Alexander McCall Smith
Author · 162 books
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland. Visit him online at www.alexandermccallsmith.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.
Series
Books
Better Than Fiction
True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
2012
The Department of Sensitive Crimes
2019
Cook For Me
2023
The Miracle at Speedy Motors
2008
The Pavilion in the Clouds
2021
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party
2014
Scotland's Best Loved Poems
2018
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
2013
The Sunday Philosophy Club
2004
Your Inner Hedgehog
2021
Precious Ramotswe
A Mysterious Profile
2022
Tears of the Giraffe
2000
The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
1993
Akimbo and the Baboons
2008
The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
2019
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
BBC Radio Casebook, Vol. 1
2017
The Misunderstanding of Glencoe
2010
The Race to Kangaroo Cliff
2018
La's Orchestra Saves the World
2008
Akimbo and the Elephants
2005
The Talented Mr. Varg
2020
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
2008
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
2011
Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
1993
The Sands of Shark Island
2016
Love in the Time of Bertie
2021
Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
1991
Special Seasonal No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Story
2009
Mma Ramotswe and Rra Burns
2023
Trains and Lovers
2012
Bertie's Christmas
2010
The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories
2001
The Forever Girl
2014
Sunshine on Scotland Street
2012
The Shape of Ladies
2006
The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even
Stories of Espionage and Revenge
2023
Teacher Trouble
2000
A Conspiracy of Friends
2010
Emma
free sampler
2014
The House of Unexpected Sisters
2017
Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion
2013
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Volume 4
2007
Tiny Tales
Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kindness, and Happiness
2021
At the Reunion Buffet
2015
Varg in Love
2013
Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer
2016
The Double Comfort Safari Club
2010
Love Over Scotland
2006
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles
2019
Children of Wax
African Folk Tales
1989
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf
2023
The Doughnut Ring
1994
The Charming Quirks of Others
2010
Creating Humans
Ethical questions where reproduction & Science collide
2004
A Promise of Ankles
2020
The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
2004
The No. 1 Lady Detective's New Year Resolutions
2017
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
2012
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations
1995
Bertie Plays the Blues
2011
Lonely Planet The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology
True stories from the world's best writers
2016
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Volume 6
2008
The Importance of Being Seven
2010
The Book Lovers' Appreciation Society
2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
BBC Radio Casebook, Vol. 3
2018
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
2015
Precious and the Monkeys
2010
Emma
A Modern Retelling
2014
Corduroy Mansions
2009
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
2003
Blue Shoes and Happiness
2006
The Enigma of Garlic
2022
A Work of Beauty
Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh
2014
The Bubblegum Tree
1996
Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery
1997
The Great Clown Conundrum
2019
School Ship Tobermory
2015
Precious and Grace
2016
The Sweet Remnants of Summer
2022
A Song of Comfortable Chairs
2022
A Distant View of Everything
2017
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Volume 7
2008
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
2012
Precious and the Zebra Necklace
2015
The Perfect Passion Company
2024
The Winds from Further West
2024
Dream Angus
The Celtic God of Dreams
2006
Folktales from Africa
The Girl Who Married a Lion
2005
The Problem of Men
2006
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
2011
Max and Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery
1997
Noah Wild and the Floating Zoo
2020
The Geometry of Holding Hands
2020
The Cleverness of Ladies
2012
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
2009
The Perils of Morning Coffee
2011
The Dog who Came in from the Cold
2009
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
2019
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
2004
Calculator Annie
1992
In a Time of Distance
And Other Poems
2020
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
1998
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
2007
Good Dog Lion
2014
The Novel Habits of Happiness
2015
Scandinavian Noir in Twelve Chapters
2018
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Volume 3
2007
The Quiet Side of Passion
2018
The Conditions of Unconditional Love
2024
Men Don't Wear Pink
2009
Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill
2012
Espresso Tales
2005
How to Raise an Elephant
2020
Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine
2016
The Exquisite Art of Getting Even
2022
Doctors, Detectives, Common Sense
2005
The Spaghetti Tangle
2005
From a Far and Lovely Country
2023
Chance Developments
Unexpected Love Stories
2015
The Full Cupboard of Life
2003
What W. H. Auden Can Do for You
2013
The Colors of All the Cattle
2018
To the Land of Long Lost Friends
2019
The Lost Art of Gratitude
2009
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
2004
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
2013
The Baboons Who Went This Way and That
2006
The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse
2017
The Right Attitude to Rain
2006
A Precious Christmas
2011
The Bertie Project
2016
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
2014
Under The Acacia
2021
The Revolving Door of Life
2015
Morality for Beautiful Girls
2001
Akimbo and the Lions
1992
A Time of Love and Tartan
2017
Akimbo and the Snakes
2006
The Case of the Vanishing Granny
2019
The Joy and Light Bus Company
2021
The Secret of the Dark Waterfall
2019
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
2005
The Careful Use of Compliments
2007
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Volume 2
2007
Trams, and Other Big Questions
2021
The Perils of Morning Coffee & At the Reunion Buffet
2015
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
2003
44 Scotland Street
2005
The Popcorn Pirates
1999
The World According to Bertie
2007
The Banana Machine
1994
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
2003
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
2024
Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery
2018
From Mma Ramotswe, for Mother's Day
2021
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Volume 1
2007
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
2008
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
2011
My Italian Bulldozer
2017
One City
2005
The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
1990
The Man with the Silver Saab
2021
