About Georges Simenon
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.
Series
Inspector Maigret
The Crime of Inspector Maigret (1932)
aka Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets
The Death of Monsieur Gallet (1932)
aka Maigret Stonewalled
The Crossroads Murders (1933)
Inspector Maigret Investigates (omnibus) (1933)
Introducing Inspector Maigret (omnibus) (1933)
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (1933)
aka The Strange Case of Peter the Lett
The Crime at Lock 14 (1934)
aka Maigret Meets a Milord
The Shadow in the Courtyard (1934)
Triumph of Inspector Maigret (omnibus) (1934)
A Battle of Nerves (1939)
aka Maigret's War of Nerves
A Face for a Clue (1939)
The Patience of Maigret (omnibus) (1939)
The Flemish Shop (1940)
The Guinguette by the Seine (1940)
Liberty Bar (1940)
The Madman of Bergerac (1940)
Maigret Abroad (omnibus) (1940)
Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1940)
aka At the Gai-Moulin
Maigret in Holland (1940)
aka A Crime in Holland
Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous (omnibus) (1940)
Maigret to the Rescue (omnibus) (1940)
Maigret Travels South (omnibus) (1940)
The Sailor's Rendezvous (1940)
The Saint-Fiacre Affair (1940)
The Lock at Charenton (1941)
Maigret and Monsieur Labbe (1941)
Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master (1941)
Maigret Returns (1941)
Maigret Sits It Out (omnibus) (1941)
A Battle of Nerves / At the 'Gai Moulin' (omnibus) (1950)
Maigret on Holiday (omnibus) (1950)
A Summer Holiday (1950)
To Any Lengths (1950)
Maigret's Christmas (omnibus) (1951)
Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper (1954)
Maigret and the Mad Killers (1954)
Maigret in Montmartre (1954)
aka Maigret and the Strangled Stripper
Maigret Right and Wrong: Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret's mistake (omnibus) (1954)
Maigret's Mistake (1954)
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1955)
Maigret and the Dead Girl (1955)
Maigret and the Young Girl (1955)
Maigret in New York's underworld (1955)
Inspector Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1956)
Maigret's Revolver (1956)
Maigret Goes to School (1957)
Maigret's Little Joke (1957)
aka None of Maigret's Business
My Friend Maigret (1957)
aka The Methods of Maigret
Madame Maigret's Own Case (1958)
aka Madame Maigret's Friend
Maigret and the Old Lady (1958)
Maigret's First Case (1958)
Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959)
Maigret Has Scruples (1959)
The Short Cases of Inspector Maigret (1959)
Maigret Takes a Room (1960)
Versus Inspector Maigret (omnibus) (1960)
Maigret Afraid (1961)
Maigret in Court (1961)
Maigret in Society (1962)
A Maigret Omnibus (omnibus) (1962)
Maigret's Failure (1962)
Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1963)
Maigret at the Crossroads (1963)
Maigret's Memoirs (1963)
Five Times Maigret (omnibus) (1964)
Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1964)
Maigret Mystified (1964)
Maigret's Special Murder (1964)
The Second Maigret Omnibus (omnibus) (1964)
Maigret Loses His Temper (1965)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1965)
Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1966)
Maigret on the Defensive (1966)
Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1967)
Maigret and the Nahour Case (1967)
Maigret Goes Home (1967)
Maigret's Pickpocket (1967)
Maigret Has Doubts (1968)
Maigret Hesitates (1968)
Maigret in Vichy (1968)
aka Maigret Takes the Waters
Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1968)
Maigret and the Calame Report (1969)
aka Maigret and the Minister
Maigret and the Killer (1969)
Maigret Triumphant (1969)
Maigret and the Madwoman (1970)
Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970)
Maigret and the Flea (1971)
aka Maigret and the Informer
Maigret and the Loner (1971)
Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1972)
A Maigret Quartet (omnibus) (1972)
Maigret and the Bum (1973)
aka Maigret and the Dosser
A Maigret Trio: Maigret's failure / Maigret in Society / Maigret and the lazy burglar (omnibus) (1973)
Maigret and the Gangsters (1974)
Maigret and the Millionaires (1974)
Maigret and the Man on the Bench (1975)
aka Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard
Maigret and the Apparition (1976)
aka Maigret and the Ghost
Maigret and the Black Sheep (1976)
Maigret and the Spinster (1977)
Maigret's Pipe (1977)
Maigret Among the Rich (1978)
Maigret and the Toy Village (1978)
Maigret in Exile (1978)
Maigret in Retirement (1978)
Maigret in New York (1979)
Maigret's Rival (1979)
Maigret at the Coroner's (1980)
Maigret and the Pickpocket (1985)
Maigret Bides His Time (1985)
Four On Maigret: Mr. Monday / Maigret's Pipe / Maigret's Mistake / The Drowned Men's Inn (omnibus) (1986)
The Yellow Dog (1987)
Maigret on the Riviera (1988)
Maigret and the Fortune Teller (1989)
Maigret and the Flemish Shop (1990)
Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine (1990)
Inspector Maigret's Case Files Murder: Murder a LA Carte (omnibus) (1992)
Maigret on Home Ground (1992)
Maigret (1998)
The Bar on the Seine (2003)
The Friend of Madame Maigret (2003)
The Hotel Majestic (2003)
Inspector Cadaver (2003)
The Maigret Collection: Radio Dramatization (2003)
Maigret and the Idle Burglar (2004)
The Crime of Inspector Maigret (1932)
aka Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets
The Death of Monsieur Gallet (1932)
aka Maigret Stonewalled
The Crossroads Murders (1933)
Inspector Maigret Investigates (omnibus) (1933)
Introducing Inspector Maigret (omnibus) (1933)
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (1933)
aka The Strange Case of Peter the Lett
The Crime at Lock 14 (1934)
aka Maigret Meets a Milord
The Shadow in the Courtyard (1934)
Triumph of Inspector Maigret (omnibus) (1934)
A Battle of Nerves (1939)
aka Maigret's War of Nerves
A Face for a Clue (1939)
The Patience of Maigret (omnibus) (1939)
The Flemish Shop (1940)
The Guinguette by the Seine (1940)
Liberty Bar (1940)
The Madman of Bergerac (1940)
Maigret Abroad (omnibus) (1940)
Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1940)
aka At the Gai-Moulin
Maigret in Holland (1940)
aka A Crime in Holland
Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous (omnibus) (1940)
Maigret to the Rescue (omnibus) (1940)
Maigret Travels South (omnibus) (1940)
The Sailor's Rendezvous (1940)
The Saint-Fiacre Affair (1940)
The Lock at Charenton (1941)
Maigret and Monsieur Labbe (1941)
Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master (1941)
Maigret Returns (1941)
Maigret Sits It Out (omnibus) (1941)
A Battle of Nerves / At the 'Gai Moulin' (omnibus) (1950)
Maigret on Holiday (omnibus) (1950)
A Summer Holiday (1950)
To Any Lengths (1950)
Maigret's Christmas (omnibus) (1951)
Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper (1954)
Maigret and the Mad Killers (1954)
Maigret in Montmartre (1954)
aka Maigret and the Strangled Stripper
Maigret Right and Wrong: Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret's mistake (omnibus) (1954)
Maigret's Mistake (1954)
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1955)
Maigret and the Dead Girl (1955)
Maigret and the Young Girl (1955)
Maigret in New York's underworld (1955)
Inspector Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1956)
Maigret's Revolver (1956)
Maigret Goes to School (1957)
Maigret's Little Joke (1957)
aka None of Maigret's Business
My Friend Maigret (1957)
aka The Methods of Maigret
Madame Maigret's Own Case (1958)
aka Madame Maigret's Friend
Maigret and the Old Lady (1958)
Maigret's First Case (1958)
Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959)
Maigret Has Scruples (1959)
The Short Cases of Inspector Maigret (1959)
Maigret Takes a Room (1960)
Versus Inspector Maigret (omnibus) (1960)
Maigret Afraid (1961)
Maigret in Court (1961)
Maigret in Society (1962)
A Maigret Omnibus (omnibus) (1962)
Maigret's Failure (1962)
Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1963)
Maigret at the Crossroads (1963)
Maigret's Memoirs (1963)
Five Times Maigret (omnibus) (1964)
Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1964)
Maigret Mystified (1964)
Maigret's Special Murder (1964)
The Second Maigret Omnibus (omnibus) (1964)
Maigret Loses His Temper (1965)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1965)
Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1966)
Maigret on the Defensive (1966)
Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1967)
Maigret and the Nahour Case (1967)
Maigret Goes Home (1967)
Maigret's Pickpocket (1967)
Maigret Has Doubts (1968)
Maigret Hesitates (1968)
Maigret in Vichy (1968)
aka Maigret Takes the Waters
Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1968)
Maigret and the Calame Report (1969)
aka Maigret and the Minister
Maigret and the Killer (1969)
Maigret Triumphant (1969)
Maigret and the Madwoman (1970)
Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970)
Maigret and the Flea (1971)
aka Maigret and the Informer
Maigret and the Loner (1971)
Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1972)
A Maigret Quartet (omnibus) (1972)
Maigret and the Bum (1973)
aka Maigret and the Dosser
A Maigret Trio: Maigret's failure / Maigret in Society / Maigret and the lazy burglar (omnibus) (1973)
Maigret and the Gangsters (1974)
Maigret and the Millionaires (1974)
Maigret and the Man on the Bench (1975)
aka Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard
Maigret and the Apparition (1976)
aka Maigret and the Ghost
Maigret and the Black Sheep (1976)
Maigret and the Spinster (1977)
Maigret's Pipe (1977)
Maigret Among the Rich (1978)
Maigret and the Toy Village (1978)
Maigret in Exile (1978)
Maigret in Retirement (1978)
Maigret in New York (1979)
Maigret's Rival (1979)
Maigret at the Coroner's (1980)
Maigret and the Pickpocket (1985)
Maigret Bides His Time (1985)
Four On Maigret: Mr. Monday / Maigret's Pipe / Maigret's Mistake / The Drowned Men's Inn (omnibus) (1986)
The Yellow Dog (1987)
Maigret on the Riviera (1988)
Maigret and the Fortune Teller (1989)
Maigret and the Flemish Shop (1990)
Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine (1990)
Inspector Maigret's Case Files Murder: Murder a LA Carte (omnibus) (1992)
Maigret on Home Ground (1992)
Maigret (1998)
The Bar on the Seine (2003)
The Friend of Madame Maigret (2003)
The Hotel Majestic (2003)
Inspector Cadaver (2003)
The Maigret Collection: Radio Dramatization (2003)
Maigret and the Idle Burglar (2004)
Novels
A Man's Head (1931)
Uncle Charles (1942)
The Breton Sisters (1943)
Blind Path (1946)
aka Blind Alley
Black Rain (1946)
Banana Tourist (1946)
Magnet of Doom (1948)
Chit of a Girl (1949)
The Survivors (1949)
Strange Inheritance (1950)
Poisoned relations (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)
Lost Moorings (1952)
On the Danger Line (1952)
The Trial of Bebe Donge (1952)
A Crime in Holland / A Face for a Clue (1952)
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by (1953)
The Stain on the Snow (1953)
Aunt Jeanne (1953)
Across the Street (1954)
The Bottom of the Bottle (1954)
Ticket of Leave (1954)
Belle (1954)
The Brothers Rico (1954)
Chez Krull (1955)
The Fugitive (1955)
aka Account Unsettled
A Sense of Guilt (1955)
Red Lights (1955)
aka The Hitchhiker
The Burial of M. Bouvet (1955)
The Stowaway (1957)
The Little Man from Archangel (1957)
The Heart of a Man (1958)
Inquest on Bouvet (1958)
The Son (1958)
The Witness (1958)
The Murderer (1958)
The Woman of the Grey House (1958)
The Negro (1959)
Young Cardinaud (1959)
Striptease (1959)
Sunday (1960)
The Hatter's Ghost (1960)
aka The Hatter's Phantoms
The Premier (1961)
The Widower (1961)
Fate of the Malous (1962)
Pedigree (1962)
New Lease of Life (1963)
The Iron Stair Case (1963)
The Patient (1963)
The Bells Of Bicetre (1964)
The Train (1964)
The Accomplices (1964)
The Door (1964)
Three Beds in Manhattan (1964)
The Blue Room (1965)
Man With the Little Dog (1965)
The Little Saint (1966)
The Mouse (1966)
Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1967)
Old Man Dies (1967)
The Confessional (1967)
The Witnesses (1968)
The Neighbours (1968)
Big Bob (1969)
The Prison (1969)
The Man on the Bench in the Barn (1970)
November (1970)
Teddy Bear (1971)
The Rich Man (1971)
The Disappearance of Odile (1972)
Window Over the Way (1972)
The Cat (1972)
The Glass Cage (1973)
The Innocents (1973)
The Magician (1974)
The Venice Train (1974)
The House on Quai Notre Dame (1975)
Betty (1975)
The Others (1975)
Watchmaker of Everton (1975)
Girl in His Past (1976)
The Clockmaker (1977)
Four Days in a Lifetime (1977)
The Family Lie (1978)
The Girl with a Squint (1978)
The Little Doctor (1978)
The Nightclub (1979)
Aboard the Aquitaine (1979)
The Country Doctor (1980)
aka The Delivery
The Grandmother (1980)
The White Horse Inn (1980)
The Lodger (1983)
The Long Exile (1983)
Intimate Memoirs (1984)
The Reckoning (1984)
The Couple from Poitiers (1985)
Justice (1985)
In Case of Emergency (1986)
The Outlaw (1986)
Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in (1987)
The Rules of the Game (1988)
Suspect (1991)
Donadieu's Will (1991)
The Truth about Bebe Donge (1992)
Death of a Nobody (1995)
The 13 Culprits (2002)
Dirty Snow (2003)
Uncle Charles (1942)
The Breton Sisters (1943)
Blind Path (1946)
aka Blind Alley
Black Rain (1946)
Banana Tourist (1946)
Magnet of Doom (1948)
Chit of a Girl (1949)
The Survivors (1949)
Strange Inheritance (1950)
Poisoned relations (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)
Lost Moorings (1952)
On the Danger Line (1952)
The Trial of Bebe Donge (1952)
A Crime in Holland / A Face for a Clue (1952)
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by (1953)
The Stain on the Snow (1953)
Aunt Jeanne (1953)
Across the Street (1954)
The Bottom of the Bottle (1954)
Ticket of Leave (1954)
Belle (1954)
The Brothers Rico (1954)
Chez Krull (1955)
The Fugitive (1955)
aka Account Unsettled
A Sense of Guilt (1955)
Red Lights (1955)
aka The Hitchhiker
The Burial of M. Bouvet (1955)
The Stowaway (1957)
The Little Man from Archangel (1957)
The Heart of a Man (1958)
Inquest on Bouvet (1958)
The Son (1958)
The Witness (1958)
The Murderer (1958)
The Woman of the Grey House (1958)
The Negro (1959)
Young Cardinaud (1959)
Striptease (1959)
Sunday (1960)
The Hatter's Ghost (1960)
aka The Hatter's Phantoms
The Premier (1961)
The Widower (1961)
Fate of the Malous (1962)
Pedigree (1962)
New Lease of Life (1963)
The Iron Stair Case (1963)
The Patient (1963)
The Bells Of Bicetre (1964)
The Train (1964)
The Accomplices (1964)
The Door (1964)
Three Beds in Manhattan (1964)
The Blue Room (1965)
Man With the Little Dog (1965)
The Little Saint (1966)
The Mouse (1966)
Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1967)
Old Man Dies (1967)
The Confessional (1967)
The Witnesses (1968)
The Neighbours (1968)
Big Bob (1969)
The Prison (1969)
The Man on the Bench in the Barn (1970)
November (1970)
Teddy Bear (1971)
The Rich Man (1971)
The Disappearance of Odile (1972)
Window Over the Way (1972)
The Cat (1972)
The Glass Cage (1973)
The Innocents (1973)
The Magician (1974)
The Venice Train (1974)
The House on Quai Notre Dame (1975)
Betty (1975)
The Others (1975)
Watchmaker of Everton (1975)
Girl in His Past (1976)
The Clockmaker (1977)
Four Days in a Lifetime (1977)
The Family Lie (1978)
The Girl with a Squint (1978)
The Little Doctor (1978)
The Nightclub (1979)
Aboard the Aquitaine (1979)
The Country Doctor (1980)
aka The Delivery
The Grandmother (1980)
The White Horse Inn (1980)
The Lodger (1983)
The Long Exile (1983)
Intimate Memoirs (1984)
The Reckoning (1984)
The Couple from Poitiers (1985)
Justice (1985)
In Case of Emergency (1986)
The Outlaw (1986)
Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in (1987)
The Rules of the Game (1988)
Suspect (1991)
Donadieu's Will (1991)
The Truth about Bebe Donge (1992)
Death of a Nobody (1995)
The 13 Culprits (2002)
Dirty Snow (2003)
Omnibus
Affairs of Destiny (1942)
The Window Over the Way / The Gendarme's Report! (1951)
The Man from Everywhere / Newhaven-Dieppe (1952)
The House By the Canal / The Ostenders! (1952)
Violent Ends (1954)
Danger Ahead (1955)
The Judge and the Hatter (1956)
The Sacrifice (1956)
Girl in Waiting / Justice (1957)
Simenon Omnibus (1965)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 3 (1971)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 4 (1971)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 2 (1971)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 5 (1972)
Maigret and the Informer / The Silent Witness (1973) (with George Harmon Coxe)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 7 (1974)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 8 (1975)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 9 (1976)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 10 (1976)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 12 (1977)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 11 (1977)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 13 (1978)
African Trio (1979)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 14 (1979)
The Watchmaker / The Iron Staircase (1979)
Maigret and the GhostX (1982)
Maigret TV Omnibus (1992)
Murder (1996)
The Window Over the Way / The Gendarme's Report! (1951)
The Man from Everywhere / Newhaven-Dieppe (1952)
The House By the Canal / The Ostenders! (1952)
Violent Ends (1954)
Danger Ahead (1955)
The Judge and the Hatter (1956)
The Sacrifice (1956)
Girl in Waiting / Justice (1957)
Simenon Omnibus (1965)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 3 (1971)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 4 (1971)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 2 (1971)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 5 (1972)
Maigret and the Informer / The Silent Witness (1973) (with George Harmon Coxe)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 7 (1974)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 8 (1975)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 9 (1976)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 10 (1976)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 12 (1977)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 11 (1977)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 13 (1978)
African Trio (1979)
Simenon Omnibus: No. 14 (1979)
The Watchmaker / The Iron Staircase (1979)
Maigret and the GhostX (1982)
Maigret TV Omnibus (1992)
Murder (1996)
Collections
Non fiction
Books about Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon: A Checklist (1977) by Unknown
The Mystery of Georges Simenon: A Biography (1983) by Fenton Bresler
Naked Man: Mystery of Georges Simenon (1984) by Fenton Bresler
The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: Portrait of Georges Simenon (1992) by Patrick Marnham
Simenon: A Biography (1997) by Pierre Assouline
Georges Simenon (2003) by David Carter
The Mystery of Georges Simenon: A Biography (1983) by Fenton Bresler
Naked Man: Mystery of Georges Simenon (1984) by Fenton Bresler
The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: Portrait of Georges Simenon (1992) by Patrick Marnham
Simenon: A Biography (1997) by Pierre Assouline
Georges Simenon (2003) by David Carter
Georges Simenon recommends
Cul-de-sac (1984) John Wainwright "An unforgettable novel." |
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