Le condamné à mort [The Man Sentenced to Death] (novel) 1942

Notre-dame-des-fleurs [Our Lady of the Flowers] (novel) 1943

Miracle de la rose [Miracle of the Rose] (novel) 1946

Les bonnes [The Maids] (play) 1947

Pompes funèbres [Funeral Rites] (novel) 1947

Querelle de Brest [Querelle of Brest] (novel) 1947

Poèmes [Treasures of the Night: Collected Poems] (poetry) 1948

Haute surveillance [Deathwatch] (play) 1949

Journal du voleur [The Thief's Journal] (autobiography) 1949

Oeuvres complètes 5 vols. (novels, plays, and poetry) 1951-1979

Le balcon [The Balcony] (play) 1957

Les nègres: Clownerie [The Blacks: A Clown Show] (play) 1959

Les paravents [The Screens] (play) 1961

Reflections on the Theater, and Other Writings (criticism and essays) 1972

The Complete Poems of Jean Genet (poetry) 1981

Treasure of the Night: The Collected Poems of Jean Genet (poetry) 1981

Un captif amoreux [Prisoner of Love] (novel) 1986

The Selected Writings of Jean Genet (collected works) 1993

Splendid's: pièce en 2 actes (play) 1993