Publication Order of Rougon-Macquart Books

The Fortune of the Rougons

The Kill / The Rush for the Spoil

The Belly of Paris / The Fat and the Thin

The Conquest of Plassans

The Sin of Father Mouret / The Sinful Priest / Abbe Mouret's Transgression

His Excellency Eugene Rougon

The Drinking Den / The Dram Shop / L'Assommoir / The Gin Palace

A Love Episode / A Page of Love / A Love Story

Nana

Restless House

The Ladies' Paradise

The Bright Side of Life / How Jolly Life Is / Zest for Life

Germinal

The Masterpiece / His Masterpiece

The Soil / Earth

The Dream

The Beast in Man / The Beast Within

Money

The Downfall / The Debacle

Doctor Pascal