8 Best crime books like The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret by Georges Simenon

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The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret

By: Georges Simenon

4.10

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping new translation of the iconic short story collection featuring Simenon's celebrated lite…

If you liked the crime plot in The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret by Georges Simenon , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Canary Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #2) by S.S. Van Dine, Willard Huntington Wright

1. The Canary Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #2)

By: S.S. Van Dine , Willard Huntington Wright

3.69

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

1927. Illustrated with scenes from the Paramount photoplay. Around 1925 Willard Huntington Wright, … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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2. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

Similar categories in David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments book and Georges Simenon's The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret

  • short stories
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

Cover of Ask A Policeman by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gladys Mitchell, The Detection Club, Anthony Berkeley, Milward Kennedy, John Rhode, Helen de Guerry Simpson

3. Ask A Policeman

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Gladys Mitchell , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Milward Kennedy , John Rhode , Helen de Guerry Simpson

3.23

Format: 311 pages, Mass Market Paperback

News tycoon Lord Comstock is greedy, ruthless, scandal-mongering, and dead by Archbishop, MP, Scotl… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Crypt by Fernando Gamboa, Christy Cox, Carmen Grau

4. The Last Crypt

By: Fernando Gamboa , Christy Cox , Carmen Grau

3.69

Format: 192 pages,

Diver Ulysses Vidal finds a fourteenth-century bronze bell of Templar origin buried under a reef of… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction

5. Death of a Ghost (Albert Campion Mystery #6)

By: Margery Allingham

4.03

Format: 246 pages,

The first killing took place at a crowded art show, in full view of the cream of London society. Fo… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3) by Dorothy L. Sayers

6. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.07

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)

7. Cover Story (Tweed & Co. #3)

By: Colin Forbes

3.37

Format: 40 pages,

'Adam Procane has to be stopped...' It was the last message his wife ever sent, and even as he rea… read more

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8. The House Without a Key (Charlie Chan, #1)

By: Earl Derr Biggers

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the classic novel in which Charlie Chan makes his debut as Inspector of the Honolulu Police… read more

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9. The Living Mountain

By: Robert Macfarlane , Nan Shepherd

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate Cover Edition for . The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of t… read more

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10. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.10

Format: None pages,

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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11. Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle (Vivian Apple, #2)

By: Katie Coyle

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

"GET ANGRY. We should all be so pissed at the Church of America that we're willing to break our han… read more

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12. Inspector French's Greatest Case

By: Freeman Wills Crofts

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Inspector French is the central figure in many books by Mr. Crofts. This, his greatest case, opens … read more

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13. Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois (The Last Valois, #1)

By: Alexandre Dumas

3.85

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

Released to coincide with the new Miramac film starring Isabelle Adjani, this is the classic novel … read more

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14. Double Jeopardy (Tweed & Co. #1)

By: Colin Forbes

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

A British secret agent is found murdered on Lake Konstanz in Bavaria, with a neo-Nazi sign carved o… read more

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15. The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret

By: Georges Simenon

4.10

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping new translation of the iconic short story collection featuring Simenon's celebrated lite… read more

Similar categories in Georges Simenon's The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret book and Georges Simenon's The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret

  • short stories
  • france
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1) by Andrey Kurkov

16. The Silver Bone (The Kyiv Mysteries, #1)

By: Andrey Kurkov

3.43

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Ukrainian Andrey Kurkov, a perplexing mystery from a world-renowned literary master that i… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare

17. A Dictator Calls

By: Ismail Kadare

3.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Using a sophisticated and literary version of the ever-popular game of telephone to examine the rel… read more

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  • fiction
"And a cursory glance at Karl Marx shows that a man who had dedicated his life to the violent overthrow of the world order never devoted half a page in any of his dozens of books to the trauma and rem…"

-Ismail Kadare, A Dictator Calls

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18. A Perfect Day to Be Alone

By: Nanae Aoyama

3.12

Format: 160 pages, ebook

It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more

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  • fiction
"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."

-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

Cover of The Janus Man (Tweed & Co. Spy Thrillers Book 4) by Colin Forbes

19. The Janus Man (Tweed & Co. Spy Thrillers Book 4)

By: Colin Forbes

4.58

Format: 562 pages, Kindle Edition

‘COLIN FORBES HAS NO EQUAL AT THIS SORT OF THING’ SUNDAY MIRROR Who is Janus – the man who looks b… read more

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Cover of A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33) by Donna Leon

20. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction

11 Best fiction books like The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret by Georges Simenon

Transform Your Habits

The Canary Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #2)

S.S. Van Dine , Willard Huntington Wright

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Ask A Policeman

Dorothy L. Sayers , Gladys Mitchell , The Detection Club , Anthony Berkeley , Milward Kennedy , John Rhode , Helen de Guerry Simpson

3.23

Transform Your Habits

The Last Crypt

Fernando Gamboa , Christy Cox , Carmen Grau

3.69

Death of a Ghost (Albert Campion Mystery #6)

Margery Allingham

4.03

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20 Best fiction books like A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare

Transform Your Habits

Torto Arado

Itamar Vieira Junior

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Niente di vero

Veronica Raimo

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Wild Houses

Colin Barrett

3.78

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