Rougon-Macquart Reading Order

The Fortune of the Rougons

1870

The Kill / The Rush for the Spoil

1872

The Belly of Paris / The Fat and the Thin

1873

The Conquest of Plassans

1874

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

1875

His Excellency Eugene Rougon

1876

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

1877

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

1877

Nana

1880

Restless House

1882