Inspector Maigret Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian | 1931 | Buy |
| Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of ‘La Providence’ | 1931 | Buy |
| The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled | 1931 | Buy |
| The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets | 1931 | Buy |
| A Battle of Nerves/ A Man’s Head / Maigret’s War of Nerves | 1931 | Buy |
| The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders | 1931 | Buy |
| Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads | 1931 | Buy |
| Maigret in Holland/ A Crime in Holland | 1931 | Buy |
| The Sailors’ Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Cafe | 1931 | Buy |
| The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret at the Gai-Moulin | 1931 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar | 1931 | Buy |
| The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified | 1932 | Buy |
| Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess | 1932 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House | 1932 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe | 1932 | Buy |
| The Madman of Bergerac | 1932 | Buy |
| Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera | 1932 | Buy |
| Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton | 1933 | Buy |
| Maigret / Maigret Returns | 1934 | Buy |
| The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic | 1942 | Buy |
| The Judge’s House / Maigret in Exile | 1942 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead | 1942 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus | 1944 | Buy |
| Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village | 1944 | Buy |
| Inspector Cadaver / Maigret’s Rival | 1944 | Buy |
| Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement | 1947 | Buy |
| Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York’s Underworld | 1947 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret | 1948 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Dead Man / Maigret’s Special Murder | 1948 | Buy |
| Maigret’s First Case | 1949 | Buy |
| My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret | 1949 | Buy |
| Maigret at the Coroner’s / Maigret and the Coroner | 1949 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Old Lady | 1950 | Buy |
| Madame Maigret’s Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret’s Friend | 1950 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Memoirs | 1951 | Buy |
| Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt’s | 1951 | Buy |
| Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room | 1951 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman | 1951 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters | 1952 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Revolver | 1952 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard | 1953 | Buy |
| Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid | 1953 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Mistake | 1953 | Buy |
| Maigret Goes to School | 1954 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister | 1954 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl | 1954 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Headless Corpse | 1955 | Buy |
| Maigret Sets a Trap | 1955 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Failure | 1956 | Buy |
| Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret’s Little Joke / None of Maigret’s Business | 1957 | Buy |
| Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires | 1958 | Buy |
| Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret’s Doubts | 1958 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses | 1959 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Secret / Maigret Has Doubts | 1959 | Buy |
| Maigret in Court | 1960 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society | 1960 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar | 1961 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse | 1962 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Saturday Caller | 1962 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum | 1963 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret’s Anger | 1963 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition | 1964 | Buy |
| Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself | 1964 | Buy |
| Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret’s Patience | 1965 | N/A |
| Maigret and the Nahour Case | 1966 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret’s Pickpocket | 1967 | Buy |
| Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters | 1968 | Buy |
| Maigret Hesitates | 1968 | Buy |
| Maigret’s Boyhood Friend / Maigret’s Childhood Friend | 1968 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Killer | 1969 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Wine Merchant | 1970 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret’s Madwoman | 1970 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Loner | 1971 | Buy |
| Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea | 1972 | Buy |
| Maigret and Monsieur Charles | 1973 | Buy |
Inspector Maigret Short Story Collections Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Maigret’s Pipe: Seventeen Stories | 1945 | Buy |
| Maigret et les petit cochons sans queue | 1950 | N/A |
| Maigret’s Christmas | 1976 | Buy |
Inspector Jules Maigret is one of the most famous fictional detectives in world literature. Created by Belgian author Georges Simenon, Maigret is a pipe-smoking commissaire of the Paris Police Judiciaire who solves crimes through patience, observation, and an understanding of human nature rather than flashy deduction.
Simenon wrote 75 Maigret novels and 28 short stories between 1931 and 1972. The books have been translated into dozens of languages and adapted for television and film many times. Maigret’s Paris, with its cafes, working-class neighborhoods, and rain-soaked streets, is as much a character in the books as the detective himself.