Books by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Lost Art of Gratitude (2009)
- Encountering high-flying financier Minty Auchterlonie while attending a birthday party, Isabel learn...
- The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (2011)
- Hoping to reclaim a van that was featured in a possible prophetic dream, Precious and Grace find the...
- The Forever Girl (2014)
- Choosing her own name and falling in love with her best friend as a preschooler, Thursday endures th...
- The Careful Use of Compliments (2007)
- Dealing with a newborn son and his doting father, James, Isabel Dalhousie stumbles upon a new puzzle...
- Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (2009)
- Precious Ramotswe tries to recover her trusty white van after her husband sells it and replaces it w...
- The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (2012)
- Investigating the theft of a valuable painting that was supposed to be donated to the Scottish Natio...
- 44 Scotland Street (2005)
- Pat rents a room from the handsome and cocky Bruce, at 44 Scotland Street, and discovers that she ha...
- Blue Shoes and Happiness (2006)
- Precious Ramotswe and her assistant, Grace Makutsi, investigate local advice columnist Aunty Emang, ...
- A Conspiracy of Friends (2012)
- The ongoing foibles of the residents of Corduroy Mansion are overshadowed by the disappearance of Wi...
- The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (2013)
- Assisting the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, Mma Ramotswe begins to suspect that a...
- Love Over Scotland (2007)
- Domenica Macdonald heads off on an expedition to the Malacca Straits to study pirates, Angus Lordie'...
- At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (2003)
- On sabbatical at Cambridge, Professor Dr. von Igelfeld becomes embroiled in a nasty case of academic...
- The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (2003)
- When Professor Dr. Mortiz-Maria von Igelfeld of The Institute of Romance Philology is mistaken for a...
- Sunshine on Scotland Street (2014)
- The residents of Scotland Street find their peace and friendships tested by an upscale wedding that ...
- Number One Ladies' Detective Agency (2005)
- Working in Gaborone, Botswana, sleuth Precious Ramotswe investigates several local mysteries, includ...
- The Full Cupboard of Life (2003)
- Worrying about her upcoming marriage, Precious Ramotswe is confronted by the challenges of running h...
- The Kalahari Typing School for Men (2002)
- Now that the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is firmly established, founder Precious Ramotswe faces n...
- The Sunday Philosophy Club (2005)
- The editor of The Review of Applied Ethics and an irrepressibly curious lover of puzzles, Isabel Dal...
- The Charming Quirks of Others (2010)
- Investigating allegations against a headmaster candidate for her alma mater, Isabel uncovers surpris...
- Morality for Beautiful Girls (2002)
- Precious Ramotswe investigates two very different cases--the alleged poisoning of the brother of an ...
- The Bubblegum Tree (2005)
- Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India in a flying boat to solve a baffling mystery! The gum th...
- The Doughnut Ring (2005)
- When the school janitor's car is stolen, Jim decides to raise some money for another one by holding ...
- The Double Comfort Safari Club (2011)
- Traveling to northern Botswana where they are impressed by the natural beauty of the Okavango Delta,...
- The Miracle at Speedy Motors (2009)
- Precious Ramotswe heads to a Botswana game preserve to investigate the death of an elderly American ...
- The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday (2008)
- Isabel Dalhousie comes to the aid of a renowned, much respected doctor whose reputation is at stake ...
- Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery (2007)
- Max and Maddy Twist have a flair for solving crimes. You might even say it's in their blood. That's ...
- Precious and the Puggies (2011)
- Before becoming the first female private investigator in Botswana, eight-year-old Precious Ramotswe ...
- Tears of the Giraffe (2000)
- Irrepressible sleuth Precious Ramotswe searches for a young man who vanished many years ago on the A...
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1998)
- Working in Gaborone, Botswana, Precious Ramotswe investigates several local mysteries, including a s...
- In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (2004)
- Precious Ramotswe finds herself overburdened at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and faces more co...
- Corduroy Mansions (2011)
- While a middle-aged wine merchant tries to emancipate his reluctant adult son from their crumbling P...
- Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers (2014)
- As summer blooms in Edinburgh's gardens and Bertie Pollock's birthday appears on the horizon, all at...
- The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (2007)
- Struggling to come to grips with her assistant's resignation, detective Precious Ramotswe has her ha...
- Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (2006)
- Taking on the running of her niece's deli while Cat is attending a wedding in Italy, Isabel Dalhousi...
- The Girl who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa (2004)
- Brings together a treasury of traditional African folktales and lore from the Ndebele people of Zimb...
- Unusual Uses for Olive Oil (2013)
- Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld despairs over an academic rival's undeserved acclaim and stu...
- Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations (2004)
- Journeying from Portugal, to Australia, to southern Africa and other exotic settings, this collectio...
- Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion (2013)
- Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old ...
- The Mystery of the Missing Lion (2014)
- Staying with Aunty Bee at a safari camp in the Botswana countryside where a film crew is making a mo...
- Bertie Plays the Blues (2011)
- With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popula...
- Dream Angus (2007)
- The bestselling author of the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series unites dreams and reality, leav...
- The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (2009)
- To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense philosophers an...
- The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (2013)
- The formidable talents of Precious Ramotswe are put to the test in the face of a mysterious discipli...
- Espresso Tales (2006)
- The sequel to 44 Scotland Street continues to follow the residents of the converted Edinburgh townho...
- The Novel Habits of Happiness (2015)
- The insatiably curious Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie returns, taking on ...
- The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (2011)
- Isabel Dalhousie helps a new friend discover the identity of her father. By the author of the best-s...
- Portuguese Irregular Verbs (2003)
- Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld investigates the world of archaic Irishisms, takes part in a...
- Trains and Lovers (2013)
- Four strangers - a young Scotsman, an Australian woman, a middle-aged American patron of the arts an...
- The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine (2015)
- This latest installment of the beloved and best-selling series--as endearing and delectable as ever!...
