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The prolific Belgian-born writer Georges Simenon produced hundreds of fictional works under his own name and 17 pseudonyms, in addition to more than 70 books about Inspector Maigret, long "the favorite sleuth of highbrow detective-story readers" (SR). More than 50 "Simenons" have been made into films. In addition to his mystery stories, he wrote what he called "hard" books, the serious psychological novels numbering well over 100. The autobiographical Pedigree, set in his native town of Liege, is perhaps his finest work. The publication of Simenon's intimate memoirs also attracted considerable attention. Simenon himself once said that he would never write a "great novel." Yet Gide called him "a great novelist, perhaps the greatest and truest novelist we have in French literature today," and Thornton Wilder (see Vol. 1) found that Simenon's narrative gift extends "to the tips of his fingers." The following are some of Simenon's novels, exclusive of the Maigret detective stories, that are in print. (Bowker Author Biography) Georges Simenon was born on February 13, 1903 in Liege, Belgium. He wrote more than 200 fiction works under 16 different pseudonyms. His first book, The Case of Peter the Lent led to 80 more of the like including the main character, Inspector Maigret. He published over 400 books that were translated into 50 different languages and sold by the millions. He also wrote psychological novels, including The Man Who Watched the Train Go By. He died on September 4, 1989 in Lausanne. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Pietr the Latvian… (more)
Pietr the Latvian 1,108 copies, 54 reviews
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By 1,078 copies, 30 reviews
The Yellow Dog 996 copies, 28 reviews
Dirty Snow 913 copies, 28 reviews
The Crime at Lock 14 701 copies, 29 reviews
The Saint-Fiacre Affair 668 copies, 21 reviews
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien 660 copies, 27 reviews
The Late Monsieur Gallet 605 copies, 27 reviews
A Man's Head 601 copies, 24 reviews
The Bar on the Seine 564 copies, 26 reviews
My Friend Maigret 552 copies, 13 reviews
Madame Maigret's Friend 547 copies, 15 reviews
Night at the Crossroads 545 copies, 25 reviews
Three Beds in Manhattan 539 copies, 13 reviews
Maigret Sets a Trap 519 copies, 11 reviews
A Crime in Holland 516 copies, 24 reviews
Maigret and the Bum 473 copies, 13 reviews
Maigret's First Case 464 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret and the Hotel Majestic 460 copies, 19 reviews
Maigret and the Ghost 453 copies, 8 reviews
The Misty Harbour 440 copies, 21 reviews
The Shadow Puppet 439 copies, 15 reviews
The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin 437 copies, 17 reviews
Maigret in Montmartre 433 copies, 16 reviews
The Blue Room 430 copies, 16 reviews
Maigret and the Wine Merchant 426 copies, 11 reviews
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife 421 copies, 16 reviews
The Engagement 419 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret and The Killer 416 copies, 9 reviews
The Grand Banks Café 415 copies, 18 reviews
The Madman of Bergerac 413 copies, 15 reviews
Maigret Loses his Temper 410 copies, 10 reviews
Maigret and the Madwoman 407 copies, 9 reviews
The Strangers in the House 405 copies, 15 reviews
Maigret and the Headless Corpse 393 copies, 10 reviews
Maigret and the Old Lady 383 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret in New York 381 copies, 17 reviews
Cécile is Dead 381 copies, 10 reviews
Red Lights 379 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret and the Minister 379 copies, 8 reviews
Maigret's Memoirs 372 copies, 12 reviews
Act of Passion 370 copies, 13 reviews
Maigret in Vichy 368 copies, 9 reviews
Liberty Bar 367 copies, 14 reviews
Maigret's Dead Man 365 copies, 13 reviews
Maigret's Boyhood Friend 362 copies, 8 reviews
Maigret on Holiday 362 copies, 17 reviews
Maigret's Revolver 359 copies, 12 reviews
The Flemish House 359 copies, 16 reviews
Maigret in Court 357 copies, 9 reviews
The Train 355 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret Goes to School 353 copies, 13 reviews
Maigret and the Black Sheep 353 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret and the Lazy Burglar 349 copies, 13 reviews
Maigret Hesitates 348 copies, 7 reviews
Maigret's Mistake 341 copies, 5 reviews
The Judge's House 337 copies, 11 reviews
Maigret's Rival 336 copies, 14 reviews
Signed, Picpus 334 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret Takes a Room 333 copies, 8 reviews
Maigret Afraid 332 copies, 7 reviews
The Patience of Maigret 332 copies, 11 reviews
Maigret and the Saturday Caller 328 copies, 9 reviews
Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters 328 copies, 8 reviews
The Widow 326 copies, 4 reviews
Monsieur Monde Vanishes 325 copies, 8 reviews
Maigret and the Dead Girl 324 copies, 8 reviews
Maigret 324 copies, 15 reviews
Maigret's Little Joke 321 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret's Christmas 320 copies, 10 reviews
Félicie 319 copies, 12 reviews
Maigret Has Scruples 310 copies, 14 reviews
Maigret and the Coroner 293 copies, 9 reviews
Maigret In Society 288 copies, 13 reviews
Maigret and the Nahour Case 282 copies, 6 reviews
Tropic Moon 281 copies, 6 reviews
Maigret Travels 279 copies, 9 reviews
Maigret's Pickpocket 272 copies, 7 reviews
Maigret on the Defensive 267 copies, 8 reviews
Maigret's Failure 265 copies, 6 reviews
The Lock at Charenton 258 copies, 13 reviews
Maigret and the Loner 254 copies, 8 reviews
Maigret and the Informer 242 copies, 7 reviews
The Hatter's Ghosts 241 copies, 4 reviews
Maigret and Monsieur Charles 231 copies, 9 reviews
The Little Man from Archangel 223 copies, 12 reviews
The Patient 220 copies, 7 reviews
The Cat 220 copies, 7 reviews
Pedigree 218 copies, 6 reviews
Maigret Has Doubts 203 copies, 5 reviews
The Premier 201 copies, 9 reviews
The Window Over the Way 169 copies, 5 reviews
The Burgomaster of Furnes 168 copies, 4 reviews
Newhaven-Dieppe 166 copies, 6 reviews
In Case of Emergency 164 copies, 5 reviews
The Watchmaker of Everton 159 copies, 7 reviews
The Murderer 154 copies, 1 review
The Trial of Bébé Donge 151 copies, 5 reviews
Betty 148 copies, 4 reviews
Maigret Gets Angry 146 copies, 6 reviews
The Little Saint 143 copies, 12 reviews
The Brothers Rico 142 copies, 6 reviews
The Mahé Circle 136 copies, 5 reviews
The House by the Canal 127 copies, 5 reviews
The Shadow Falls 125 copies, 3 reviews
Intimate Memoirs 123 copies, 2 reviews
Belle 121 copies, 7 reviews
Maigret's Pipe [Short story] 119 copies, 4 reviews
Letter to my Mother 118 copies, 2 reviews
The Pitards 116 copies, 3 reviews
Sunday 115 copies, 6 reviews
Striptease 115 copies, 4 reviews
The Breton Sisters 110 copies, 5 reviews
The Venice Train 108 copies, 6 reviews
Magnet of Doom 107 copies, 4 reviews
Strange Inheritance 99 copies, 1 review
The Iron Staircase 96 copies, 1 review
Across the Street 96 copies, 4 reviews
The Girl with a Squint 95 copies, 4 reviews
The Accomplices 94 copies, 4 reviews
The Long Exile 90 copies, 5 reviews
Poisoned Relations 88 copies, 1 review
Chez Krull 86 copies, 4 reviews
Inquest on Bouvet 85 copies, 3 reviews
When I Was Old 84 copies
The Heart of a Man 82 copies, 3 reviews
Black Rain 80 copies, 1 review
Justice 78 copies, 3 reviews
The Man with the Little Dog 76 copies, 2 reviews
The Man on the Bench in the Barn 76 copies, 10 reviews
Touriste de bananes 76 copies, 2 reviews
The Door 76 copies, 1 review
The Widower 75 copies, 4 reviews
Maigret Travels South 71 copies, 1 review
La Marie du port 70 copies, 4 reviews
The Mouse 69 copies, 3 reviews
The Lodger 67 copies, 4 reviews
The Bottom of the Bottle 67 copies, 1 review
Il passeggero del Polarlys 67 copies, 3 reviews
Blind Alley 65 copies, 2 reviews
Maigret Has Doubts 64 copies, 1 review
November 63 copies, 3 reviews
The Fate of the Malous 63 copies, 3 reviews
The Glass Cage 63 copies, 3 reviews
The Suspect 62 copies, 3 reviews
The Disappearance of Odile 62 copies, 2 reviews
The Night-Club 62 copies, 2 reviews
Aunt Jeanne 62 copies, 3 reviews
Teddy Bear 61 copies, 3 reviews
Ceux de la soif 61 copies, 1 review
The Rules of the Game 60 copies, 4 reviews
The Old Man Dies 54 copies, 4 reviews
Account Unsettled 54 copies, 2 reviews
The Girl in His Past 53 copies, 3 reviews
Le relais d'Alsace 50 copies, 3 reviews
Five times Maigret 50 copies, 3 reviews
The Magician 50 copies, 1 review
Big Bob 50 copies, 1 review
45 degrés à l'ombre 48 copies, 3 reviews
The Little Doctor 48 copies, 1 review
Faubourg 48 copies, 2 reviews
The Negro 48 copies, 1 review
A New Lease of Life 47 copies, 3 reviews
Four Days in a Lifetime 46 copies, 3 reviews
Le coup de vague 46 copies, 1 review
Quartier nègre 46 copies, 4 reviews
La jument perdue 45 copies, 5 reviews
Three Crimes 45 copies
Les clients d'Avrenos 44 copies, 3 reviews
The Others 44 copies, 1 review
The Woman of the Grey House 44 copies, 4 reviews
The Family Lie 43 copies, 3 reviews
The Innocents 42 copies, 2 reviews
The 13 Culprits 42 copies, 4 reviews
The Witnesses 42 copies, 2 reviews
Uncle Charles 42 copies, 4 reviews
Un Nouveau dans la ville 42 copies, 2 reviews
The Prison 41 copies, 2 reviews
The Reckoning 41 copies, 2 reviews
The Rich Man 40 copies, 1 review
Young Cardinaud 39 copies, 1 review
The Neighbours 37 copies, 3 reviews
The Outlaw 35 copies
The Stowaway 34 copies, 2 reviews
Il y a encore des noisetiers 34 copies, 3 reviews
The White Horse Inn 34 copies, 1 review
Selected Works 33 copies
Le Blanc à lunettes 33 copies, 2 reviews
The Confessional 33 copies, 2 reviews
The Delivery 31 copies
The Son 31 copies, 2 reviews
Tout Maigret 3 30 copies
Les suicidés 28 copies, 2 reviews
Rue Pigalle e altri racconti 28 copies, 2 reviews
The Grandmother 28 copies, 1 review
L'évadé 28 copies, 1 review
Les 13 mystères 28 copies, 1 review
Maigret Among the Rich 27 copies, 2 reviews
Au bout du rouleau 26 copies, 1 review
Simenon's Paris 23 copies
Enigmes 22 copies
De oude dame 22 copies, 2 reviews
Le passage de la ligne 22 copies, 1 review
Maigret's Pipe 22 copies, 1 review
La folle d'Itteville 22 copies, 1 review
Le rapport du gendarme 21 copies, 3 reviews
Les 13 Enigmes 20 copies, 1 review
L'énigme de la Marie-Galante 20 copies, 2 reviews
Maigret : kootut kertomukset 15 copies, 1 review
Maigret Set Two 14 copies, 1 review
Tout Simenon 6 14 copies
3x Maigret 13 copies, 1 review
The Man on the Eiffel Tower [1949 film] (Original book) 12 copies, 1 review
The Ostenders 12 copies, 1 review
Menaces de mort [Short Story] 10 copies, 1 review
Tout Simenon 17 10 copies
La rue aux trois poussins 10 copies, 1 review
L'uomo nudo e altri racconti 9 copies, 1 review
Europa 33 9 copies
Maigret vender tilbage 9 copies, 1 review
Los postigos verdes 8 copies, 1 review
Pedigree et autres romans 8 copies, 1 review
Maigret Omnibus 3 6 copies, 1 review
VIOLENT ENDS 6 copies
The Unlikely M. Owen 5 copies, 1 review
片道切符 5 copies
The Sacrifice 5 copies
Romanzi 5 copies
Due giorni per Maigret 5 copies, 1 review
Ceux du Grand-Café 5 copies, 1 review
Caro maestro, caro Simenon 4 copies, 1 review
Night at the Crossroads [1932 film] (Screenwriter) 4 copies, 1 review
Vente à la bougie 4 copies, 1 review
Danger Ahead 3 copies
Maigret omnibus 2 3 copies, 1 review
The Magician and the Widow 3 copies, 1 review
13の秘密 3 copies
Maigrets mesterstykker 3 copies, 1 review
La anciana 2 copies
4 x Maigret 2 copies
Maigret Set 1 2 copies
Dva plus pět 2 copies
Slepi potnik 2 copies
Drei Frauen 2 copies
Chez Maigret 2 copies
The Baron of the Locks [1960 film] (Screenwriter) 2 copies, 1 review
Spominjam se 2 copies
G.7 2 copies
A prisão 1 copy
Oeuvres 1 copy
Romāni 1 copy
PEDIGREE. 1 copy
Mordet ved grænsen 1 copy, 1 review
Drama i Holland 1 copy, 1 review
Banana Tourist 1 copy, 1 review
Lock No. 1 1 copy
Felicie 1 copy
La vieille 1 copy
Fotografie di viaggio 1 copy, 1 review
Le gros lot [Nouvelle] 1 copy, 1 review
Murder 1 copy
Les Tmoins 1 copy
Redhead 1 copy
2 Simenon 1 copy
Maigret 1 1 copy
Obras I 1 copy
Obras II 1 copy
Obras III 1 copy
OBRAS COMPLETAS (X) 1 copy, 1 review
A Treasury of Great Mysteries (Volumes 1 & 2) (Contributor) 260 copies, 3 reviews
A Century of Great Suspense Stories (Author) 151 copies, 2 reviews
Simenon et Maigret passent à table (Foreword, some editions) 90 copies, 1 review
Police Procedurals (Contributor) 90 copies, 1 review
Murder for Christmas, Vol. 2 (Contributor) 83 copies
The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories (Contributor) 79 copies, 1 review
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (Contributor) 69 copies, 1 review
The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus (Contributor) 53 copies
65 Great Murder Mysteries (Contributor) 41 copies
Murder on the Railways (Contributor) 39 copies, 2 reviews
Midnight Specials (Contributor) 33 copies
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (Contributor) 33 copies
Great Law and Order Stories (Contributor) 29 copies
Murder Intercontinental (Contributor) 27 copies
101 Mystery Stories (Contributor) 26 copies
Great detective stories (Contributor) 19 copies
Great French detective stories (Contributor) 14 copies
The Bedside Lilliput (Contributor) 11 copies
The Man from London [2007 film] (Novel) 10 copies, 1 review
Crime Without Murder (Contributor) 6 copies
Le Chat [1971 film] (Original book) 6 copies
Verdens største detektiver II (Contributor) 5 copies
De glæder med gys : Poe-Klubben skriver (Author, some editions) 5 copies, 1 review
Verdens største detektiver I (Contributor) 4 copies
The Do-It-Yourself Bestseller: A Workbook (Contributor, some editions) 4 copies
For Love or Money (Contributor) 4 copies
Maigret: The Complete First Set (Original books) 4 copies
Great Stories of Detection (Contributor) 2 copies
Argosy: December 1964 (Contributor) 1 copy
Club del Misterio, volum 9 (Contributor) 1 copy
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier (Contributor) 1 copy
Mystery and Suspense (Contributor) 1 copy

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Georges Simenon was born at Liege in Belgium in 1903. At sixteen he began work as a journalist on the Gazette de Liege. He has published 158 books, many of them psychological novels and others in the Inspector Maigret series, and his work has been admired by almost all the leading French and English critics. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages and forty-four of them have been filmed; his psychological novels have had a great influence on the French cinema. He has travelled all over the world, and at one time lived on a cutter making long journeys of exploration round the coasts of Northern Europe. He is married and has three children. His recreations are riding, fishing, and golf. Taken from 1959 Penguin book jacket of My Friend Maigret.
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