Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium. After several jobs he became a journalist on the Gazette de Liège. In 1922, he moved to Paris where he wrote scores of books. In 1929, he created 'Chief Inspector Jules Maigret'. The fame of 'Maigret' spread fast and by the end of 1930, 'Maigret' had become a household word throughout Europe, and the books had been translated into eight languages. In the Forties, he moved to the U.S.A. and stayed there for ten years producing some twenty-six 'Maigrets'. In 1955, he returned to France, with his second wife and family. His production of novels slowed down considerably. In 1972 he decided to stop writing novels. |
Titles and year of publication:
'Maigret' Novels | |
1) The Crime of Inspector Maigret (Also published as: Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets [1963]) | 1932 (France 1931]) |
2) The Death of Monsieur Gallet (Also published as: Maigret Stonewalled [1963]) | 1932 (France 1931] |
3) The Strange case of Peter the Lett (Also published as: Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett [1963]) | 1933 (France 1931) |
4) The Crossroad Murders (Also published as: Maigret at the Crossroads [1963]) | 1933 (France 1931) |
5) The Crime at Lock 14 (Also published as: Maigret Meets a Milord [1963]) | 1934 (France 1931) |
6) The Shadow in the Courtyard (Also published as: Maigret Mystified [1964]) | 1934 (France 1932) |
7) A Battle of Nerves (Also published as: Maigret's War of Nerves [1986]) | 1939 (France 1931) |
8) A Face for a Clue (Also published as: Maigret and the Concarneau Murders [1980]; and as: Maigret and the Yellow Dog [1986]) | 1939 (France 1931) |
9) Liberty Bar (Also published as: Murder on the Riviera [1988]) | 1940 (France 1932) |
10) The Madman of Bergerac | 1940 (France 1932) |
11) A Crime in Holland (Also published as: Maigret in Holland [1980]) | 1940 (France 1931) |
12) At the Gai-Moulin (Also published as: Maigret at the Gai-Moulin [1991]) | 1940 (France 1931) |
13) The Flemish Shop (Also published as: Maigret and the Flemish Shop [1990]) | 1940 (France 1932) |
14) The Guinguette by the Seine | 1940 (France 1932) |
15) The Sailor's Rendez-Vous | 1940 (France 1931) |
16) The Saint Fiacre Affair (Also published as: Maigret Goes Home [1967]) | 1940 (France 1932) |
17) The Lock at Charenton | 1941 (France 1933) |
18) Maigret Returns | 1941 (France 1934) |
19) Death of a Harbourmaster (Also published as: Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master [1989]) | 1941 (France 1932) |
20) A Summer Holiday (US Title: No Vacation for Maigret [1953]) | 1950 (France 1948) |
21) To Any Lengths (US Title: Maigret and the Fortune Teller [1989]) (Also published as: Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine [1990]) | 1950 (France 1944) |
22) Maigret in Montmartre (US Title: Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper [1954]) | 1954 (France 1951) |
23) Maigret's Mistake | 1954 (France 1953) |
24) Inspector Maigret and the Killers (Also published as: Maigret and the Gangster [1974]) | 1954 (France 1952) |
25) Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (US Title: Inspector Maigret and the Burglar's Wife [1956]) | 1955 (France 1951) |
26) Maigret and the Dead Girl (Also published as: Inspector Maigret and the Dead Girl [1955]; and as: Maigret and the Young Girl [1964]) | 1955 (France 1954) |
27) Maigret's Revolver | 1956 (France 1952) |
28) Maigret in New York's Underworld (Also published as: Maigret in New York [1979], and as: Inspector Maigret in New York's Underworld [1956]) | 1956 (France 1947) |
29) The Methods of Maigret (Also published as: My Friend Maigret [1966]) | 1956 (France 1949) |
30) Maigret Goes to School | 1957 (France 1954) |
31) Maigret's Little Joke (US Title: None of Maigret's Business [1958]) | 1957 (France 1957) |
32) Maigret and the Old Lady | 1958 (France 1950) |
33) Maigret's First Case | 1958 (France 1949) |
34) Maigret Has Scruples | 1959 (France 1958) |
35) Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses | 1959 (France 1959) |
36) Madame Maigret's Friend (US Title: Madame Maigret's Own Case [1959]) | 1960 (France 1950) |
37) Maigret Takes a Room (US Title: Maigret Rents a Room [1961]) | 1960 (France 1951) |
38) Maigret in Court | 1961 (France 1960) |
39) Maigret Afraid | 1961 (France 1953) |
40) Maigret in Society | 1962 (France 1960) |
41) Maigret's Failure | 1962 (France 1956) |
42) Maigret's Memoirs | 1963 (France 1951) |
43) Maigret and the Lazy Burglar | 1963 (France 1961) |
44) Maigret's Special Murder (US Title: Maigret's Dead Man [1964]) | 1964 (France 1948) |
45) Maigret and the Saturday Caller | 1964 (France 1962) |
46) Maigret Loses His Temper | 1965 (France 1963) |
47) Maigret Sets a Trap | 1965 (France 1955) |
48) Maigret on the Defensive | 1966 (France 1964) |
49) The Patience of Maigret | 1966 (France 1965) |
50) Maigret and the Headless Corpse | 1967 (France 1955) |
51) Maigret and the Nahour Case | 1967 (France 1967) |
52) Maigret's Pickpocket | 1968 (France 1967) |
53) Maigret Has Doubts | 1968 (France 1959) |
54) Maigret Takes the Waters (US Title: Maigret in Vichy [1969]) | 1969 (France 1968) |
55) Maigret and the Minister (US Title: Maigret and the Calame Report [1969]) | 1969 (France 1955) |
56) Maigret Hesitates | 1970 (France 1968) |
57) Maigret's Boyhood Friend | 1970 (France 1968) |
58) Maigret and the Wine Merchant | 1971 (France 1970) |
59) Maigret and the Killer | 1971 (France 1969) |
60) Maigret and the Madwoman | 1972 (France 1970) |
61) Maigret and the Flea (US Title: Maigret and the Informer [1973]) | 1972 (France 1971) |
62) Maigret and Monsieur Charles | 1973 (France 1972) |
63) Maigret and the Dosser (US Title: Maigret and the Bum [1974]) | 1973 (France 1963) |
64) Maigret and the Millionaires | 1974 (France 1958) |
65) Maigret and the Loner | 1975 (France 1971) |
66) Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (US Title: Maigret and the Man on the Bench [1975]) | 1975 (France 1953) |
67) Maigret and the Black Sheep | 1976 (France 1962) |
68) Maigret and the Ghost (US Title: Maigret and the Apparition [1976]) | 1976 (France 1964) |
69) Maigret's Christmas (short stories) | 1976 (France NA) |
70) Maigret and the Spinster | 1977 (France 1942) |
71) Maigret's Pipe (short stories) | 1977 (France 1965) |
72) Maigret and the Hotel Majestic | 1977 (France 1942) |
73) Maigret in Exile | 1978 (France 1942) |
74) Maigret and the Toy Village | 1978 (France 1944) |
75) Maigret's Rival | 1979 (France 1944) |
76) Maigret and the Coroner (US Title: Maigret at the Coroner's [1980]) | 1980 (France 1949) |
'Maigret' Omnibus Editions | |
1) Introducing Inspector Maigret (Includes 'The Crime of Inspector Maigret' and 'The Death of Monsieur Gallet') | 1933 |
2) Inspector Maigret Investigates (Includes 'The Strange case of Peter the Lett' and 'The Crossroad Murders') | 1933 |
3) The Triumph of Inspector Maigret (Includes 'The Crime at Lock 14' and 'The Shadow on the Courtyard') | 1934 |
4) The Patience of Maigret (Includes 'A Battle of Nerves' and 'A Face for a Clue') | 1939 |
5) Maigret Travels South (Includes 'Liberty Bar' and 'The Madman of Bergerac') | 1940 |
6) Maigret Abroad (Includes 'A Crime in Holland' and 'At the Gai-Moulin') | 1940 |
7) Maigret to the Rescue (Includes 'The Flemish Shop' and 'The Guinguette by the Seine') | 1940 |
8) Maigret Keeps a Rendez-Vous (Includes 'The Sailor's Rendez-Vous' and 'The Saint Fiacre Affair') | 1940 |
9) Maigret Sits It Out (Includes 'The Lock at Charenton' and 'Maigret Returns') | 1941 |
10) Maigret and M. l'Abbé (Includes 'Death of a Harbourmaster' and 'The Man from Everywhere') | 1941 |
11) Maigret on Holiday (Includes 'A Summer Holiday' and 'To Any Lengths') | 1950 |
12) Maigret Right and Wrong (Includes 'Maigret in Montmartre' and 'Maigret's Mistake') | 1954 |
Other Novels | |
1) The Disintegration of J.P.G. | 1937 (France 1936) |
2) The Man from Everywhere | 1941 (France 1931) |
3) The Mystery of the "Polarlys" | 1942 (France 1932) |
4) Tropic Moon | 1942 (France 1933) |
5) The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By | 1942 (France 1938) |
6) The Lodger | 1943 (France 1934) |
7) One Way Out | 1943 (France 1934) |
8) Talatala | 1943 (France 1937) |
9) The Breton Sisters | 1943 (France 1936) |
10) Home Town | 1944 (France 1937) |
11) The Green Thermos (Also published as: The Suspect ]1991]) | 1944 (France 1938) |
12) The Shadow Falls (Also published as: Donadieu's Will [1991]) | 1945 (France 1937) |
13) Blind Path (US Title: Blind Alley [1946]) | 1946 (France 1938) |
14) Black Rain | 1946 (France 1941) |
15) Banana Tourist | 1946 (France 1938) |
16) Magnet of Doom (US Title: The First-Born [1947]) | 1948 (France 1945) |
17) Chit of a Girl (Also published as: Girl in Waiting [1957]) | 1949 (France 1938) |
18) The Survivors | 1949 (France 1938) |
19) Justice | 1949 (France 1941) |
20) Monsieur la Souris | 1950 (France 1938) |
21) Poisoned Relations | 1950 (France 1938) |
22) Strange Inheritance | 1950 (France 1941) |
23) Strangers in the House | 1951 (France 1940) |
24) Act of Passion | 1952 (France 1947) |
25) Newhaven-Dieppe | 1952 (France 1934) |
26) The Woman of the Grey House | 1952 (France 1933) |
27) The Burgomaster of Furnes | 1952 (France 1939) |
28) The Trial of Bebe Donge (US Title: I Take This Woman [1953]) (Also published as: The Truth About Bebe Donge [1992]) | 1952 (France 1942) |
29) Aunt Jeanne | 1953 (France 1951) |
30) The Stain on the Snow (US Title: The Snow Was Black [1950]) | 1953 (France 1948) |
31) Across the Street | 1954 (France 1945) |
32) The Bottom of the Bottle | 1954 (France 1949) |
33) Ticket of Leave (US Title: The Widow [1955]) | 1954 (France 1942) |
34) Belle | 1954 (France 1952) |
35) The Brothers Rico | 1954 (France 1952) |
36) Red Lights (US Title: The Hitchhiker [1955]) | 1955 (France 1953) |
37) The Burial of M Bouvet (Also published as: Inquest on Bouvet [1958]) | 1955 (France 1950) |
38) The Magician | 1955 (France 1953) |
39) Chez Krull | 1955 (France 1939) |
40) The Heart of a Man | 1955 (France 1950) |
41) The Witnesses | 1956 (France 1954) |
42) The Hatter's Ghosts (US Title: The Hatter's Phantoms [1976]) | 1956 (France 1945) |
43) Mr. Hire's Engagement | 1956 (France 1933) |
44) Young Cardinaud | 1956 (France 1942) |
45) The Little Man from Archangel | 1957 (France 1956) |
46) The Stowaway | 1957 (France 1947) |
47) In Case of Emergency | 1958 (France 1956) |
48) The Son | 1958 (France 1957) |
49) The Negro | 1959 (France 1957) |
50) Striptease | 1959 (France 1958) |
51) Sunday | 1960 (France 1959) |
52) The Premier | 1961 (France 1958) |
53) The Widower | 1961 (France 1959) |
54) Account Unsettled (US Title: The Fugitive [1955]) | 1962 (France 1954) |
55) The Fate of the Malous | 1962 (France 1947) |
56) Pedigree | 1962 (France 1948) |
57) The Iron Staircase | 1963 (France 1953) |
58) A New Lease of Life (US Title: A New Lease on Life [1963]) | 1963 (France 1951) |
59) The Patient (US Title: The Bells of Bicetre [1964]) | 1963 (France 1963) |
60) The Accomplices | 1964 (France 1955) |
61) The Door | 1964 (France 1962) |
62) Three Beds in Manhattan | 1964 (France 1946) |
63) The Train | 1964 (France 1961) |
64) The Blue Room | 1965 (France 1964) |
65) The Little Saint | 1965 (France 1965) |
66) The Man with the Little Dog | 1965 (France 1964) |
67) The Cat | 1967 (France 1967) |
68) The Confessional | 1967 (France 1966) |
69) Monsieur Monde Vanishes | 1967 (France 1945) |
70) The Old Man Dies | 1967 (France 1966) |
71) The Neighbours (US Title: The Move [1968]) | 1968 (France 1967) |
72) Big Bob | 1969 (France 1954) |
73) The Man on the Bench in the Barn | 1969 (France 1968) |
74) The Prison | 1969 (France 1968) |
75) November | 1970 (France 1969) |
76) The Rich Man | 1971 (France 1970) |
77) Teddy Bear | 1971 (France 1960) |
78) The Disappearance of Odile | 1972 (France 1971) |
79) The Glass Cage | 1973 (France 1971) |
80) The Innocents | 1973 (France 1972) |
81) The Venice Train | 1974 (France 1965) |
82) Betty | 1975 (France 1961) |
83) The Others (US Title: The House on Quai Notre Dame [1975]) | 1975 (France 1962) |
84) The Girl in His Past | 1976 (France 1951) |
85) Four Days in a Lifetime | 1977 (France 1949) |
86) The Family Lie | 1978 (France 1940) |
87) The Girl with a Squint | 1978 (France 1951) |
88) The Little Doctor (short stories) | 1978 (France 1943) |
89) Aboard the Aquitaine | 1979 (France 1936) |
90) The Night Club | 1979 (France 1933) |
91) The White Horse Inn | 1980 (France 1938) |
92) The Grandmother | 1980 (France 1939) |
93) The Country Doctor (US Title: The Delivery [1981]) | 1980 (France 1941) |
94) The Long Exile | 1982 (France 1936) |
95) The Reckoning | 1984 (France 1948) |
96) The Couple from Poitiers | 1985 (France 1960) |
97) The Outlaw | 1986 (France 1941) |
98) The Rules of the Game | 1988 (France 1955) |
99) Uncle Charles (US Title: Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself In [1987]) | 1988 (France 1942) |
Omnibus Editions | |
1) In Two Latitudes (Includes 'The Mystery of the "Polarlys" and 'Tropic Moon') | 1942 |
2) Escape in Vain (Includes 'The Lodger' and 'One Way Out') | 1943 |
3) Havoc by Accident (Includes 'Talatala' and 'The Breton Sisters') | 1943 |
4) On the Danger Line (Includes 'Home Town' and 'The Green Thermos') | 1944 |
5) Lost Moorings (Includes 'Blind Path' and 'Banana Tourist') | 1946 |
6) Chit of a Girl (Includes 'Chit of a Girl' and 'Justice') | 1949 |
7) Black Rain (Includes 'The Survivors' and 'Black Rain') | 1949 |
8) Poisoned Relations (Includes 'Monsieur la Souris' and 'Poisoned Relations') | 1950 |
9) Affairs of Destiny (Includes 'Newhaven-Dieppe' and 'The Woman of the Grey House') | 1952 |
10) Violent Ends (Includes 'Belle' and 'The Brothers Rico') | 1954 |
11) Destinations (Includes 'The Hitchhiker' and 'The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet') | 1955 |
12) A Sense of Guilt (Includes 'Chez Krull' and 'The Heart of a Man') | 1955 |
13) The Judge and the Hatter (Includes 'The Witnesses' and 'The Hatter's Ghosts') | 1956 |
14) Sacrifice (Includes 'Mr. Hire's Engagement' and 'Young Cardinaud') | 1956 |
15) African Trio (Includes 'Aboard the Aquitaine', 'Talatala', and 'Tropic Moon') | 1979 |
16) The White Horse Inn (Includes 'The White Horse Inn', 'The Grandmother' and 'The Country Doctor') | 1980 |