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Books by Alexander McCall Smith

Every Alexander McCall Smith book VibeReads knows about, 109 in total, most popular first. We describe books by the vibe they deliver rather than by genre, so you can tell which one to start with.

  1. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1 · 1998

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  2. Tears of the Giraffe

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2 · 2000

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  3. Morality for Beautiful Girls

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #3 · 2001

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  4. The Kalahari Typing School for Men

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #4 · 2002

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  5. The Full Cupboard of Life

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #5 · 2003

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  6. Blue Shoes and Happiness

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #7 · 2006

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  7. 44 Scotland Street

    44 Scotland Street #1 · 2005

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  8. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #8 · 2007

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  9. The Sunday Philosophy Club

    Isabel Dalhousie #1 · 2004

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  10. The Miracle at Speedy Motors

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #9 · 2008

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  11. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10 · 2009

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  12. The Double Comfort Safari Club

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #11 · 2010

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  13. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12 · 2011

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  14. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #13 · 2012

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  15. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #14 · 2013

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  16. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

    Isabel Dalhousie #2 · 2005

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  17. The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe

    2014

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  18. The handsome man's De Luxe café

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #15 · 2014

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  19. The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café

    2014

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  20. The woman who walked in sunshine

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #16 · 2015

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  21. Emma

    2014

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  22. Emma: A Modern Retelling

    2014

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  23. Precious and Grace

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #17 · 2016

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  24. Espresso tales

    44 Scotland Street #2 · 2006

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  25. The House of Unexpected Sisters: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #18 · 2017

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  26. The House of Unexpected Sisters

    2017

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  27. The Department of Sensitive Crimes

    Detective Varg #1 · 2019

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  28. The Colours of all the Cattle

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #19 · 2018

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  29. Love Over Scotland

    44 Scotland Street #3 · 2006

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  30. How to Raise an Elephant

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #21 · 2020

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  31. The Careful Use of Compliments: Book 4

    Isabel Dalhousie #4 · 2007

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  32. To the Land of Long Lost Friends

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #20 · 2019

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  33. The World According to Bertie

    44 Scotland Street #4 · 2007

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  34. The Joy and Light Bus Company

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #22 · 2021

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  35. Portuguese Irregular Verbs

    Portuguese Irregular Verbs #1 · 2003

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  36. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

    44 Scotland Street #5 · 2008

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  37. Corduroy Mansions

    Corduroy Mansions #1 · 2009

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  38. A Song of Comfortable Chairs

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #23 · 2022

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  39. The comfort of Saturdays

    2008

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  40. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday

    Isabel Dalhousie #5 · 2008

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  41. The Lost Art of Gratitude

    Isabel Dalhousie #6 · 2009

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  42. From a Far and Lovely Country

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #24 · 2023

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  43. The Importance of Being Seven: 44 Scotland Street Series

    44 Scotland Street #6 · 2010

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  44. La's Orchestra Saves the World

    2008

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  45. Trains and Lovers

    2012

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  46. The charming quirks of others

    Isabel Dalhousie #7 · 2010

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  47. Bertie Plays the Blues

    44 Scotland Street #7 · 2011

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  48. The forgotten affairs of youth

    Isabel Dalhousie #8 · 2011

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  49. Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers

    44 Scotland Street #9 · 2013

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  50. Sunshine on Scotland Street

    44 Scotland Street #8 · 2012

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  51. The revolving door of life

    44 Scotland Street #10 · 2015

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  52. The Dog Who Came in from the Cold

    Corduroy Mansions #2 · 2009

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  53. A Time of Love and Tartan

    44 Scotland Street #12 · 2017

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  54. The Peppermint Tea Chronicles: A Scotland Street Novel

    44 Scotland Street #13 · 2019

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  55. The Bertie Project

    44 Scotland Street #11 · 2016

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  56. The forever girl

    2014

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  57. The Talented Mr. Varg

    2020

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  58. The Talented Mr. Varg: A Detective Varg Novel

    Detective Varg #2 · 2020

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  59. A Promise of Ankles

    44 Scotland Street #14 · 2020

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  60. The good pilot Peter Woodhouse

    2017

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  61. The Geometry of Holding Hands

    Isabel Dalhousie #13 · 2020

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  62. A Conspiracy of Friends

    Corduroy Mansions #3 · 2010

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  63. The great cake mystery

    2010

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  64. Precious and the Monkeys

    Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases #1 · 2010

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  65. In the Time of Five Pumpkins

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #26 · 2025

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  66. Love in the Time of Bertie

    44 Scotland Street #15 · 2021

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  67. The Man with the Silver Saab

    Detective Varg #3 · 2021

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  68. The Pavilion in the Clouds: A Knopf Canada E-Original

    2021

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  69. The Sweet Remnants of Summer

    Isabel Dalhousie #14 · 2022

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  70. Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams

    2006

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  71. Dream Angus

    Canongate's The Myths #6 · 2006

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  72. The Winds from Further West

    2024

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  73. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee

    44 Scotland Street #17 · 2023

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  74. The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists

    Detective Varg · 2019

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  75. The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf

    Detective Varg #4 · 2023

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  76. Chance developments

    2015

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  77. Chance Developments: Stories

    2015

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  78. Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories

    2015

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  79. The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa

    2004

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  80. The Girl Who Married a Lion

    2005

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  81. The Perfect Passion Company

    The Perfect Passion Company #1 · 2024

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  82. At the Reunion Buffet

    Isabel Dalhousie #10 · 2015

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  83. The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories of Espionage and Revenge

    2023

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  84. The mystery of Meerkat Hill

    2012

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  85. Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill

    Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases #2 · 2012

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  86. Your Inner Hedgehog

    Portuguese Irregular Verbs #5 · 2021

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  87. Cook For Me

    2023

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  88. Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion

    Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases #3 · 2013

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  89. School Ship Tobermory

    The School Ship Tobermory #1 · 2015

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  90. A Laborer in the Vineyard of Love

    The Perfect Passion Company #2 · 2023

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  91. Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream

    44 Scotland Street #18 · 2024

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  92. The Big Cats Dance Party

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #27 · 2026

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  93. Precious and the Zebra Necklace

    Precious Ramotswe's Very First Cases #4 · 2015

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  94. The five lost aunts of Harriet Bean

    1990

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  95. The Perfect Hamburger

    2001

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  96. The Sands of Shark Island

    The School Ship Tobermory #2 · 2016

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  97. The chocolate money mystery

    1997

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  98. Akimbo and the Baboons

    Akimbo #5 · 2008

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  99. Race to Kangaroo Cliff

    The School Ship Tobermory #3 · 2018

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  100. Teacher trouble

    2000

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  101. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #6 · 2004

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  102. The Enigma of Garlic

    44 Scotland Street #16 · 2022

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  103. The Prime of Bertie Pollock

    44 Scotland Street #19 · 2026

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  104. One city

    2005

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  105. The Waters of Eternal Youth

    2023

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  106. The right attitude to rain

    Isabel Dalhousie #3 · 2007

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  107. The Enigma of the Pink Underwear

    The Perfect Passion Company #3 · 2023

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  108. The Great Dhofar Scam

    No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #25 · 2021

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  109. The Bells of Bruges

    Detective Varg #6 · 2022

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Series by this author

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency44 Scotland StreetIsabel DalhousieDetective VargPortuguese Irregular VerbsCorduroy MansionsPrecious Ramotswe's Very First CasesCanongate's The MythsThe Perfect Passion CompanyThe School Ship TobermoryAkimbo