Alexander McCall Smith

THE No. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY Series::

1. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency  ’98
2. Tears of the Giraffe   ’00
3. Morality for Beautiful Girls   ’01
4. The Kalahari Typing School for Men   ’02
5. The Full Cupboard of Life   ’03
6. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies   ’04
7. Blue Shoes and Happiness   ‘06
8. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive     ’07
9. The Miracle at Speedy Motors     ’08
10. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built    ’09
11. The Double Comfort Safari Club   ’10
12. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party   ’11
13. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection    ’12
14. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon    ’13
15. The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Café    ’14
16. The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine     ’15
17. Precious and Grace    ’16
18. The House of Unexpected Sisters    ’17
19. The Colors of All the Cattle     ’18
20. To the Land of Long Lost Friends    ’19
21. How to Raise an Elephant   ’20
22. The Joy and Light Bus Company   ’21

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Box Set (Books 2, 3, & 4)

DETECTIVE VARG MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Ulf “the Wolf” Varg and his team work in the Department of Sensitive Crimes Division unit in Malmö, Sweden.

1. The Department of Sensitive Crimes    ’19
2. The Talented Mr. Varg    ’20
3. The Man with the Silver Saab   ’21

The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists    ’19 prequel novella

44 SCOTLAND STREET Series:

(Not Mysteries, I love Bertie!)

1. 44 Scotland Street
2. Espresso Tales: The New 44 Scotland Street      ’05
3. Love over Scotland     ’07
4. The World According to Bertie   ’08
5. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones     ’10
6. The Importance of Being Seven    ’10
7. Bertie Plays the Blues    ’11
8. Sunshine on Scotland Street    ’14
9. Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers    ’15
10. The Revolving Door of Life    ’15
11. The Bertie Project    ’16
12. A Time of Love and Tartan   ’18
13. The Peppermint Tea Chronicles    ’19
14. A Promise of Ankles   ’20

ISABEL DALHOUSIE Series: (Not Mysteries)

1. The Sunday Philosophy Club    ’04
2. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate   ’05
3. The Right Attitude to Rain   ’06
4. The Careful Use of Compliments      ’07
5. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday    ’08
6. The Lost Art of Gratitude     ’09
7. The Charming Quirks of Others    ’10
8. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth    ’11
9. The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds    ’12
10. The Novel Habits of Happiness    ’15
11. A Distant View of Everything     ’17
12. The Quiet Side of Passion    ’17
13. The Geometry of Holding Hands   ’20
14. The Sweet Remnants of Summer   ’22

At the Reunion Buffet    ’15

Sweet, Thoughtful Valentine    ’16

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MORITZ-MARIA VON IGELFELD Series:

(Not Mysteries, Quite Amusing)

1. Portuguese Irregular Verbs
2. The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
3. At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
4. Unusual Uses for Olive Oil

2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom  (All 3 in the Professor Doctor Trilogy)

CORDUROY MANSIONS:   (Not Mysteries)

1. Corduroy Mansions    ’09
2. The Dog Who Came in from the Cold    ’10
3. A Conspiracy of Friends    ’11

Heavenly Date & Other Flirtations     ’03
La’s Orchestra Saves the World     ’09
Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party    ’14
No Rest for the Dead    ’11 (One mystery novel written by 26 Best Selling Mystery Authors – Including: Jeff Abbot, Jeffery Deaver, J. A. Jance, Faye Kellerman, Lisa Scottoline, Alexander McCall Smith, Kathy Reichs, Marcia Talley, w/introduction by David Baldacci)

Chance Developments    (non-mystery short story collection) ’16

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PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE mysteries for children

1. Precious and the Monkeys   ’10
2. The Mystery of Meerkat Hill    ’12
3. Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion  ’13
4. Precious and the Zebra Necklace    ’15

The Great Cake Mystery ’12 (novella)

SCHOOL SHIP TOBERMORY mysteries for children:

1. School Ship Tobermory   ’15
2. The Sands of Shark Island   ’16

AKIMBO mysteries for children:

1. Akimbo and the Elephants   ’90
2. Akimbo and the Crocodile Man   ’05
3. Akimbo and the Lions   ’05
4. Akimbo and the Snakes   ’06
5. Akimbo and the Baboons   ’08

HARRIET BEAN mysteries for children:

1. The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean   ’90
2. Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats   ’92
3. The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean   ’06

MAX & MADDIE mysteries for children:

1. The Chocolate Money Mystery   ’97
2. The Bursting Balloons Mystery  ’97

STAND ALONES:

My Italian Bulldozer   ’16 (not a mystery)