
1940
Go
13
8
The Widow
1942
Go
14
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1942
Go
15
Across the Street
1942
Go
16
The Suspect
1944
Go
17
4
Monsieur Monde Vanishes
1945
Go
18
6
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
1946
Go
19
Act of Passion
1946
Go
20
The Mahé Circle
1946
Go
21
Death of a Nobody
1947
Go
22
Pedigree
1948
Go
23
9
The Snow Was Dirty
1948
Go
24
Magnet of Doom
1948
Go
25
The Bottom Of The Bottle
1949
Go
26
Four Days in a Lifetime
1949
Go
27
The Pitards
1949
Go
28
Strange Inheritance
1950
Go
29
The Heart of a Man
1950
Go
30
A New Lease On Life
1951
Go
31
The Burgomaster of Furnes
1952
Go
32
Escape in Vain
1952
Go
33
Havoc by Accident
1952
Go
34
On the danger line
1952
Go
35
Belle
1952
Go
36
In Two Latitudes
1952
Go
37
The Trial of Bebe Donge
1952
Go
38
Dirty Snow
1953
Go
39
Red Lights
1953
Go
40
The Iron Staircase
1953
Go
41
The Watchmaker of Everton
1954
Go
42
The Clockmaker
1954
Go
43
Big Bob
1954
Go
44
The Accomplices
1955
Go
45
The Rules of the Game
1955
Go
46
The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet
1955
Go
47
The Fugitive
1955
Go
48
A Sense of Guilt
1955
Go
49
The Little Man From Archangel
1956
Go
50
The Stowaway
1957
Go
51
8
Sunday
1958
Go
52
The President
1958
Go
53
The Son
1958
Go
54
8
The Widower
1959
Go
55
The Grandmother
1959
Go
56
The Negro
1959
Go
57
Young Cardinaud
1959
Go
58
8
The Blue Room
1960
Go
59
Betty
1960
Go
60
Justice
1960
Go
61
The Family Lie
1960
Go
62
6
The Train
1961
Go
63
Striptease
1961
Go
64
Poisoned Relations
1961
Go
65
The hatter's ghosts
1961
Go
66
The Door
1962
Go
67
The House on Quai Notre Dame
1962
Go
68
The Others
1962
Go
69
The Bells of Bicetre
1963
Go
70
The Magician
1963
Go
71
4
Inquest on Bouvet
1963
Go
72
The Man With the Little Dog
1964
Go
73
The Venice Train
1965
Go
74
The Survivors
1965
Go
75
Black Rain
1965
Go
76
Ticket of Leave
1965
Go
77
The Cat
1966
Go
78
The Old Man Dies
1966
Go
79
The Mouse
1966
Go
80
Fate of the Malous
1966
Go
81
The Little Saint
1967
Go
82
The Brothers Rico
1967
Go
83
The Reckoning
1967
Go
84
The neighbours
1968
Go
85
The Prison
1968
Go
86
The Premier
1968
Go
87
The confessional.
1968
Go
88
The Patient
1968
Go
89
The Witnesses
1968
Go
90
Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in
1969
Go
91
Uncle Charles
1969
Go
92
November
1970
Go
93
The Rich Man
1970
Go
94
Enigmas
1970
Go
95
The Glass Cage
1971
Go
96
The Innocents
1972
Go
97
The Disappearance Of Odile
1972
Go
98
8
The Girl in His Past / Le temps d'Anaïs
1976
Go
99
The Nightclub
1977
Go
100
The White Horse Inn
1979
Go
101
The Little Doctor
1981
Go
102
The Outlaw
1987
Go
103
The Murderer
2013
Go
104
The Hand
2016
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are When I Was Old, Simenon's Paris, and Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo's Book.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Simenon's Paris
1970
Go
2
When I Was Old
1971
Go
3
Letter to My Mother
1976
Go
4
Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo's Book
1981
Go

List of Inspector Maigret Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Commissaire Maigret solves murders in Parisian bars and hotels by observing humanity and waiting for a key, significant fact.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
L'Étoile du Nord
1938
Go

List of Georges Simenon Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews
1957
Go
2
Nine Detective Stories
1964
Go
3
City Sleuths and Tough Guys
1989
Go
4
Murder Intercontinental
1996
Go
5
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories
2000
Go
6
Murder Most Merry
2002
Go
7
Murder On The Railways
2003
Go
8
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction
2004
Go
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Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon was born on February 13th, 1903. Georges passed away September 4th, 1989 at 86 years old. Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium.

Georges Simenon is known for writing in the Mystery, Literary Fiction, and Crime Fiction genres.

Georges Simenon had written 104 standalone novels, starting with The Girl with a Squint in 1931. The most recently released novel was The Hand, which was released in 2016.

Georges Simenon also wrote the Inspector Maigret series which has 75 books including Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian and Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence'.

Georges Simenon: Awards & Accolades

Georges Simenon won the Edgar Award, Grand Master, in 1966.

Georges Simenon: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian: Telerama: The 100 Best Thrillers Selection in 2024.
  • Maigret and the Headless Corpse: The Sunday Times: The 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945 Selection in 2019.

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  3. Tony Hillerman, author of the Leaphorn & Chee Series.
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  6. Karin Smirnoff, author of the Millennium Series.
  7. Katrine Engberg, author of the Kørner/Werner Series.
  8. Ed McBain, author of the 87th Precinct Series.
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  10. Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent Series.

Georges Simenon: F.A.Q

When was Georges Simenon Born?

Georges Simenon was born on February 13th, 1903.

When did Georges Simenon die?

Georges Simenon died on September 4th, 1989 at 86 years old.

Where was Georges Simenon Born?

Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium.

What awards has Georges Simenon won?

Georges Simenon has won the following awards: Grand Master at the Edgar Award (1966).

What was the first book Georges Simenon wrote?

The first book written by Georges Simenon was Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian, published in 1931.

What was the most recent book Georges Simenon wrote?

His most recently released work was The Hand on October 6th, 2016.

What is the most popular book by Georges Simenon?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Georges Simenon book is Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian (6.00)
  2. Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence' (7.00)
  3. The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets (6.80)
  4. A Battle of Nerves / A Man's Head / Maigret's War of Nerves (8.25)
  5. Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar (7.00)

What genres does Georges Simenon Write?

Georges Simenon primarily writes in the Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Mystery genres. His work includes sub-genres such as Police Procedural Mystery, Police Procedural Crime Fiction, and Detective Mystery.

How many books has Georges Simenon written?

Georges Simenon has written 187 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 75 books in the Inspector Maigret Series, 3 Inspector Maigret Short Story Collections, 104 Standalone Novels, 4 Non-Fiction Books, 1 Short Story/Novella.

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